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I've been traveling a lot for work lately so I've been reading alot while in the hotels and airports. I was wondering if all you inforoosters could suggest some good books to check out?
Specifically about music, counter culture, you know...things that we love at Inforoo.
I just finished: "this is your brain on music" by Dan Levittin "growing up dead" by Peter Conners "run like an antelope" "electric kool-aid acid test"
Fear and loathing in las vegas is a classic (even if you've seen the movie).
If you're into Ethnobotony at all check out DMT: The Spirit Molecule or Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception.
I just finished Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" which was really good. Not in the category you mentioned, but if you're up for a violent, fast paced western (and enjoy Cormac McCarthy, like The Road and No Country For Old Men) it'll definitely keep you entertained
Definitely check out the other thread. I will suggest specifically checking out Rob Sheffield (Love is a Mixtape and Talking To Girls About Duran Duran) and Stephanie Keuhnert (I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone) if you are looking for books with a strong base in music.
I Recommend "Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs", "Killing Yourself to Live", and "IV" by Chuck Klosterman. "Hells Angels", "Fear and Lothing In Las Vegas", and "The Great White Shark Hunt" By Hunter S. Thomson "Scar Tissue" By Anthony Keidis and "Life" By Keith Richards. Now I will go check out that other thread where Im sure all of those will have already been suggested.
I've been traveling a lot for work lately so I've been reading alot while in the hotels and airports. I was wondering if all you inforoosters could suggest some good books to check out?
Specifically about music, counter culture, you know...things that we love at Inforoo.
I just finished: "this is your brain on music" by Dan Levittin "growing up dead" by Peter Conners "run like an antelope" "electric kool-aid acid test"
Which of those was your fave? I haven't read any of those. But if you're a fan of the Dead, you should read "Living with the Dead." It is absolutely hilarious and a great read!
2012 Wishlist: Radiohead Phish Daft Punk Ghostland Observatory Broken Social Scene Roger Waters Bell X1 Bonobo Chemical Brothers Fiona Apple Built to Spill Modest Mouse
Great book. If you want more stuff like this, I can recommend a few.
Musicophelia by Oliver Sacks How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (And Why You Should Care) by Ross Duffin Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter (one of my favorite books--I've sung its praises around here before) Silence by John Cage The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (haven't read it yet, but I've heard great things)
And although it's not about music, for some reason I think you'd also like A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
