In His Own Write

July 31, 2009 by brendanmstewart

Friday Fun—Books

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On The Charts

Buried Treasure: Grant-Lee Buffalo, Mighty Joe Moon
The Beatles: Abbey Road
“Lonely and weary from this troubled task of trying…” Chris Cornell, RIP
Buried Treasure: The Saints, All Fools Day
“My, but that little country boy could play…” Chuck Berry, RIP
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge
“Parties weren’t meant 2 last”: Prince, RIP
“From that point on, it was mayhem…” George Martin, RIP
The Listening Post: January 2016
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels
“The Stars Look Very Different Today…” David Bowie, RIP
The Listening Post: November 2015
“One more trip and I’ll be gone…” Scott Weiland, RIP
Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre: A Biography Of The Doors, by Mick Wall

Juke Box Music

In Heavy Rotation:

Adore—Smashing Pumpkins
10-5-60—The Long Ryders
Native Sons—The Long Ryders
Blue and Lonesome—The Rolling Stones

Bookends

Currently reading:

The Fifties—David Halberstam

Recently finished:

Rave On: The Life of Buddy Holly—Philip Norman
Fascinating and sad bio of one of rock 'n' roll's founding fathers, who compressed a legendary career into a brief 18-month period before becoming the style's first high-profile casualty.

The Five—Robert McCammon
McCammon's ode to rock and roll is the story of a struggling band whose new video hits a raw nerve on a psychopathic sniper. It's one of McCammon's lesser novels, with a weak ending and almost impossible to believe storyline, but the author's love of rock and roll is hard to miss.

Pandemic—Scott Sigler
A strong conclusion to Sigler's "Infected" trilogy about an alien invasion. This is tough stuff. Sigler pulls no punches in his end-of-the-world scenario, but never loses sight of his characters, each of whom are individual and believable. All of the ingredients are here for a great triptych of smart, intense, action-packed science fiction films. I hope Hollywood has noticed.

Cradle Lake—Ronald Malfi
Unlike Scott Sigler, Ronald Malfi paints on a small canvas. His horror novels are tense and atmospheric, original and dark. In this book he invests the somewhat cliched plot (it's a cousin to Stephen King's Pet Sematary) with enough strength and power to let it stand on its own. Malfi is very quietly staking out the territory to be the heir to King's estate.

Revival—Stephen King
In his latest, King tones down the horror until the end, a dark retelling of the Frankenstein story. His emphasis throughout the novel is on character development, mystery, rock and roll, nostalgia, and the horrors of addiction. The finale offers a glimpse into what awaits us after death, and may be one of the most frightening things he's ever imagined.

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