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It was the sweater, seems it was a bandmate who gave him the nickname. Came across as happening in his later teens or early 20's.His mother used to dress him in the colours of a bee?
It was the sweater, seems it was a bandmate who gave him the nickname. Came across as happening in his later teens or early 20's.His mother used to dress him in the colours of a bee?
I've picked up The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon at a used book store recently. It's about the making of the 1990 movie adaptation of the best seller The bonfire of the vanities. It's a real interesting inside look into the madness that is big budget movie making. I'm halfway through and I'd recommend it, it's a pretty easy read .
I've bought maybe 85% of my books used over the years! It's a bit of a tradition of mine to visit book stores when I travel, I love those kind of places. I go thrifting a lot too .Amazing the finds from used book stores and how there are so many under the radar options instead of constantly paying full price for the latest publication.
Most of the books I buy are used as well. The places that sell on Amazon usually give a good description of the quality. Most of the ones I have bought were in very good shape.Amazing the finds from used book stores and how there are so many under the radar options instead of constantly paying full price for the latest publication.
I've picked up The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon at a used book store recently. It's about the making of the 1990 movie adaptation of the best seller The bonfire of the vanities. It's a real interesting inside look into the madness that is big budget movie making. I'm halfway through and I'd recommend it, it's a pretty easy read .
It's one of the more famous bombs in Hollywood history, mainly because it had an all star cast and a top director behind it. It was based on a very successful best seller so there was a lot of expectations before it came out as well which made it all worst when it failed big time.I never watched the movie but I read the book, I seem to remember the film got really bad reviews.
Most of the books I buy are used as well. The places that sell on Amazon usually give a good description of the quality. Most of the ones I have bought were in very good shape.
The Williams story is heart-breaking. He was my favorite comic for years. My father had the same ailment, Lewy Body Disease. It is absolutely unforgiving: basically Parkinson's and Alzheimer's rolled into one, combined with hallucinations as well. I can see why Williams would consider ending his own life as the only way forward. I obsess about doing everything I can not to get it, including exercise, working my whole life (which I can as a prof), and daily vitamins (Gingko Biloba and Fish Oil).Just finished two books, Chaplin: His Life & Art (David Robinson) and Robin (Dave Itzkoff).
The Chaplin book was one of the two books used to make the Robert Downey Jr movie about CC, the other was Chaplin's autobiography which I also read. This book fills in the gaps from the autobiography which didn't talk a lot about his films and curiously left some people out. i.e. He didn't mention working with Stan Jefferson (later known as Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy) or Buster Keaton who is mentioned several times in Keaton's autobiography and appeared in Chaplin's film Limelight.
Robin is a biography of Robin Williams. Well done but a sad ending. Some funny memories in there.
Yes, Williams was misdiagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Only he would have known how much he was suffering towards the end.The Williams story is heart-breaking. He was my favorite comic for years. My father had the same ailment, Lewy Body Disease. It is absolutely unforgiving: basically Parkinson's and Alzheimer's rolled into one, combined with hallucinations as well. I can see why Williams would see ending his own life as the only way forward. I obsess about doing everything I can not to get it, including exercise, working my whole life (which I can as a prof), and daily vitamins (Gingko Biloba and Fish Oil).
I'm currently reading ''The Martian'' by Andy Weir and I've got to say that there are many scenes there that were not covered in the movie, and it's been really good so far. Provided that I'm still a COVID-19 carrier, isolated at home, and have all the time in the world right now to finish reading as I please, I figure that I'll finish that book pretty much this afternoon.
Afterwards, I'll start reading ''the Burning White'' by Brent Weeks, the last book in his latest Lightbringer series. I'll admit that some of the worldbuilding is a bit of a trainwreck, the prose and narration aren't the best I've seen, and the concept and characterization reek a little bit of evangelist symbolism, but it's still decently well-written, good drama, and I find the very concept of magic and the ways it is used in that world to be quite fun and fresh.
Brent Weeks is a bit too much of an unsubtle Magic the Gathering enthusiast for my liking, and incorporates it a bit weirdly in his world. But meh, despite all the parallel worlds, uselessly gransiose titles of cards that unexplainedly give insight into their subjects' lives to little enough purpose, his works are still readable, unlike ''the Magicians'' by Lev Grossmann, that steaming pile of dog****.
Just finished two books, Chaplin: His Life & Art (David Robinson) and Robin (Dave Itzkoff).
The Chaplin book was one of the two books used to make the Robert Downey Jr movie about CC, the other was Chaplin's autobiography which I also read. This book fills in the gaps from the autobiography which didn't talk a lot about his films and curiously left some people out. i.e. He didn't mention working with Stan Jefferson (later known as Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy) or Buster Keaton. CC is mentioned several times in Keaton's autobiography and appeared in Chaplin's film Limelight.
Robin is a biography of Robin Williams. Well done but a sad ending. Some funny memories in there.
I'm surprised this thread hasn't blown up in the last month. But then again, I'm not.
Per, I loved Portland in the two summer weeks I spent working there two years ago. Wouldn't mind moving there at all.
I'm reading a book called Lost Connections by Johann Hari. It's about why people are unhappy.
Also reading through the Atlas Obscura book in chunks. All about strange real life world locations. A travel guide for non-squares.