#721
mrs h wrote:
opal_mantra wrote:
I just finished ‘the story of crass’ the other day.. thats quite a good read..
Now that I will find and read!!! Apparently Steve Ignorant is going to play some big corporate event with a bunch of non Crass musicians. I’m not at all sure what I think about that. It seems all wrong on the surface, but on the other hand I don’t see why he shouldn’t if he wants to. I’d hate to be held to political views I held 30 years ago.
Posted on Fri, 19 October 2007 at 18:57 in reply to an earlier post
#722
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
i found it in waterstones..it was about ooohhh £15..
well worth the read if you can get hold of a copy..
:)
Posted on Fri, 19 October 2007 at 19:41
#723
Paddy wrote:
If you like Biog’s the Patti Smith one is pretty good as well. I got it years ago for 2 quid out of musis zone, god bless musiczone!!
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 09:51 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 10:23 (Corrected use of quotes)
#724
Dennis wrote:
Just finished Adam Ant’s autobiography, which I enjoyed.
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 10:47
#725
mrs h wrote:
I’ve just started reading “things my girlfriend and I have argued about”. I thought I had seen it on here but I can’t quote the post because the search function isn’t finished :(
Anyway - so far it seems very funny. A bargain at 99p from the St Gemma’s Hospice shop :)
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 10:49
#726
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 11:27
#727
mrs h wrote:
The St Gemma’s shop? You would. That’s the one where security had to remove you because you were trying on clothes in the shop window instead of the fitting room, and waving at passers by without moving your hands :mad:
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 11:30
#728
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
:D I remember _that_ too. :)
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 11:36
#729
Igor Belanov wrote:
mrs h wrote:
I’d hate to be held to political views I held 30 years ago.
Were you a fascist then?
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 11:38 in reply to an earlier post
#730
Dennis wrote:
My political views from 30 years ago wouldn’t get me very far now:
“I don’t WANNA have to get a job when I grow up…why can’t they pass a law saying I can play with my Star Wars figures all day every day?”
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 11:46
#731
Igor Belanov wrote:
That was before you realised you could play with your Star Wars figures while at work?
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 13:10
#732
Dennis wrote:
I worked with a guy who spent the whole of his last day at work playing with his Star Wars lego, once.. He was about 25 at the time.
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 13:57
#733
mrs h wrote:
Did he know it was his last day when he arrived, or was that just an unfortunate consequence?
Posted on Mon, 22 October 2007 at 14:26
#734
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
just bought Quentin Tarantino - The Man, The Myths and his movies
about half way through it..
it’s fantastic!!!!
Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 18:02
#735
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy in a day last week - it’s bloody brilliant. Anyone who is a fan of Zombie movies like Romero’s or 28 Days Later should def check it out. It won the Pulitzer Prize too!! *AND* it was on Oprah’s Book Club ;)
Posted on Wed, 14 November 2007 at 15:30
#736
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
finally finished the tarantino book!!
marvellous!!
just purchased Metallica, so what!!
definatly a recommended book for a die hard metallica fan..
hey..
are there any T? books??
there should be if there aren’t/…
what about a ‘best of the message boards’ book..
hehe
no seriously though..
there should be a book about Therapy?
abit like So what!..
i’d buy it!!
Posted on Fri, 16 November 2007 at 17:43
#737
wyrd wrote:
Just finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (brilliant!), a sort of English “American Gods”, and started “The man in the High Castle” by Philip Dick, one of my favourite SF authors!
Posted on Fri, 16 November 2007 at 18:28
#738
fatboy wrote:
mrs h wrote:
Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew (or something like that)
Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew - what a great book. Somewhat over looked, though Bernard Hare, who hung around these kids and wrote about them could well be played by Warren Clarke.
Posted on Sat, 17 November 2007 at 01:20 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Tue, 20 November 2007 at 14:15 (Corrected use of quotes)
#739
mrs h wrote:
My mum bought it for me and she got it signed especially and says I will love it, whereas my husband-thingy says Bernard Hare is a complete tosser - so I’m far from ready to make a decision on it yet!! I’ll let you know what I think when I get started on it. But now I have two as yet unread Robert Rankin’s so it will be a while! He’s destroyed my life in some ways - every time he brings out a new book I can’t do anything else until I’ve finished it. I’m a Rankin junkie - I should be on Jerry Springer. I can imagine all my family around saying “well she’s been like this since about 1999 and we’re very worried” and then one of the bouncers would walk in with his latest book and I would leap at him and wrestle it from his grasp and run off to the green room to be alone with it …
Note to any young Rankin lovers - read them in the right order. You don’t necessarily have to, but it does make such a difference if you are trying to follow the running gags, if you know what I mean and I’m sure that you do. It’s a tradition, or an old charter or something ;)
Posted on Sat, 17 November 2007 at 20:42
#740
fatboy wrote:
I’m reading Death of a Salesman, though I’m working on my stuff as of late.
By the way, Boy A has been made into a film that’s being shown on Channel 4 shortly. Read the book and I’m looking forward to this.
Posted on Sat, 17 November 2007 at 21:25
#741
fatboy wrote:
Just started reading Small Town Punk, an American novel by John Sheppard. Two chapters in, its good. Coming to think about it, I bought two more books yesterday; Ham on Rye by Charles Bukoiski and Guide by Dennis Cooper.
Posted on Wed, 21 November 2007 at 19:12
#742
wyrd wrote:
Finished I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, and about to start At the mountains of Madness, by H P Lovecraft (anybody here playing The call of Cthulhu?)!
Posted on Thu, 29 November 2007 at 16:28
#743
Dennis wrote:
Just re-read Hammer of the Gods (the (in)famous Led Zep biography).
As per usual with my rock biogs I was able to turn to my misses and say my usual line:
“He dies in the end…”
Oh shit, I hope I haven’t spoiled the ending for any John Bonham fans out there.
Oh shit, done it again.
Posted on Thu, 29 November 2007 at 16:38
#744
fatboy wrote:
Currently reading Borrowed Light by Joolz Denby. Pretty good, and her poetry is great too.
Posted on Sat, 8 December 2007 at 14:35
#745
allroy wrote:
Just started reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak this weekend, simply amazing story.
after that I’ll continue with a nice birthday present I’ve got to deal with my appetite for profound philosophical works.
Posted on Sun, 9 December 2007 at 21:29
#746
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
I’m reading Pet Sematary by Stephen King at the mo. Really maudlin but a guilty pleasure!
Posted on Mon, 10 December 2007 at 10:35
#747
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
Just finished the 3 volumes comic strip ‘Samurai’ .
Posted on Mon, 10 December 2007 at 19:23
#748
chr1s (The T.F.M) wrote:
Just re-read Marijuana Time by Ken Lukowiak.
He tells the “laugh out loud” story of when he was stationed in Belize with the parachute regiment and he had nothing to do but skin up and party, then got caught sending quantities of dope home to sell. If you enjoyed Mr Nice, then this is for you.
Posted on Tue, 11 December 2007 at 11:35
#749
fatboy wrote:
Posted on Tue, 11 December 2007 at 16:20
#750
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
just finished reading thenirvana book by everett true..i think he’s called..
if your at all a fan of nirvana.. it’s definatly worth a read!!!
much better than come as you are and the other one…who’s name escapes me…
Posted on Wed, 12 December 2007 at 12:10
