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#426 2012-06-18 10:39:13
- Sammy Ambrose
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If you aren't seeing through all three eyes at once day and night you are up shit creek without a paddle. The Shooman
#427 2012-06-18 10:44:33
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
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Re: Books you are currently reading
You can only really appreciate Bob Dylan if you've read the Bible.
Although Live at Budokan seems to go off.
#428 2012-06-19 04:04:50
- 4F Hepcat
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#429 2012-06-19 20:09:16
#430 2012-06-19 20:19:12
- ThatGuy
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Re: Books you are currently reading
Currently reading a little book by some MIT grad called "Did Adam And Eve Really Exist" nice little read. 
Also been working through the Sherlock Holmes stories.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StLouisIvy?ref=ss_profile
#431 2012-06-22 06:36:39
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#432 2012-06-23 09:55:03
- The_Shooman
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#433 2012-06-23 12:01:04
- formby
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#434 2012-06-23 21:30:14
- Sammy Ambrose
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If you aren't seeing through all three eyes at once day and night you are up shit creek without a paddle. The Shooman
#435 2012-06-24 02:16:45
#436 2012-06-24 11:06:39
#437 2012-06-24 11:39:30
- 4F Hepcat
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^It has actually dated badly or indeed BADLY, as the reflections seem in the most part obvious, contrite and over embellished. And that's from a European perspective, so perhaps we have become too similar in culture to the USA. It would be interesting to have read it in 1991 and compare the readings.
The chapters, well brief pages, on flying and education I have enjoyed, as they stand out as relevant to where we are today, in UK and Europe. Oddly, for a 1991 published book, it is extremely dated, I was surprised.
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#438 2012-06-24 11:54:04
- formby
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#439 2012-06-25 10:41:32
- 4F Hepcat
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#440 2012-06-25 11:00:32
- formby
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#441 2012-06-26 10:54:27
#442 2012-07-30 22:21:10
- comrade
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Re: Books you are currently reading
Don Quixote.
Wanted to read it Spanish, which I still might do,
but I decided that it was time.
#443 2012-07-31 15:49:36
- formby
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#444 2012-08-01 00:48:01
- jesmond
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Re: Books you are currently reading
Japan and Self Existence - Mick Karn
Well, actually, I just finished reading it last night. Read it in 2 days.
A warm, honest, humane and humorous memoir of Karn's time in Japan (the band), and after.
Previous "best friend", David Sylvian, does not come out of this well.
Karn is painfully honest about his failed relationships with the women in his life.
There is a big , over-arching theme of 'loss' running through his story.
The corollary of this was the recurring bouts of deep depression, which never left him. Conversely, some of his bass playing was the most vibrant, vital, fresh and inspired you could ever wish to hear. Karn's self diagnosis is bi-polar disorder.
Some good and funny anecdotes about some of the characters and contemporary musicians and artists he knew and encountered.
It's a very straight forward, engaging and intimate, first hand account.
I downloaded it on iBooks ( 6 Pounds, I think)
I think Formby, or HepCat might enjoy this book.
#445 2012-08-01 01:59:44
#446 2012-08-01 05:02:19
- 4F Hepcat
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#447 2012-08-20 10:56:34
- The_Shooman
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#448 2012-08-25 00:30:46
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#449 2012-08-25 21:58:40
- Chévere
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Hepcat, I agree with this wholeheartedly.
To many artists and critics nowadays and since the breakdown of representational art, "ART" seems to come with some sort of a commentary appended to it. This is prima facie proof that the artists intent exceeds the reach of his creation.
The modern day equivalent of the flaccid "Academy" art of the 19th century is the modern objet d'art surrounded by a ornate logorrheic frame. As in every era the output is copious, but very few pieces are strong enough to have the power to speak for themselves.
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#450 2012-08-26 00:45:09
- fxh
- Big Down Under.
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Just yesterday Andrew Ford - one of my favourite presenters, had a guest on his show and they spoke a little about this - and some of the complexities.
They didn't go as far as quoting the "dancing about architecture.." quote, but sensibly talked about if music/art should be explained and the emphasis on explanation and theory in some art.
I think it was this interview. If not then one of the other interviews yesterday.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/genevieve-lacey/4210722
Andrew can talk knowledgeably about anything from the Ramones to Bob to the Ring Cycle to Cage to Adams. Hes written a good book on Van's music.
http://www.andrewford.net.au/