to combine this conversation with the other one going on involving punk
rock...
I'd recommend "Bridges with Spirit", by Adam Voith.
He's started his own publishing co. - tni books (tnibooks.com) and
everything they have put out so far has been great. It was so refreshing
when I first read a good book written by someone my own age, (in my case,
early 20's), who grew up in the same world that I did. Something about not
having to translate ideas across generation divides. Not that I ever
minded this, I enjoy it when I am aware of it. But for the most part, it
was an aspect of reading that was just always there. And one day, a couple
years ago, I picked up a book and this guy was writing about being an
adolescent, driving for hours to see punk shows. It hit me, this book was
about myself. These were my experiences. This was my life. It's as if I
had been traveling in a foreign land for years, and suddenly I stumbled
upon someone from my hometown. It's not like he has any "new" concepts or
ideas on life. It's not as if I enjoy him more than the foreigners I've
come to know. It's just refreshing. For me atleast. I has anyone had a
similar experience?
The second book I found that did the same thing was "Angelhead", though I
don't remember the author.
JPB
James Rovira
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Please respond to
bananafish
Good thread, Levi. Tell me what you think about Tender when you finish
it -- I've been wanting to read Fight Club since I've seen the movie, so
I'm especially interested in what you have to say about that.
Jim
lray wrote:
>Moving right along.
>Doot Do Doo
>On another note I was wondering what books are floating around in the
mind's
>eyes of all the bananafish.
>I am currently reading Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald, Fight Club by
Chuck
>Palahniuk, and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I had to step away
from
>Tender is the Night for a bit because Rosemary was just becoming too much
too
>handle. Fight Club seemed like a nice alternative, a quick gritty read
with
>some content thrown in in short sharp bursts. And then there is Infinite
>Jest, the month long read as a professor of mine calls it. Infinite Jest
is a
>phenomenal book but there is only so much talk about AA at one time I can
>handle. When I have more time and a clearer head I will finish it. Then
on
>to Dubliners by Joyce and Gravity's Raibow by Pynchon. How about all of
you?
>-Levi
>
>
>
>
>>===== Original Message From Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> =====
>>Levi -- I have nothing to say to John except by way of response to his
>>
>>
>absolutely
>
>
>>pointless personal insults. I do -not- initiate any of this crap, and he
>>
>>
>always
>
>
>>responds, out of the blue, to conversations I'm already having with
someone
>>
>>
>else.
>
>
>>If you aren't perceptive enough to see that's what's going on, I can't
help
>>
>>
>you
>
>
>>any more than this. I've also already apologized to you for my part in
this.
>>
>>If you choose to delete all my posts unread, that's fine, really (i.e., I
>>
>>
>don't
>
>
>>care). I don't see how you can consider that a threat to me. For my
part,
>>
>>
>I've
>
>
>>already decided to do that to John's posts, so you shouldn't be getting
any
>>
>>
>more
>
>
>>of my responses to John (because there won't be any more). I won't be
seeing
>>anything to respond to (there really wasn't anything to respond to
anyhow).
>>
>>Message filters are beautiful things.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>lray wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>My goodness Jim and John. Maybe some people on the list do not mind
>>>
>>>
>arguments
>
>
>>>and insults taking place in their inbox but I do. By all means feel
free
>>>
>>>
>to
>
>
>>>put each other down off-list, but I am on the verge of just deleting
every
>>>single post the two of you make because they are likely to just be
pissing
>>>contests between the two of you. Now I'm sure you are both just peachy
>>>
>>>
>people
>
>
>>>and all but the list is so much less enjoyable when people argue,
>>>
>>>
>especially
>
>
>>>when the "discussion" they were originally having has long since been
lost
>>>among the trash. Of course, no one may feel the same as me, in which
case
>>>continue berating each other, spiced eggnog or no.
>>>-Levi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>===== Original Message From "John Gedsudski"
<john_gedsudski@hotmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>=====
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Yep, I agree. I probably shouldn't respond...don't know if that would
>>>>>
>>>>>
>help
>
>
>>>>>or
>>>>>not, but it certainly wouldn't hurt...
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Dear Lord Jim,
>>>>
>>>>If you are wondering why I have erased all that clap-trap (mine
included)
>>>>below, it is because I can't stand those messy quotes behind us. So you
>>>>
>>>>
>can
>
>
>>>>fee free to call me "dishonest", as you have so before.
>>>>
>>>>Deciphering your posts on this board has given me some unexpected joy.
>>>>Finding a point in a particular thread of yours, though, I feel like a
>>>>
>>>>
>blind
>
>
>>>>man in a dark room looking for a black cat, which doesn't even exist.
>>>>Your web page is another reason why I am sure you need help.
>>>>So pretentious, so full of disinformation...
>>>>And that picture, shall I return to the old pscyhology thread and have
you
>>>>give the old projective test a whirl?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"You Needn't Be So Mean, Baby"
>>>>
>>>>If I insult you, Jim, understand I have begun to unravel under the
>>>>
>>>>
>pressure
>
>
>>>>of the ice and snow surrounding my domicile. Reading your pedantic
>>>>
>>>>
>postings
>
>
>>>>between swigs of spicy eggnog gives me hope for mediocrity in the
world.
>>>>With such low standards conspicuous as they are, I am sure everyone can
>>>>
>>>>
>live
>
>
>>>>peacefully in a warm and fuzzy universe where someone who remarks "Don
>>>>Quixote is a fun book" can Make It Big.
>>>>
>>>>We've got a new year ahead of us, kiddo. There's still time for
renewal.
>>>>In closing Jim, lets take a page from Issa:
>>>>
>>>> O snail
>>>>Climb Mount Fuji,
>>>> But slowly, slowly!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yours,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>John Gedsudski
>>>>Adjuct Professor of Egos
>>>>Philistia Community College
>>>>507 Boorish Drive
>>>>NY,NY
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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