just picked up the new harry potter, along with year 5 so that i can refresh my memory and be completely prepared for the new epicness.
i don\'t read but my girlfriend got me to read the first harry potter......i\'m on #4 now
there\'s Desolation Angels by Kerouac (already read On the Road and Big Sur),
desolation is great. When you leave the fire station to catch the boat is one of my fav parts of any books. (Don\'t worry, near the begining and not giving anything away.
Yes, definitely worth reading - just got to when he reaches SF. I should think some people might hate Kerouac\'s style, but I find his books a strangely addictive read.
I should think some people might hate Kerouac\'s style, but I find his books a strangely addictive read.
Couldn\'t have said it better :thumbsup:
I\'m about half way through Angels and Demons now...it\'s a interesting book
i\'m about 120pgs into No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II -- by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
it\'s a refreshing look at how a true leader rallied a nation in support of a justifiable war.
Johnny Cash auto biography
Just finished Plexus: The Rosy Crucifixion Part 2 by Henry Miller
Going to read Switch
**** by Roald Dahl & Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Nearly finished XS All Areas, the autobiography of Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo. Damn did those boys know how to party!!! :wacko:
Nearly finished XS All Areas, the autobiography of Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo. Damn did those boys know how to party!!! :wacko:
I feel so outta touch. I\'ve never heard of this Rossi or Status Quo
from Wikapedia:
Francis Rossi was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is the co-founder of the British rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. He is also known as \'Mike Rossi\', \'Frame\' and more recently, \'The GOMORR\' (Grand Old Man of Rock \'n\' Roll). He wrote the first Status Quo hit single "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as well as many other hit songs like "Paper Plane", "Caroline", and "Down Down". He attended Sedgehill Secondary School.
A highly rated guitarist (within the music hierarchy) he has been with Status Quo for his entire musical career, although he has worked on albums by other artists and released some solo work, including the album King Of The Doghouse, which was not a commercial success.
His talent as an onstage frontman and his perfectionism mean that Status Quo remain a major live attraction after over 40 years on the road.
Having toured almost every year, Status Quo remain as one Britain\'s most active live bands.
Well researched!!!
Status Quo have really gone through it over the years. After their one and only major US and first minor UK hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men", they never really got anywhere for five years. Then they came back with their three chord trick pub rock and slowly became a national institution. At one point, Radio 1 refused to play their records as they were so "old sounding and irrelevant", but that doesn\'t stop them selling out every tour they do here; I know that too well - wanted to see this 40th Aniversary tour but wasn\'t quick enough.
Live Aid restored some of their cred when they opened the show (albeit strung out on booze and coke) and Rockin All Over the World finds its way onto umpteen compilations of Dad Rock.
As far as I\'m concerned, you haven\'t really headbanged if you haven\'t done the old splayed legs head down and air guitar routine to Caroline.
Stranghely enough, the album of th esame name as the book: Xs All Areas [the Greatest Hits] is probably the best introductory disc. If you don\'t want the later management-induced cover versions, then 12 Gold Bars Vols I & II will be your choice for the classic stuff. There is also an interesting 3 CD box set: The Essential Status Quo which also includes some lesser known album tracks.
The good news for you is that you can always get their discs cheap!!
deceided to revive this thread after Joe and I started talking on another thread
I just finished the Johnny Cash bio
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