First off, I think "Rejected Set" would make a great band name.
Went to San Francisco on my monthly Mindless Self-Indulgence trip-- Amoeba Records, Green Apple Book Store, plus a cafe and Chinese food. Nahmmmzz...
Scored some great out-of-print books: Ed Sanders' The Family, a hippie-poet's take on the Manson Family (subtitled, "The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion", so you know what kind of book this is); A Subtler Magick, a book about H.P. Lovecraft by the preeminent scholar of his work, S. T. Joshi; Safe Area Gorazde, a non-fiction graphic "novel" by Joe Sacco (I recommend Palestine, if you've never read it); The R. Crumb Handbook, an anthology interspersed with interviews; Paddy Whacked, about Irish Gangsers in America; and Education of a Felon, by Edward Bunker (Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs).
Bought new (but cheap!): Imperial by William T. Vollmann (at over 1300 pages, this one will keep me busy for awhile; it's a nonfiction book about the Imperial Valley, which may not sound interesting, but when Vollmann writes, it's always ineresting-- he seems to get himself into trouble on a regular basis, given his predilection for guns and whores); The Horror! The Horror! about banned comic books from the Fifties, with generous illustrations of the most scandalous funny books (with punctured eyes and cannibalism, maybe Moms didn't think they were so funny); State by State, essays on all 50 states by 50 different (and good) writers; and In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists. I luvs me the comix bookx.
The albums: OK Computer, remastered with an extra disc of b-sides and rarities; Best of Talk Talk (2003 version); Wilful Days by Killing Joke; and Rubber Soul remastered, which I already have, and forgot about. (Turns out I need Revolver remastered still, duh).
I told you it was self-indulgence. I revel in my haul. And yes, I will read them all, because the party does not stop.
Went to San Francisco on my monthly Mindless Self-Indulgence trip-- Amoeba Records, Green Apple Book Store, plus a cafe and Chinese food. Nahmmmzz...
Scored some great out-of-print books: Ed Sanders' The Family, a hippie-poet's take on the Manson Family (subtitled, "The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion", so you know what kind of book this is); A Subtler Magick, a book about H.P. Lovecraft by the preeminent scholar of his work, S. T. Joshi; Safe Area Gorazde, a non-fiction graphic "novel" by Joe Sacco (I recommend Palestine, if you've never read it); The R. Crumb Handbook, an anthology interspersed with interviews; Paddy Whacked, about Irish Gangsers in America; and Education of a Felon, by Edward Bunker (Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs).
Bought new (but cheap!): Imperial by William T. Vollmann (at over 1300 pages, this one will keep me busy for awhile; it's a nonfiction book about the Imperial Valley, which may not sound interesting, but when Vollmann writes, it's always ineresting-- he seems to get himself into trouble on a regular basis, given his predilection for guns and whores); The Horror! The Horror! about banned comic books from the Fifties, with generous illustrations of the most scandalous funny books (with punctured eyes and cannibalism, maybe Moms didn't think they were so funny); State by State, essays on all 50 states by 50 different (and good) writers; and In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists. I luvs me the comix bookx.
The albums: OK Computer, remastered with an extra disc of b-sides and rarities; Best of Talk Talk (2003 version); Wilful Days by Killing Joke; and Rubber Soul remastered, which I already have, and forgot about. (Turns out I need Revolver remastered still, duh).
I told you it was self-indulgence. I revel in my haul. And yes, I will read them all, because the party does not stop.
eccentricoldguy:
Books (especially history) are my pleasure and my addiction. When moving time comes I hate them and swear I'm going to thin out my library (but I never do).