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VC Book Club First rule of book club: Chuck Palahniuk is overrated (I am so hilarious). Second rule: Please hide spoilers if you're ahead of the reading pace. Book #1 - February-March 2016 California - Edan Lepucki (amazon.com or amazon.ca links) Timelines: By Saturday February 20: Chapters 1-6 By Saturday February 27: Chapters 7-12 By Saturday March 5: Chapters 13-18 By Saturday March 12: Chapters 19-24 (p.s. obviously these aren't set in stone. What it mostly means is that if you're on same pace as the reading timeline, you can post without hiding in spoilers. Those who are behind should perhaps refrain from entering this topic until you've caught up to the reading pace).

Since we already did music and movies... I figure we can use some of the similar rules as the movies: - can include a series as one entry - graphic novels count - I suppose comics too? - no order necessary - for movies, it was suggested no documentaries. Should we do fiction only for books? I don't really care either way - I know there are definitely folks who read only non-fiction. I'll add mine shortly.

Really interested in finding a pressing of I'm almost happy here but i never feel at home by Hotel Books. Help a brother out

Anyone here enjoy cooking? I'm looking to expand my cooking horizons and collection of cookbooks on hand. Anyone have suggestions of cookbooks that they have a like? Two that I've been referencing quite a bit lately are Sean Brock's Heritage and Rick Bayless' Authentic Mexican.

I just responded in the thread about the new book from John Darnielle (the Mountain Goats). I'm a pretty avid reader in general, and I am always curious to see how musicians can take their songwriting craft into writing a book (that is not specifically about being a musician). Here's my brief list of books I've read by people who are otherwise musicians. For now, it's predominantly fiction, but please add your own (and your thoughts about the books if you'd like). Josh Ritter - Bright's Passage (love the songwriter, book was very beautifully written, but a bit boring) John Darnielle [Mountain Goats] - Wolf In White Van (great read - fits in with his oeuvre of music, as well as standing out on its own) Joe Pernice [Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys] - It Feels So Good When I Stop (loved this book; seems a bit overwritten at times, but well structured and enjoyable) Frank Portman [a.k.a. Dr. Frank of Mr. T Experience] - King Dork (hilarious and engaging book for young adults; relive your awkward teenage experience including making up as many bands with friends as possible) Colin Meloy [Decemberists] - Let It Be by the Replacements (33 1/3 series) (by far the worst book I've read in the 33 1/3 series; self-indulgent and poorly written) Dave Bidini [Rheostatics] - On a Cold Road / Writing Gordon Lightfoot (I like his non-fiction writing more than his music; a really talented writer) I'm sure there are a whole lot more. What have you read?

