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    KawaiiKitten
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 3 Dec 2024

    I get what you mean about The Road it’s gripping but heavy. I’ve been meaning to read Freedom, sounds like it really resonated with you! Both authors have a way of making an impact.

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      GraemeE
      Joined: 18 Sept 2022

      Since the album is fresh on my mind this a great read

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      Also in case you are like me and find it hard to find time for actual books
      https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZlwe7qjWJx7372PRHSd0?si=9d9qopoxRC-7-I4F47zqsQ

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        mclaincausey
        見習いボス
        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

        That must be interesting to read. To probe the conditions that produced such a masterpiece that was so anomalous for its time but so appropriate for what came after.

        Think it, be it.

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          mclaincausey
          見習いボス
          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

          Thanks to @SKT by way of @Jett129 and apologies to @GraemeE For how long it's taking me to read (the author cites a ton of music and I've been listening as I go), but this is a fascinating book that makes me appreciate the blues, r&b, and rock & roll drumming of the 50s and 60s more. I've always been snobbier and less appeeciative about that stuff than I should have been because it's propagated so widely and you miss some of the contemporary novelty and seems so simple compared to jazz and other drumming that has grabbed my attention more.

          In fact the same apples to Charlie Watts and for that matter Ringo. I'm forming a new appreciation for all of them instead of just thinking about players like Tony Williams and John Bonham.

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          Think it, be it.

          last edited by mclaincausey 20 Feb 2025, 16:45 J 1 Reply Last reply 21 Feb 2025, 02:21 Reply Quote 6
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            Jett129
            見習いボス
            @mclaincausey
            Joined: 17 Aug 2011

            @mclaincausey Really glad to hear that you’re enjoying it and,that the book will continue to be passed along. A couple of years ago this guy came up to me at the gym and says…You played drums you should read this. I thanked him and when I was finished I asked him if he wanted it back, he said no,if you know someone else who would like it pass it along.

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              mclaincausey
              見習いボス
              @Jett129
              Joined: 12 Apr 2013

              @Jett129 oh we have the next reader lined up. I say we keep it going!

              Think it, be it.

              last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 03:13 G J 2 Replies Last reply 21 Feb 2025, 03:22 Reply Quote 0
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                GraemeE
                @mclaincausey
                Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                @mclaincausey said in Books:

                @Jett129 oh we have the next reader lined up. I say we keep it going!

                Yup I'm stoked to read and will pass along in kind to anyone else interested

                last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 03:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                  Inorganic
                  Haraki san Student
                  @GraemeE
                  Joined: 7 Sept 2022

                  @GraemeE i saw this at Powells and was tempted to pick it up but I might just give it a listen on Libby. You're enjoying it?

                  last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 04:25 G 1 Reply Last reply 21 Feb 2025, 04:29 Reply Quote 0
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                    GraemeE
                    @Inorganic
                    Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                    @Inorganic i read it a few years ago and just revisited the audio book a few weeks ago

                    I really enjoyed it although it's not particularly uplifting

                    I'm actually trading @mclaincausey for the charlie watts book he is reading so might as well put this in rotation after he is done with it

                    last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 04:29 M 1 Reply Last reply 21 Feb 2025, 04:41 Reply Quote 0
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                      mclaincausey
                      見習いボス
                      @GraemeE
                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                      @GraemeE and I’ll send that one back to you or elsewhere per your request. I have some books I’ll offer up here as well for sharing. It’s the IH Library 🤣

                      Think it, be it.

                      last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 04:41 G 1 Reply Last reply 21 Feb 2025, 05:03 Reply Quote 0
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                        GraemeE
                        @mclaincausey
                        Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                        @mclaincausey ill trust your judgment on who best would enjoy it next

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                          Jett129
                          見習いボス
                          @mclaincausey
                          Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                          @mclaincausey said in Books:

                          @Jett129 oh we have the next reader lined up. I say we keep it going!

                          100%

                          last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 15:10 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            SKT
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                            I’m in favor of the Iron Heart Book Exchange and love it when books travel. Keep it going!

                            last edited by 21 Feb 2025, 15:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                              Tago Mago
                              Mod Squad
                              Joined: 16 Jan 2021

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                              New reading material

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                                GraemeE
                                Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                After thoroughly enjoying Ametora im halfway through this one - would recomend

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                                https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659558/status-and-culture-by-w-david-marx/

                                last edited by 3 Mar 2025, 02:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                                • J-IVJ
                                  J-IV
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 19 Oct 2011

                                  @GraemeE

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                                  I'm as ugly as you

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                                    GraemeE
                                    @J-IV
                                    Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                    @J-IV this is going to be a must read for me

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                                      mclaincausey
                                      見習いボス
                                      @GraemeE
                                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                      @GraemeE said in Books:

                                      @J-IV this is going to be a must read for me

                                      Ditto. Have you read “Beneath the Underdog,” Mingus’ autobiography?

                                      Think it, be it.

                                      last edited by 6 Mar 2025, 12:16 G 1 Reply Last reply 6 Mar 2025, 12:34 Reply Quote 0
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                                        GraemeE
                                        @mclaincausey
                                        Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                        @mclaincausey nope

                                        Looks like you guys located my literature blind spot in the best way

                                        last edited by 6 Mar 2025, 12:34 M 1 Reply Last reply 6 Mar 2025, 13:21 Reply Quote 0
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                                          Tobi
                                          Haraki san Prodigy
                                          Joined: 12 Aug 2022

                                          Re-reading (actually audio-book now) the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.
                                          These were written in the 90's and the plot is set to begin in the 2020's. Some hilarious projections of 1990's technology got me though. For example: they are still sending Fax on Mars in the future, and have video rental stores in Martian cities 🙂

                                          last edited by 6 Mar 2025, 13:19 T I 2 Replies Last reply 6 Mar 2025, 13:34 Reply Quote 1
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