Books and Tunes

Been on a reading drought recently. Many reasons, none good.

But after waking up Friday with lower back spasms that by Saturday rendered me completely bed-ridden, I was able to finish off some reading and start some others.

Finished:

Blue Movie by Terry Southern

A Great American Cook by Jonathan Waxman

Started:

The Other Great Depression by Richard Lewis (the comedian's autobiography and tale of beating alcoholism)

Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (I've read half of this in one sitting. Another honest, human and personal piece of work. Tony, at least in his non-fiction writing, stands next to his hero Jim Harrison, in this kind of down to earth, funny & unabashadedly forthright prose.)

New downloads for July:

Shrunken Heads by Ian Hunter
Crazy for You by Best Coast (my current favorite. extremely fun and satisfying)
Chronicles by Verbow (an oldie from the 90's. Jason Narducy missed the bigtime somehow)
Leaves in the Gutter by Superchunk (new ep)
First Bear on the Moon by Jon Dee Graham (live acoustic set. Has the great song Big Sweet Life on it)

Also picked up a couple of cd's:

Dark Night of the Soul - the collaboration of Dangermouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch. Love it.

Twistable, Turntable Man: Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein

Tin Ears by The Punkin Holler Boys - a 26 song retrospective from Indy's own. They played our company party a couple of weeks ago and it was so much fun. The evening set around an enormous bonfire was the best. Only about 10 of us left to enjoy, but the hits just kept coming!