false <![CDATA[Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33 1/3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255915429m/2286938.jpg 2286938 1 John Darnielle describes <i>Master of Reality</i> in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his culture to his captors: passionately, patiently, and lovingly. This album has a genuinely remarkable historical status: as a touchstone for the directionless, and as a common coin for young men and women who felt shut out of the broader cultural economy. 2293145 15 4 2008 Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33 1/3) total:184|5:78|4:62|3:35|2:5|1:4| 184 757 277 67 5 4 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 12:50:30 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 13 13:37:22 -0700 2008
1. In the 33 1/3 series, published by Continuum, assorted writers, critics, rockers, and others write about various "classic" albums--older classics like The Velvet Underground and Nico, newer classics like In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Sometimes these ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 08:24:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 08:46:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 03:15:14 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 03:24:24 -0700 2008 Where The Red Fern Grows when I was 9 years old. I don't want to give any plot details away in case you read it. But I have to tell you something, so you do buy it and re...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 05 17:45:51 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 25 01:48:32 -0700 2008
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Below is another manic ramble that I wrote and forgot some several months earlier.

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Note that the singular. There are no masters. There is only one Master...of Reality. And His name is Jesus. And just like water becomes wine, the loaves multiply an...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 00:27:36 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:32:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 08:52:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 08:53:19 -0800 2009
I haven't read any of the other 33 1/3 books b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:45:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 20:05:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:40:05 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 15:21:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 20 10:30:37 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 08:58:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 26 07:04:40 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 07:05:35 -0700 2008 ]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:05:08 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 10:53:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:12:50 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:20:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 23:55:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 00:01:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 19:12:45 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 16:27:26 -0700 2008
So the author, John Darnielle, plays in a weirdo indie band the Mountain Goats, but his REAL qualificatio...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:12:25 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 20:36:13 -0700 2008
John Darnielle is the core member of indie rock group The Mountain Goats. The mu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 19:28:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 23:00:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 21:09:22 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 23:05:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 14:13:33 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 14:43:08 -0700 2008
So, attaching the words mediocre to this book isn't as easy as it should be...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 05:50:39 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 09:57:18 -0700 2008 Born Again and quit being a dick! Some of the guitar solos on it are awesome."

John Darnielle's extended essay on Black...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 30 14:51:35 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 05:43:46 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 14:51:35 -0700 2008
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4/14/08

Got it today. Started it. Halfway done.

It is... AMAZING. And heartbreaking. And WONDERFUL.

I mean, being a Mountain Goats fan, I could not imag...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2286938