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Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? It might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming through a book on physics by Prigogine. thanks, mikail

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, mikail gubarev wrote:

quoted 3 lines Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? I

> Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? It > might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming through a book on physics > by Prigogine.

sure - i'm bored. how very idm: i just finished terence mckenna _food of the gods_ and now i'm into gilles deleuze _logic of sense_. * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com #### a fortune cookie i ate 08/06/98 told me: "a girlfriend is a wine bottle. a wife is a bottle of wine."

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, mikail gubarev wrote:

quoted 3 lines Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? I

> Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? It > might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming through a book on physics > by Prigogine.

I've got two books on the go right now. One is an advance review copy I was sent of a book called "200 Beats per Minute" by Eddie Beverage. It's set in the rave/party scene in Orlando, and deals with that whole culture, as well as the gay/bi sexual awakenings of the main character, Danny Boyle. I get the impression that it's sort of semi-autobiographical. I've only gotten about a third of the way through it (it's short, around 170 pages), but it's not a bad read, really. Once I've finished it, I'll do a proper review. The reason I've set it aside, though, is the second book I'm reading: "Filth" by Irvine Welsh (best known as the author of "Trainspotting"). I just started this one this morning, actually, and I'm about 50 pages in, but it's as good, funny and dark as I expected. Main character is a disgusting, hateful, racist, sexist, corrupt sargeant on the Edinburgh police force. Imagine "Bad Lieutenant" turned into a black comedy and relocated to Scotland, plus Welsh's usual playing about with the written word. And I've also got the usual stack of comic books beside my bed which I read a couple of each night. Last night, it was issues 4-9 of "Palooka-ville" by Seth. Greg

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quoted 3 lines Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? I

> Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? It > might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming through a book on physics > by Prigogine.

JRR Tolkien - Das Simarillion (German translation) different stuff by Franz Kafka Bye Sebastian -- Sebastian Herrfurth (seher@cs.tu-berlin.de) the Drome/NUF/SMC page - http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/BerndFriedmann/ the Neotropic/SFWS page - http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/RizMaslen/ the inofficial DJ Krush page - http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/DJKrush/ a D&D/Myer/S'Apex page - http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/DanielMeier/

Elizabeth Clare Prophet: "The Lost Years of Jesus - Documentary Evidence of Jesus' 17-Year Journey to the East" very, very interesting. Robert :-----Original Message----- :From: mikail gubarev [mailto:mgubarev@zentropy.com] :Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 8:07 PM :To: idm@hyperreal.org :Subject: (idm) reading list : : :Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're :reading at the moment? It :might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming :through a book on physics :by Prigogine. : :thanks, mikail :

For those with an interest for Irvine Welsh, I heartily recommend the bright and moving "Maribou Stork Nightmares", perhaps his best work to date. His caustic, cynical sense of humor, strangely enough, makes you empathize with the protagonist -- even though the main character is clearly a rat bastard, he's still a human being. I am currently reading Ballard's "Crash" and re-reading Hickman's "Twins" trilogy. Alex Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:53:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Clow <stained@interlog.com> Subject: Re: (idm) reading list ... The reason I've set it aside, though, is the second book I'm reading: "Filth" by Irvine Welsh (best known as the author of "Trainspotting"). I just started this one this morning, actually, and I'm about 50 pages in, but it's as good, funny and dark as I expected. Main character is a disgusting, hateful, racist, sexist, corrupt sargeant on the Edinburgh police force. Imagine "Bad Lieutenant" turned into a black comedy and relocated to Scotland, plus Welsh's usual playing about with the written word. ... __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds Distributed Support Specialist Department of Biology School of Arts & Sciences Computing University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA email:reynolda@sas.upenn.edu phone:215.573.2818 Interviewer--what do the words mean? Brian Eno--what do the chords mean?

