I'm currently reading Graham Greene's The End of the Affair. 87 pages into the book I can easily say that it's one of the most well-written novels I've read, along with Catcher In The Rye and Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. And it's pretty heavy, too. Actually, VERY heavy. I was reading it on the train to and from school today, and honestly there ( Read more... )

Something I usually do a lot in my spare time. As I listen to them more than once, they may sometimes change. ________ > greater than __________.

1. LED ZEPPELIN
Led Zeppelin III > Led Zeppelin > Houses of the Holy > Led Zeppelin II > Physical Graffiti > Untitled > Presence > Coda > In Through the Out Door

2. THE BEATLES
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One of my favorite coffee-table music books of all-time is I Was There: Gigs that changed the world. It describes in vignettes the major gigs that really defined music. The Beatles live at Shea Stadium. Cream live at the Royal Albert Hall. Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock and the Monterey Pop Festival. All those one time-big time affairs.


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So today I was browsing through the record collection and the $1.99 bargain bin at Atomic Records in the artsy-fartsy section of Burbank. All of a sudden, Beatles music filled the room. Classics such as "Because" filled the floor, followed by some songs I've definitely heard before, but have not played in a long-ass time. Now I was hearing them ( Read more... )

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Celine Dion did a cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me (All Night Long)"?!?

OH, FOR FUCK'S SAKE.