#151
Divers (Simon) wrote:
I’m quite lame and don’t really do downloading, maybe when i get broadband then I will think about it. I normaly find out what label people are on and then blag it:)
Posted on Sun, 18 September 2005 at 11:39
#152
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
mr self destruct wrote:
Well I’m reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (or Wuthering Fucking Heights as I reckon it should be renamed), just because:
a) I’m starting to get very bored reading Metro every lunch and breaktime
b) I want to look superior to the plebs I work with who read The Sun and Hello!
c) I’ve never read it and half of my degree was in English and I fucking should have
d) I want to.
Anyone else know it?
I’m reading it at the mo as well, first thing I’ve started reading in ages. Not at all what I thought it was like - what with the witches, ghosts, EVERYONE hating each other… and I’m only on Chapter 3!
Posted on Sun, 18 September 2005 at 15:40
#153
Nath (Nathan) wrote:
Just finished ‘Confessions of an English Opium Eater’ by Thomas de Quincey and now re-reading the robot series by Isaac Asimov.
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 01:04
#154
Superunknown wrote:
Everytime I see this thread, I’m thinking:
“Looks like we got ourselves a reader…”
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 05:35
#155
deadsetgav wrote:
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 06:33
#156
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
:D
Born in a Crash wrote:
Just finished ‘Confessions of an English Opium Eater’
What did you think of it? As soon as I finished it I couldn’t remember a single thing about it. :/
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 08:04
#157
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
I thought it was absolutely brillaint - remember having to write a paper on it at uni. The bit where he gives the Malay enough opium to kill ten elephants :)
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 08:29
#158
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Heheh, really, I must have read it in some sort of daze. I didn’t dislike it, I just don’t remember a damn thing about it! :D
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 08:53
#159
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
Actually, come to think of it, I don’t really remember that much either. I think I was carrying out a prolonged practical exercise on the theme of the book at the time - although unfortunately I was consuming large amounts of bad soap bar hash rather than the “heavenly nectar” they call opium :p
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 11:26
#160
FNYANKEZ wrote:
“The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova. Pretty good vampire story.
Before that I read “A History of the Kings of Britian” by Geoffrey of Monmouth, “Diamond Age” by Neil Stephenson and “Chainfire” by Terry Goodkind.
Posted on Mon, 19 September 2005 at 19:10
#161
Superunknown wrote:
deadsetgav wrote:
you got it!
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 02:14
#162
deadsetgav wrote:
Superunknown wrote:
;) Good old Bill!
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 06:16
#163
marja (sinner) wrote:
Divers wrote:
I went to buy it today, could i find the cunt could i bollocks. 1 shop had it on import for 22.99 fuckers:mad: the remix cd of there stuff thousands of the bastards at £3.99.
I just found it for 18, that’s about £13, here in brussels; as i said, brussels is a great city :D
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:45
#164
mr self destruct wrote:
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:46
#165
marja (sinner) wrote:
if you compare it to the 22,99 it is
in belgium it’s the normal price for a cd
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:49
#166
mr self destruct wrote:
I could have got it for £5 (including postage) off Amazon…
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:51
#167
marja (sinner) wrote:
yeah well, now I got it when i wanted it, that is now :)
and besides, you could have offered :p
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:52
#168
mr self destruct wrote:
Nah, I’m evil, haven’t you heard.
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:56
#169
marja (sinner) wrote:
so I’ve read. Made me laugh :)
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:57
#170
mr self destruct wrote:
But then I have Grandma Lobster saying I’m angelic, it’s no wonder I’m so mixed up.
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 10:59
#171
marja (sinner) wrote:
just be a naughty angel like me than, it’s not so bad :D
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 11:00
#172
mr self destruct wrote:
I think I’d prefer to be a well-behaved demon.
Posted on Thu, 22 September 2005 at 17:03
#173
mr self destruct wrote:
I’m reading Marc Almond’s autobiography, partly because I like Tainted Love, and partly because he used to live round the corner from here and DJ at a club I regularly get drunk in these days (though obviously he was there before my time).
Interesting, he’s lucky to be alive considering the amount of drugs he’s taken (not to mention that crash he was involved in, though it was written before then).
A certain Mr McCarrick also played in his side project band in about 1983…
Posted on Fri, 23 September 2005 at 21:57
#174
Nath (Nathan) wrote:
I’ve got a reccomendation for those of you who like music related biographies: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” - Brian Wilson. I couldn’t put it down; excellent reading.
Posted on Mon, 26 September 2005 at 06:00
#175
Superunknown wrote:
Born in a Crash wrote:
I’ve got a reccomendation for those of you who like music related biographies: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” - Brian Wilson. I couldn’t put it down; excellent reading.
Really? I didn’t get that one because it said on http://www.beachboys.com/books.html
the book was “stiffly written” and heavily influenced by Wilson’s diabolic psychiatrist.
I went for “Heroes & Villains” instead. I’ve been planning to read it for ages, but never really found the time. I can, however, recommend both documentaries, “Endless Harmony” and “Beautiful Dreamer” on the Beach Boys, Wilson and SMiLE.
Posted on Mon, 26 September 2005 at 12:39
#176
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Born in a Crash wrote:
I’ve got a reccomendation for those of you who like music related biographies: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” - Brian Wilson. I couldn’t put it down; excellent reading.
I have to disagree, I read the first half and thought it was absolute toss.
Posted on Mon, 26 September 2005 at 15:06
#177
not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:
finished reading “the wasp factory” by iain banks today. man, that is one fucked up story.
Posted on Thu, 20 October 2005 at 23:25
#178
motherh666 wrote:
Hell’s Angels by Hunter S Thompson.
The guy is a fucking genius.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 08:05
#179
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
not_that_kind_of_guy wrote:
finished reading “the wasp factory” by iain banks today. man, that is one fucked up story.
I loved that one, brilliant book. I saw a theatre production of it a few years back and they had twins playing the lead character, it was really well done.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 08:07
#180
marja (sinner) wrote:
I read “crow road” by Iain Banks a few years ago, really recommend it.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 08:16
