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    • GilesG
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      Books (and I'm cheating because some of them are 2 and 3 parters)…

      A Story Like The Wind and A Far Off Place - Laurens van der Post
      Born to Win - John Bertrand
      The Cowboy Way: A Year in the Life of a Montana Ranch Hand - David McCumber
      The White Spider - Heinrich Harrer
      A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water - Patrick Leigh Fermor

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • LewisStonehouseL
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        Good idea! Hard to narrow it down to five!

        TOOL - 10,000 Days
        Archspire - Bleee the future
        Meshuggah - Catch 33
        Lamb if God - Sacrament
        Decapitated - Nihility

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        • JoberwockyJ
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          Current top 5 albums:

          Interpol - Antics
          Muse - Absolution
          Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
          Lord Huron - Strange Trails
          Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

          I'd say my musical sensibilities are very stuck, for the most part, in the early 2000's.  It's when I met my wife, we were both heading off to college, and we were really into listening to music together.  She and I both came from a primarily classic rock/pop background, me with Floyd and her with The Beatles, so it was cool to find something new we were both stoked on.

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          • JoberwockyJ
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            Books would be tough  😃

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            • GilesG
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              It was easy for me.  Those are the only ones I can remember reading more than once…..

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                @Joberwocky:

                Current top 5 albums:

                Interpol - Antics
                Muse - Absolution
                Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
                Lord Huron - Strange Trails
                Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

                Some random humblebrags / cool stories bro intersecting with this:

                One of my friends used to go to school with the main Interpol guy. When they played Minneapolis, we hung out with them and went to an afterparty. It was fun!

                Another of my friends used to be the lighting manager for Lord Huron.

                I will need to think more on top 5 stuff… Too many holes in my brain I guess.

                Think it, be it.

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                • jerkulesJ
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                  Albums:

                  Fugazi - The Argument
                  Swans - The Seer
                  Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
                  Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
                  Converge - Jane Doe

                  Honourable mentions:

                  Deftones - White Pony
                  Charles Mingus - Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
                  …trail of dead - Source Tags & Codes
                  Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
                  Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want

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                  • jerkulesJ
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                    @LewisStonehouse TOOL! Right on, should’ve added Lateralus or Aenema to my list - such a great band

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                    • GilesG
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                      What I am loving about this thread is that Spotify is getting worn out here….... 😉 😉 😉

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • LewisStonehouseL
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                        @LewisStonehouse TOOL! Right on, should’ve added Lateralus or Aenema to my list - such a great band

                        For sure man, I could have had 4/5 of my top five be TOOL albums to be fair. Going to see them in May 22 😊

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                        • GilesG
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                          And I should have had some Red Hot's….

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • Paul9221P
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                            Great thread!

                            Books!

                            • Bible:  shapes my life, probably the book I've re-read the most times

                            • The Stand - Stephen King:  such an epic novel!

                            • Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson:  has a whole chapter on how the protagonist eats Capt. Crunch cereal!

                            • Neuromancer - William Gibson:  has one of the best opening lines ever:  "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

                            • Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut: I found myself writing down quotes from this book like every 3 pages – just brilliant!

                            Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                            • GilesG
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                              Oh shit, now I need to start reading more too…...

                              I'm sorry The Bible is out, I read it every night for years hoping it would tell me something or make me a better person it didn't (not a religious rant or stance). But Slaughterhouse-Five is a must....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • jerkulesJ
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                                Books:

                                Haruki Murakami - Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
                                Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
                                Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
                                Margaret Atwood - Oryx & Crake
                                Christopher Priest - The Affirmation

                                Honourable mentions:

                                Han Kang - The Vegetarian
                                Iris Murdock - The Sea, The Sea
                                Richard House - The Kills
                                Lars Saabye Christensen - The Half Brother
                                Rupert Thomson - Katherine Carlyle

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                                • jerkulesJ
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                                  Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

                                  A personal fav!!

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                                  • Paul9221P
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                                    Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude

                                    OH MY GOODNESS, I totally forgot this book!  I've re-read it 3 times!  IT'S SO BRILLIANT!

                                    Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                                    • jerkulesJ
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                                      @LewisStonehouse TOOL! Right on, should’ve added Lateralus or Aenema to my list - such a great band

                                      For sure man, I could have had 4/5 of my top five be TOOL albums to be fair. Going to see them in May 22 😊

                                      Awesome! I was looking the other day and tickets still available, need to convince the wife either to tag along or give me the night off.

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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        Can get down with Kurt, Marquez, Stephenson, and especially William Fucking Gibson. I still have a cool Porter bag signed by him courtesy of @Snowy (thank you again my friend) and he is a big fan of Iron Heart and Acronym (just like me–couldn't be much more different brands but somehow we share a love for them)

                                        The Sprawl trilogy is polarizing, as a lot of people struggle to follow it or perhaps just find it uninteresting. I'm not sure why. I love its dark noir style, and indeed that is IMO the best opening live I've read.

                                        I am expecting to hear Cormac McCarthy at some point. Not among my very favorites but he's great and I know there are some fans here.

                                        I really enjoy Terry Pratchett and Carl Hiaasen as well.

                                        Still struggling on the album front, but I know WRONG by NOMEANSNO is on there somewhere.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Converge - Jane Doe

                                          Oh shit.  Sorry @riffblaster general , Jane Doe is obvs my #1…. 😉

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • LewisStonehouseL
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                                            @mclaincausey:

                                            I really enjoy Terry Pratchett

                                            Me too, on my tenth discworld novel in a row  🙂

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