Reading...Listening

[Bernie Woodham]

It used to be in RMD every now and then someone would make a post
disclosing what they are currently reading or listening to and asking
others what they are reading or listening to.

It sometimes caused interesting discussion. Maybe interest in that
sort of thing has long since died out, but I thought I post just to
see.

Reading: Acid Dreams - The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA,
The Sixties and Beyond.

Listening: Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka

[Dr_dudley]

On Jun 2, 2:01 pm, Bernie Woodham <birnhamw...@insightbb.com> wrote:
> It used to be in RMD every now and then someone would make a post
> disclosing what they are currently reading or listening to and asking
> others what they are reading or listening to.
>
> It sometimes caused interesting discussion. Maybe interest in that
> sort of thing has long since died out, but I thought I post just to
> see.
>

Hey Bernie and thanks for posting. Well stated.

Instead of "keeping the ball rolling", i'll act as one of those
sweepers in curling, whose broomwork keeps the stone rolling.

> Reading: Acid Dreams - The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA,
> The Sixties and Beyond.
>

Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher. one of the more humanistic and less
thumping books in the bible.

> Listening: Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka

Ry Cooder: Into the Purple Valley

on queue, not sure what order yet.
Son Volt: Trace
Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kinks, The: Muswell Hillbillies (been several years)
Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship: Blows against the Empire
(this last might have to wait until i can go to a store and legally
purchase some recreational pot. might not)

[Dylanetics]

Just re-read the chapter on "Ballad of a Thin Man" in Nicholas Bromell's "Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s." The book, written by a professor who was there, is excellent.

[Dylanetics]

[Dylanetics]

On Sunday, June 2, 2013 5:04:20 PM UTC-4, Dylanetics wrote:

Oh, yeah, listening to the Bowie mix of Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges.

Thinking about a NDC historically inspired post to answer everybody's question: What is Iggy talking about in those lines about "Solar radiation in the dead of night/Love in the middle of a firefight" in "Search and Destroy."

[Just Walkin']

Hey Bernie, a lot of us miss those posts. Thanks for kicking off the
thread.

Reading: Just started Chabon's Telegraph Road. Recently finished re-
reading Nostrilia by Cordwainer Smith and the late great Larry Brown's
A Miracle of Catfish (thanks to Robert Fuhrel's glowing report) during
my own post-op recovery, along with the Bisson catalog and Kaminsky's
last 2 novels. In between all the fiction, I also read Factories of
Knowledge Industries of Creativity by Raunig and God In Pain by Zizek
and Gunjevic, among other timely works.

Listening: Most recently listened to Dawes, Makana, Prince, Bro. Ali
and the latest Hendrix. But music has been giving me a headache since
my own visits to the ER/OR so I've turned off the box, put the stack
away and have been enjoying my memories of music against the backdrop
of a world in motion."They will tear your mind away
fromcontemplation..."

[Emoticon Nick]

Lots of things are tearing me away from contemplation. The sirens are
getting to me and so does the variety of toxic shows of Sounds and
Light. God in pain by Zizek is one i heard about and wish to
contemplate in my humanity but not I have not read it. For now the
**Treatise on the joys and hardships of transformation** (by an
obscure chassidic rebbe whose name I forget right now) keeps me on
my toes in an attempt to reach a more transcendent state of being in
the midst of the bloody storm. Being on my toes, when I fall, tI tend
to fall so hard, its's a drag.The treatise on transformation
complements the chassidic roadmap the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, his
memory is quite a blessing, transmitted to his scribe. Talking about
rebbes, known and unknown I wish I still had in my possessions some of
the the Writings of the Mother, you might know her. She wrote about
the suffering she had to endure in the very cellular structure of her
being, to bring out into the light what she knew to be true.

Enjoying one's memories of music against the backdrop of a world in
motion as parts of it are spinning out of control sounds like an
enjoyable activity. Holding on to the memories of the past is not a
bad way to go, particularly during stressful times, *Good memories*
are a treasure of uplifting frequencies, a good foundational base for
those ghosts of electricity Dylan mentions.
Just Walkin', I hope you rest , while surrounded by such interesting
works and characters. Slowing down feels to me to be part of the magic
of life. I wonder what you and some of our readers feel about this
statement. It's so hard to let go, to be in the world but not of it.
Or maybe it's the other way around: to be of the world but not in it.
Yes, I think that's it : to be of the world but not in it.

[M. Rick]

Amanda Bynes’ tweets tops my reading list.

[marcus]

Reading aNew Yorker article about James Salter

"A Hard Day's Night" CD..."Tell Me Why" wonderful..."When I Get Home"
and "You Can't Do That" fantastic.

[chris]

just finished re-reading King's the Dome so i can be all hip with it when the show airs. Then in non-fiction i am in the mist of the Library of Congresss The American Civil War, 365 days, a very interesting look at the war. Also just started the novel, Brimstone...crime thing.

having a hard time with music these days...not sure what that is about at all.

[really real]

> Reading: Just started Chabon's Telegraph Road.

This is a very controversial book. I know a lot of people who absolutely
loved it. I gave up on it.

A friend had a similar problem that I had in forgetting which characters
were which. He slogged through though and thought it was worth reading.

[really real]

Reading - Year Zero by Rob Read, a satirical sci fi book about the
Refined Planetary League that discovers how great Earth Music is when
they finally get to see an episode of Welcome Back Carter and hear the
theme song.

Listening - Sweethearts '05, a Starbucks Valentines day cd of modern
cover versions of love songs.

[really real]

> having a hard time with music these days...not sure what that is about at all.
>

I'd blame the world for that one.

[E*N**]

Listening : http://youtu.be/TDUdT5z_CBU
Feeling a strong need for contemplative music today.

[Dr_dudley]

On Jun 5, 3:14 am, "E*N**" <pasterna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Feeling a strong need for contemplative music today.

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid : Final Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2e0XBHZu-Q

Peace, if any, my sister,
___
on a lighter note, if any
Bob Dylan Goes Food Shopping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkCqC7tcIU

i got me a turkey... beans, ummm beans, eastern plums, beef stew, fine
quality tomatoes...

sorry for the hollywood violence, people seem to like it

when you see billy, tell him we had a little drink together

[Just Walkin']

So far so good. I've always enjoyed his work. But his writing, while
well-crafted, is a matter of taste.

Ever read any Larry Brown?

[E*N**]

On Jun 5, 2:14 am, Dr_dudley <dud...@cloud9.net> wrote:
> On Jun 5, 3:14 am, "E*N**" <pasterna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  Feeling a strong need for contemplative music today.
>

> Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid : Final Themehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2e0XBHZu-Q

>
> Peace, if any, my sister,
> ___
> on a lighter note, if any

> Bob Dylan Goes Food Shoppinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkCqC7tcIU

>
> i got me a turkey... beans, ummm beans, eastern plums, beef stew, fine
> quality tomatoes...
>
> sorry for the hollywood violence, people seem to like it
>
> when you see billy, tell him we had a little drink together

'k i will.

[really real]

No - I'm just looking him up

But Chabon's books usually get to me. I've liked them all so far, until
Telegraph Road

[Bernie Woodham]

You mean Bad, Bad little Larry Brown?

I kid you. I have a book called Fay that was recommended in this
group once. I started the book some time ago but got pulled away and
haven't resumed it since.