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I just read Kenny Anger's Hollywood Babylon for the first time and it was fuckin' awesome. defintely read this if you want to know about the raunchy 20-40s in hollywood.
I just read Kenny Anger's Hollywood Babylon for the first time and it was fuckin' awesome. defintely read this if you want to know about the raunchy 20-40s in hollywood.
I've been re-reading stuff lately. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, in preparation for the new novel coming out in November. Also reading Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, because it's election season and while there's never a bad time to read Transmet, there's never a better time.
Have currently got two on the go, depending on my mood. "Why it's all kicking off" by BBC journalist Paul Mason, which is a dissection of the reasons for many of the protests we've recently seen the world over and the role of networking and new technologies in aiding protests. It's a good read. I also recommend his book "Live Working, Die Fighting" which is a history of current union movements in developing countries and a comparison of their movements with those of old.
For fiction I'm working my way through the first H.P. Lovecraft omnibus. Great psychological terror.
Currently reading my sister's new novel, Shadow Kin. Urban Dark Romance - vamps, werewolves, and magic. :-)
SoundZ cool :)
melissa scott said:
Some non-fiction for a change - Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters. Witty, informative, thought-provoking, just like Orwell's writing. Worth reading.
Some non-fiction for a change - Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters. Witty, informative, thought-provoking, just like Orwell's writing. Worth reading.
Yeah, it was pretty good. Not perfect, but it got me to watch a bunch of his films, and some old "Johnny Staccato" episodes. So bonus points for that. I just re-read Please Kill Me, and that was great. Best oral history I've ever read. Interesting to note that so much of my favorite music was made by complete fuck-ups and drug addicts. And I gotta say that Wayne/Jayne County was a no-talent poser and Handsome Dick Manitoba got a raw deal...'SOUNDS like' a pretty interesting Read!! YOU finnish it Yet??
'SOUNDS like' a pretty interesting Read!! YOU finnish it Yet??Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film by Marhsall Fine. It's a pretty decent overview of Cassavetes' life and career. Makes me want to sit through The Killing of a Chinese Bookie again.
American Hardcore by Steven Blush