tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post8425022216480465481..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: Summer Reading ProgramBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-27471898028404322222016-07-29T03:28:20.340-04:002016-07-29T03:28:20.340-04:00Scarily just reading RFs 12 rules of rock and roll...Scarily just reading RFs 12 rules of rock and roll. Didn't know about this one so thanks for the heads up. If you can find it this is not cool is a great read , gets you to relisten to songs you know you don't like . Fear of music repeats the trick with LPs instead of singlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-22761046892295274382016-07-28T12:43:14.286-04:002016-07-28T12:43:14.286-04:00You were warm, George. Not a slaughterhouse... a s...You were warm, George. Not a slaughterhouse... a school. Actually, there is a pond between our yard and the school, which is about 100 yards away, but the school district owns everything on the other side of the fence. Where I grew up in Illinois, the evenings were filled with the sound of crickets and locusts. I haven't heard that for many years. Feeling nostalgic. Now I hear thousands of frogs from the pond. They all sing together like crickets, stopping and starting in unison as the crickets did. I have grown to love it.<br /><br />I know what you mean about not wanting a good book to end, Kevinpat. I absolutely feel myself slow down as the conclusion nears. Since I have a few to read right now, I may not have that issue this summer, but I'm with you.<br /><br />C, Great to hear from you. Hope you're having a great summer. You may have a tough time justifying a bunk bed at this point (perhaps your better half should have something to say about that!), but it's never too late for a swinging garden chair or hammock. Go for it.<br /><br />Swede, Right on! Finding myself listening to the bands from Reynolds' book this week. Sounds like you have a great read going right now. I imagine most book shop owners pull out the line "you should read more" several times a day. I always thought I would like a pal with a book shop... but maybe not.<br /><br />CC, I'm into lowbrow.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-9998314814721791282016-07-28T11:08:38.538-04:002016-07-28T11:08:38.538-04:00Brian, looking at that photo, I am wondering what&...Brian, looking at that photo, I am wondering what's on the other side of the fence? A steep drop? Another garden with a big dog in it? A field with a donkey? A slaughterhouse? (OK, that last one's a bit unlikely)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140350486850944468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-81663098157295281872016-07-28T08:35:17.497-04:002016-07-28T08:35:17.497-04:00Two beautiful songwriters. One cut short. The othe...Two beautiful songwriters. One cut short. The other left to wonder. I got a hammock for father's day as well. It can be the ultimate spot. Tucked behind a stand of trees way back. I'm always feeling guilty that I can't just lie...the grass needs cutting, did I water the garden, gotta work on that project and because I don't read I don't have a good excuse. And I was a reading teacher. Last book I read was Just Kids by Patti Smith. Gorgeous. Absolutely. I tend to never finish the books I read. When I'm in, I don't want it to end. I knew how Just Kids was going to end, and I know Patti would tell it like no one can...but I couldn't. Nope. So I didn't. It waits. Like the hammock. Maybe.kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-25207466145455534352016-07-28T05:54:21.809-04:002016-07-28T05:54:21.809-04:00That hammock and its location look wonderful. As ...That hammock and its location look wonderful. As a kid I always wanted to lie in a hammock - as well as sleep in a bunk bed and have one of those swinging garden chairs with a stripy canopy. Haven't done any of those things yet so I'd better get a move on.<br />Music biographies/autobiographies nearly always make great reading, don't they? I also find you don't even have to like the music concerned sometimes; just something about the ups and downs, the relationships, the scenes... the things we identify with and the things we don't. <br />Enjoy your reading time and don't fall out the hammock!<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-63445733168146691852016-07-27T07:02:38.040-04:002016-07-27T07:02:38.040-04:00A friend of mine who manages a bookshop scolded me...A friend of mine who manages a bookshop scolded me recently, 'You should read more...'. I actually see him incredibly rarely, probably not in the last 5 or 6 years, though we keep in contact online. 'I read all the time' I countered, not unreasonably. 'I'm not including music biographies' he replied bluntly. He knows me so well for someone I see so infrequently.<br />Robert Forster talked at some length about 'Grant & I' with Marc Riley during his recent excellent 6Music session and it's certainly high on my list too. I've read the Costello and the Reynolds, both of which I enjoyed and am currently reading '1971: Never a Dull Moment' by David Hepworth, which is really excellent. The greatest compliment one can ever give a book about music is that it makes you want to go away and play the records. In this, Hepworth's book is an unending delight.<br />Your hammock, and indeed that little stretch of garden, looks idyllic. If I had that particular option as a reading spot, perhaps I'd get more 'proper' reading done, which would no doubt please my bookshop managing chum no end.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-3206838488899128272016-07-27T04:20:31.557-04:002016-07-27T04:20:31.557-04:00Elvis' book is excellent and while Alan McGhee...Elvis' book is excellent and while Alan McGhee's is not particularly highbrow it is quite entertaining Charity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-89177450725501463572016-07-26T21:42:08.182-04:002016-07-26T21:42:08.182-04:00Reynolds' book is excellent. And like any grea...Reynolds' book is excellent. And like any great book on music, it makes you go back to the records, or seek out the ones you missed.<br />Looking forward to Robert's book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com