Brock Phillips wrote:

quoted 3 lines you really gotta read: "Altered State" by Matthew Colin, Serpent's

> you really gotta read: "Altered State" by Matthew Colin, Serpent's > Tail Press U.K. This is the most cohesive book on the evolution of > dance/electronic music culture I've ever read.

I'll second that. And it's unpatronising & objective. and Alex Reynolds wrote

quoted 1 line I am currently reading Ballard's "Crash"

> I am currently reading Ballard's "Crash"

Is it as stomach-churningly revolting as the film? I * np : Peter Gabriel's Passion - which I've finally gotten hold of!

It's good that someone else has brought up this topic. Last night I was reading the most recent issue of Obsessive Eye and pondering the overwrought style, so common amongst writers discussing "this music". It would be churlish not to applaud their efforts but I thought Debris was much better at this kind of thing ten years ago. The same bunch of pseudo-philosophers are always cited, as if that magically lends credibility. Music: thanks to CiM for the Electronome recommendation; finally listened to it last night - rather nice. adam

Back & forth between Antero Alli - The Akashic Record Player (New Falcon) Freeman Dyson - Infinite In All Directions (Perennial) Xen0phyle "Become who you are... There are no guarantees" 93/93 np: Inaudible audioactive broadcast (Lance can ya either post here or send me the songlist, as the stream got muddled for me when you listed them out.. thanks in advance)

I'm currently reading Lindsay Clarke's <underline>The Chymical Wedding </underline> for a college course. Haven't yet gotten into it, but we're only four chapters in. Next we're reading Kesey's <underline>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</underline>--can't wait! Bye, Jeff

***I'm currently trying to find time to read "How to survive without sleeping or eating while increasing your productivity 250%". Just joking, BTW, but I am envying the titles that people are devouring. Andrew -- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 574:Octave One/DJ Orion 573:Mike Dunn & Byron Stingily/ Dylan Drazen 572:Walt J/John Tejada *upcoming:Neil Landstrumm, Juan Atkins, UR, Merrick Brown, D.JeRome, Miguel Graca

quoted 2 lines | Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s)

> >| Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) > >| they're reading at the moment?

NOTHING but a GEE thang by Marco vAn basteN... bye rob np: jake mandel - midwest ep (definitely one of the best releases in 1998 ! )

The Redneck Manifesto by Jim Goad, formerly of ANSWER ME! magazine. A surprisingly scholarly look at race and class issues in America, but from a point of view not found in any school textbooks. Mind-blowing.

robert.merlak@ri.tel.hr wrote:

quoted 3 lines | Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s)

> > > >| Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) > > >| they're reading at the moment?

The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra q (wishing he'd taken introductory physics...)

I've been reading: Dos Mundos - Fourth Edition Understanding Algebra Concepts - third edition b. Xen0phyle wrote:

quoted 12 lines Back & forth between

> Back & forth between > Antero Alli - The Akashic Record Player (New Falcon) > Freeman Dyson - Infinite In All Directions (Perennial) > > Xen0phyle > "Become who you are... There are no guarantees" > 93/93 > > np: Inaudible audioactive broadcast > > (Lance can ya either post here or send me the songlist, as the stream got > muddled for me when you listed them out.. thanks in advance)

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan Bickel ae1650@wayne.edu http://www.msu.edu/user/nealjenn Detroit Is The Coolest Place On Earth.

William S. Burroughs - The Adding Machine (makes Sokal and Derrida look like Derrida and Sokal) ObIDM: Jean-Michel Jarre's "Chants Magnetiques" is good. You should like it. If not, listen to something else. Mr. Gil gil@L0PHT.COM (L-zero-P-H-T) No authority is self-justified. Resist. Visit The Compendium of Allowable Knowledge http://WWW.L0PHT.COM/~gil/ FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL. END THE RACIST DEATH PENALTY.

okay, i'll bite. on deck: catch-22 (how i finished school w/o this is a mystery) sept. atlantic monthly sept. vanity fair just finished: the money mark issue of resonance (resonancemag.com) high society, the real voices of club culture idoru - wm gibson addicted to junk culture :) s.