Whaddup y'all. I've got a speeding ticket to pay, 5 concert tix i want to buy, and i need gas to get to the shows. so i'm trying to sell all my shit... short of selling my records. PLEASE BUY AT LEAST $10 WORTH OF STUFF. ADD $4 FOR SHIPPING. if you want to buy an assload of stuff i could maybe cut a deal. let's talk. i'd prefer no international sales as they are complicated and hurt my head. GENESIS: WITH HARD CASE: Free with purchase Madden 96 $2 Sub Terrania $2 Toy Story $3 Eternal champions (looks like dog got a hold of the case) $4 Vectorman (blank case with Vectorman written on it) $3 Animaniacs $5 Aladdin $20 Contra: Hard Corps $2 Jurassic Park $2 Judge Dredd $12 Boogerman $10 Rocketnight Adventures $6 6-Pak $3 The Lion King $2 Taz in escape from Mars $4 Alex Kidd in the enchanted castle WITH SMOOSHED CARDBOARD CASE: $3 X-Men 2 Clone Wars $2 Clue $2 Street fighter 2 Special Champion Edition $2 Hard Drivin NO CASE: $3 Stimpy’s Invention $4 Golden Axe $4 Sonic the hedgehog 3 $6 The adventures of Batman & Robin SUPER NINTENDO: LOOSE CARTS $8 Super Mario World $8 MTV’s Beavis & Butthead $30 Super Mario RPG $3 NBA Jam $25 Kirby Superstar NES: LOOSE CARTS $3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (x2) $13 Super Contra $15 Bubble Bobble $2 Super Mario/duck hunt $3 The little mermaid $10 Teenage mutant ninja turtles 2: the arcade game BOOKS: I worked at Borders during the liquidation. Nearly all of these are from the sale and have never been read. $3 The Big rewind – Nathan Rabin $5 Messages – Bonnie mceneaney $5 Living dead in dallas – charlaine harris $5 Dead until dark – charlaine harris $2 Official book club selection – Kathy griffin $3 One hit wonder – Charlie carillo $5 Stuff that makes a gay heart weep – Hall $5 Things I’ve learned from women who’ve dumped me – ben karlin $5 Spilling the beans on the cat’s pajamas $3 Happens everyday – Isabel gillies $5 Rock and roll will save your life – steve almond $6 Ripped – greg kot $6 The fates will find their way – Hannah pittard $5 The borrower – Rebecca makkai $5 The great typo hunt – jeff deck $5 Stranger than fiction – chuck palahniuk $5 Survivor – chuck palahniuk $5 Lullaby – chuck palahniuk $5 Diary – chuck Palahniuk $5 Fight club – chuck Palahniuk $4 People who deserve it – casey rand $6 A visit from the goon squad – Jennifer egan $6 I don’t care about your band – Julie klausner $6 The suicide index – joan wickersham $5 The particular sadness of lemon cake – aimee bender $7 Some things that meant the world to me – Joshua mohr $4 Beta male – iain Hollingshead $5 I hope they serve beer in hell – tucker max $5 Haunted – chuck Palahniuk $5 Choke – chuck Palahniuk $3 I hate myself and want to die – tom Reynolds $3 That’s what she said – Justin wishe $6 The curious incident of the dog in the night time – mark haddon $4 Retail hell – freeman hall CD'S All of these are assumed in used/playable or better condition. 5 for $10 12 stones – 12 stones A static lullaby – and don’t forget to breathe Alien ant farm – anthology Alkaline trio – from here to infirmary Allister – last stop suburbia Ben folds five – whatever & ever Ben folds/nick Hornby – lonely avenue Ben harper & the innocent criminals – lifeline Billy talent – billy talent Blink 182 – dude ranch Blink 182 – enema of the state Blood brothers - crimes Bowling For Soup – Drunk Enough to dance Bowling for soup – let’s do it for johnny Bowling for soup – rock on honorable ones Box car racer – box car racer Breaking Benjamin – saturate Bright eyes – cassadaga Bright eyes – digital ash Butch walker – left to self centered Coldplay – X&y Colour revolt – plunder, beg,& curse Crazy town – gift of game Cursive – domestica Cute is what we aim for – same old blood rush Dashboard confessional – swiss army Dashboard confessional – the places Dead poetic – new medicines Dear & the headlights – small steps Desaparecidos – read music/speak Spanish Dirty projectors – bitte orca DMX – the great depression Dntel – dumb luck Don’t look down – the fear in love Eighteen visions – obsession Elliott – false cathedrals Elliott smith – either/or Eminem – encore Feist – let it die Feist – open season Finch – say hello to sunshine Finch – what it is to burn From autumn to ashes – the fiction we live Funeral for a friend – casually dressed Further seems forever – the moon is down Garbage – garbage Gnarls barkley – the odd couple Goldfinger – open your eyes Good charlotte – young & the hopeless Gorillaz – gorillaz Green day – nimrod Home grown – kings of pop Hoobastank – hoobastank Ja rule – pain is love Jimmy eat world – jimmy eat world Kittie – oracle Last days of april – angel youth Last days of april – ascend to the stars Limp bizkit – significant other Local h – whatever happened to PJ soles? Lovedrug – everything starts where it ends Matchbox 20 – yourself or someone like you Me first & the gimme gimmes- have a ball Me first & the gimmes – blow in the wind Metric – live it out Metro station – metro station Modest mouse – moon & antartica Morrissey – kill uncle My chemical romance – bullets My chemical romance – three cheers Nada surf – the weight is a gift New found glory – from the screen to your stereo New found glory – nothing gold can stay Nine inch nails – year zero No doubt – return of Saturn No doubt – rock steady Northstar – Pollyanna Of montreal – hissing fauna Papa roach – infest Pedro the lion – Achilles heel POD – satellite Puddle of mudd – come clean Punk goes acoustic Punk goes metal Punk goes pop Rivers Cuomo – Alone Saliva – back into your system Saves the day – stay what you are Sia – some people have real problems Simple plan – no pads Smash mouth – astro lounge Snow patrol – final straw Something corporate – leaving through the window Sparta – wiretap scars Sr-71 – now you see inside Sr-71 – tomorrow Stone temple pilots – core Straylight run – the needle, the space Stunt monkey – stunk monkey Sugar ray – floored Sugar ray – lemonade & brownies Sugarcult – lights out Sugarcult – start static Sum 41 – all killer no filler Superdrag – regretfully yours System of a down – system of a down Taking back Sunday – taking back Sunday Taking back Sunday – where you want to be Tapes n tapes – walk it off The ataris – blue skies The ataris – end is forever The ataris – so, long Astoria The cure – three imaginary boys The early November – for all of this The early November – the room’s too cold The good life – album of the year The Juliana theory – love The movielife – 40 hour train The movielife – this time next year (broken hinges) The offspring – Americana The offspring – conspiracy of one The pixies – wave of mutilation The promise ring – 30 degrees everywhere The reunion show – kill your television The shins – oh inverted world The smashing pumpkins – mellon collie The spill canvas – denial feels so good The starting line – direction Thrice – the alchemy index 1&2 VCR – power destiny We are the fury – venus

Hey all, Longtime lurker, first time poster. I wrote a book concerning the history of radical (anarchist, socialist, etc.) politics in 1980s American Hardcore Punk. It stemmed out of work I did during my Master's thesis and became a labour of love. If you've got the time/interest, please check it out. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/acracypress

I bought a Nook Tablet this week and I'm looking for people to "lend" and share ebooks with.