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What's Welsh for Zen?: The Autobiography of John Cale (Revised) | John Cale

"I am the man in the book you're reading
Waving to you from the page
I am the man in the book you're reading
Staring into your eyes
....
Books crawl down from the shelves
Read themselves to you
Read themselves at you
In the library of force"

?️ John Cale
? Library of Force (Featuring Man in the Book Excerpt)
? M:FANS
?️ https://youtu.be/gC4wK7FEihI?si=eR-6s3GPIizf01fV

Another bookish song, though a bit unsettling ?

#BooksAndMusic

Cathythoughts 😳 I like it though. 2w

Bookwomble @Cathythoughts It's good, isn't it? 😊 I love John Cale 🖤 2w

Leftcoastzen Oh goodness, I love Cale too ! Might be a tad dark for me currently.😄 2w

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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen M:FANS is pretty dark. I love his perversity, though, in leaving the Velvet Underground as he said Lou was taking it too mainstream, and then his first solo album, Vintage Violence, is such a perfect pop album. Maybe slip that one on? 😊 2w

Suet624 Oh, I had no idea he had an autobiography! 2w

Bookwomble @Suet624 It's been on my to-buy list for years - I should get around to buying a copy! 2w

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lil1inblue

Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll | Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson

Just feeling this song today, and today's #feelinthelove prompt gave me an excuse to share.

https://youtu.be/VdOkQ6THDVw?si=HiA4s-qUTKjbNXiH

#heart
@Eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Susanita Fun fact! This is the first “album” I heard on CD back in the day. 3w

lil1inblue @Susanita I love that! 😍 3w

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RowReads1

Faithfull: An Autobiography | Marianne Faithfull

RIP Marianne! 😞

https://youtu.be/mXD8l8JFk6E?si=EiTMLmRKzxecnp9T

TheBookHippie I know!!!!! I was so sad hearing this. What a life!!! 4w

Leftcoastzen Yes , heard this on the radio on the day !😢 4w

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Leftcoastzen

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink | Elvis Costello

#25Alive #peace https://youtu.be/Ssd3U_zicAI
Yeah,what is funny about it? ☮️

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

CarolynM Every time I‘ve seen Elvis he‘s finished with this song. And yes, extremely good question. 2mo

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo

Leftcoastzen @CarolynM cool . I haven‘t seen him live . 2mo

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Bookwomble Great minds! I just played a load of Elvis albums, including this track, which is one of my favourites 😊 2mo

Bookwomble @CarolynM @Leftcoastzen I've seen him four times, though not for a little while now. Twice when I've seen him he's used the "Wheel of Songs", which he gets an audience member to spin and he plays whichever track it randomly lands on! Great performer. 2mo

Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble wow ! I regret not seeing him live . 2mo

Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen If it's an option for you, he's doing some US dates later this year, starting on the West Coast 😊 https://www.elviscostello.com/uncategorized/elvis-costello-announces-new-tour-ra... 2mo

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dabbe

The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles

#christmascheer
#magical
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#wintergames2024 @Liseworks #holidaybookdragons

Bookwomble 💖 3mo

dabbe @Bookwomble 🤩😘🤩 3mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🙌🏻 3mo

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Eggs Fun 💫❤️✨ 3mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙❄️💙 3mo

dabbe @Eggs 💙❄️💙 3mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Life | Keith Richards

pick

The story of a singular life but also music history, British history, cultural history, drug history.
Pros: Respect for, sharing and collaboration with musicians.
Cons: Casual misogyny, and yet love for women, less about sex than affection, mother issues? (She didn't seem overly affectionate.) Not certain how great a husband or father he's been, and the language occasionally reveals his membership in an earlier generation. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Full acknowledgement of calamity, when it originates with Keith, when it doesn't, addiction and friction with Mick.
Very much get the sense of an honest recounting because of the 'warts and all' vibes, as much as there are regrets and justifications mixed in. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? It's disheartening to hear institutions failing a young Richards, school and then law enforcement, but these days, it feels more mainstream left than 60s anti-establishment to recognize that formal school structures are the bare bones in education that can always be improved and expanded upon, and law enforcement is in need of abolition as much as overhaul. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? Likewise, you hope that rehabilitation and recuperation rather than targeted surveillance and search is the plan for those experiencing addiction.
Richards does occasionally toss out a 'don't recommend, don't try this at home' but he also gets pretty detailed about various drug shenanigans, more casual than contrite. Glad to hear he's off it now. 3mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? Never fun to listen to a band go through a schism, but you're left with an image of Richards' checked-out heroin time being productive but mellow leaving Mick with greater control, and an ego that a sobered Richards didn't want to play second fiddle to. It's a subjective retelling, but the delivery and subsequent recounting of some patching up lends credence to the idea. (edited) 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/? I've more interest in the history of Richards and the band than the present, admittedly, so I'm willing to let this version of events stand. I can't say I'm a huge Richards groupie, but I think there's a distinct value in the memoirs of elderly cultural figures, dare I say celebrities, because the life span is such that they were involved in the creation of pop culture that was part of the zeitgeist by the time I was culturally aware. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 7/? Fascinating to see that time come to life.

The audiobook was an interesting experience, because there are long chunks of solid deadpan reading by Johnny Depp, then a very lively, lengthy section of what appear to be the most rollicking years by Joe Hurley, more Depp and an end cap from Richards himself, where he wraps up with more recent events. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 8/8 Gets a bit muddled because Keith is happy to quote friends for scenes where he doesn't remember as well, might want an eye witness or outsider perspective, and while Hurley puts on voices to distinguish, Depp doesn't. Who knew the more famous actor would be the drier narrator. Guess audiobooks really are a different medium in terms of performance.

⚠️animal death, domestic abuse, 3mo

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