Currently reading Carlo Ginzburg's The Cheese and the Worms, which is a microhistory about the religious cosmology of vernacular northern Italy in the 16th century. Pretty interesting read. Anybody else reading something worth sharing here?
1) 'Dhalgren' by Samuel R. Delaney, but I think I'm going to bail on it for the second time in a decade. My spidey-sense is tingling like Delaney is wasting my time. Most web reviews concur that that's a distinct possibility.
2) 'Artificial Rats and Electric Cats' by Robert Masterson (for about the third or fourth time.) It's like Holden Caufield goes to China and makes fun of everyone. Hands down, it's the funniest book I've ever read.
Terrence McKenna- "True Hallucinations" weird, elves of hyperspace type stuff.
recently finished:
Alan Watt's "Nature, Man and Woman" - Taoist philosophy from a modern perspective
Thomas Merton's "Zen and the Birds of Appetite". Merton was a Trappist Monk with an interest in comparative religion. This one is interesting, comparing Zen with Mystic Christianity. He also has a few conversations with D.T. Suzuki, which is primo.
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Originally posted by Nick Brown: ...'Artificial Rats and Electric Cats' by Robert Masterson...
Is that the same Robert Masterson that was the guerilla poet--Lords Of Language or Flaming Tounges or something like that? UNM grad/prof? The cat I'm thinking of was actually also involved in the early days of the Underground music scene here as well.
Just wondering.
(oh yeah, finished reading White Line Fever, Lemmy Kilmister's bioand a Stephen Hunter spy/sniper mystery-type-thing. I like mindless, fast-food-ish reading sometimes. I'm also trying to get through the manual that came with my new phone. damn things twice as thick as the phone)
Manuals for my new Zoom h-2, and our new bassist's rig, head and cab, to see if we can't get more out of it. Great guy, great player, great rig, just can't hear him as well as we'd like.
Is that the same Robert Masterson that was the guerilla poet--Lords Of Language or Flaming Tounges or something like that? UNM grad/prof? The cat I'm thinking of was actually also involved in the early days of the Underground music scene here as well.
Yup, the same guy, he finally got published. It's hilarious. The part that was killing me last night is when he's supposed to meet a guy who speaks english, but the guy just blabs nonsense syllables. It throws me into a coughing fit every time I read it.
Originally posted by justJon: just can't hear him as well as we'd like.
Since you guys are tuned low, I'd suggest cutting the low end and raising the mids. If it sounds a little "harsh" by itself, it will sound just right in the mix (well, if you want to be heard). The low frequencies tend to suck out all your power while midrange is what's actually appreciable to the ear.
Flannery O'Connor- A Good Man is Hard to Find Immanuel Kant- Critique of Pure Reason--- I know, I know, but to understand Heidegger in the way I want to I feel I need to grasp the terminology he employs.
Just finished
R Shea and RA Wilson- Illuminatus! Heinrich Dumoulin- Zen History Vol. 1, India and China
Originally posted by The Musk: Immanuel Kant- Critique of Pure Reason--- I know, I know, but to understand Heidegger in the way I want to I feel I need to grasp the terminology he employs.
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table.
(And thanks, Thunda, we'll see how that works. The biggest problem is that at a little over half on his gain/master settings, his "limit" light comes on, resulting in clipping.)
Originally posted by The Musk: Immanuel Kant- Critique of Pure Reason--- I know, I know, but to understand Heidegger in the way I want to I feel I need to grasp the terminology he employs.
Just read me some Kant. You want some bang your head against the wall stuff read some Hegel too. Ugggh.
When I don't have my face burried in some math book, I read Surfer Magazine.
Musk, I find that reading philosphy works out much better when you have someone who has studied it guide you through it. Its easy to missunderstand the afformentioned philosophers, and hard to get anything out of it if its being misinterpreted. I'm not saying you're not up to it, but I've read Kant, and agreed about what he was saying with fellow philosophy students only to have our interpretation ripped apart by a Harvard Kant scholar. I suggest reading some scholarly publications about the piece while reading the actual philosopher's work.
