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May 14
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will made a comment on Pat's profile:
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May 08
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will
marked as to-read:
Civilization and Its Discontents (Paperback)
by Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay
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April 09
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New comment on will's review of
Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3)
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I Don't Believe in Atheists (Hardcover)
by Chris Hedges
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will said:
"i have only read the prologue and a quarter of the first chapter. this book has already put me in a trance. i'm actually taking notes as i read it. taking notes. i'm thinking about writing an essay when i finish it. i already HIGHLY recommend th...more
i have only read the prologue and a quarter of the first chapter. this book has already put me in a trance. i'm actually taking notes as i read it. taking notes. i'm thinking about writing an essay when i finish it. i already HIGHLY recommend this book....less
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Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3)
by Kim Cooper (Goodreads author!)
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will said:
"an enjoyable read. nothing really too special about it. it does a good job of relaying the myth behind this record, and provides some details about what happened that led to its creation.
i have to admit to having felt a little bit like the my...more
an enjoyable read. nothing really too special about it. it does a good job of relaying the myth behind this record, and provides some details about what happened that led to its creation.
i have to admit to having felt a little bit like the myth was inflated a bit, simplified, certain elements highlighted and magnifiied, others glossed over. i tend to imagine there was more tension involved, but kim cooper ultimately makes the process seem like it was magical and fantastic (as in, "of fantasy"). maybe it was though, and i'm just a jealous and jaded prick.
i do wish there was more about jeff mangum's vanishing from "the scene" and his decision to turn away from fame and fortune (although i guess that's not really the point of this series). i imagine it was that very decision that would lead him to not provide much in the way of interview or insight for this book. but that would have been cool if he'd given his take on the record and its aftermath.
all in all, i'd say read this if you're into this record or into the myth that has developed around it. i saw these guys tour for this record back in '98, i believe. at princeton, nj. with elf power and the music tapes. it was a very memorable show. this has no bearing on my review of the book. i just like to let people know i was there and that i should be given the appropriate amount of indie street cred for it. don't be so miserly with your street cred....less
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March 12
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Thomas Pynchon
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Seven Nights (Paperback)
by Jorge Luis Borges
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February 27
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Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth (Paperback)
by Keith Stewart Thomson
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