For the hell of it and because I think he was a fantastic writer, I'm reading "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick" edited by Lawrence Sutin, full of story sketches, philosophical writings and bizzare author bios he wrote for his books, as well as (for the same reasons) "Savage Art - a biography of Jim Thompson" by Robert Polio. Also, a textbook from last year called "telecommunications and the city - electronic spaces, urban spaces" by Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin. I'm guessing the lack of capital letters in the title is to make it seem "hip," "cool" and "current". Nevertheless, an interesting look at how telecommunications have/will/are alter(-ed)(-ing) the way cities work. all the while watching old episodes of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and listening to music that sounds kind of like Autechre. At 08:37 AM 09 - 09 - 1998 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 11 lines For those with an interest for Irvine Welsh, I heartily recommend the

>For those with an interest for Irvine Welsh, I heartily recommend the >bright and moving "Maribou Stork Nightmares", perhaps his best work to >date. His caustic, cynical sense of humor, strangely enough, makes you >empathize with the protagonist -- even though the main character is clearly >a rat bastard, he's still a human being. > >I am currently reading Ballard's "Crash" and re-reading Hickman's "Twins" >trilogy. > >Alex >

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quoted 2 lines "Savage Art - a

> "Savage Art - a > biography of Jim Thompson" by Robert Polio.

Didn't really feel like weighing in with a reading list before I found a fellow Jim Thompson fan. For the past month, I've been devouring the darker side of detective fiction, beginning with Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler, then with a big jump ahead to James Ellroy (The L.A. Quartet, American Tabloid, the L.A. Noir trio), then a side-step to Thompson classics like The Killer Inside Me, Pop. 1820 and The Grifters. Spillane was great for the span of about one book, until I realized they were all going to be Dirty Harry clones with diminishing returns, but there are plenty of hard-boiled classics out there by Chester Himes (Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, two black Harlem detectives with more than an inclination towards violence), David Goodis, and Ed McBain (police squad books, similar to NBC's Homicide). Another great recent book is Commodify Your Dissent by Thomas Frank (editor). It's a mountain of grist for the chin-stroking mill, a collection of articles from Chicago magazine The Baffler, the leading '90s muckraker (old-schoolin' H.L. Mencken style) behind delicious and powerful deflowerings of Wired, Nike, Wal Mart, various youth-culture manipulators, the world of business management, and even the recording studio (courtesy of an unsurprisingly hilarious article from Steve Albini). Highly recommended... Also, Too, Plus: Jazz Singing by Will Friedwald; definitely the best book on jazz vocals, certainly the best book on vocals, quite possibly the most <enjoyable> book about jazz ever written. Any issues ever produced by the incredible, usually tremendously out-sized Acme Novelty Library -- available at comic-book stores, but just about as far away from the infantile as you can get -- sorry comic-book fans ;) The ubiquitous Generation Ecstasy -- it's been sitting in my room for a week now, but I just don't have the heart to pick it up after the lashing it's received here (that and the fact that it might bore me)... Oh Well... .John Bush. BTW: Some off-topic listening as well. Charles Mingus-New Tijuana Moods (RCA Victor) Sonny Rollins-The Sound of Sonny (OJC) Billy Cobham-Stratus (Inakustik) Weather Report-Sweetnighter (Columbia) Herbie Hancock-Thrust/Sextand (Columbia/Legacy) Eric Dolphy-Live in Germany (Magnetic) Sun Ra-Planet Earth/Low Ways (Evidence) Art Blakey-The Jazz Messengers (Columbia/Legacy) ...and the list goes on...

kant's 'critique of judgment' (again? still? don't know which it is) copleston's history of philosophy vol. 3 mark leyner's 'tetherballs of bougainville' too much political splatter-core on the 'net peace/out -- djxn sr -- sd

A Year (with swollen appendices) - Brian Eno's diary jeff

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