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Post by Dr. Plip on Jun 11, 2017 21:50:19 GMT
'The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World' by Peter Wohlleben. Great non-fiction book about trees. Absolutely fascinating and engaging, even if you already think trees are pretty bloody good, it teaches you loads more about them and explains some of the incredible things that they do. I shit you not, this book is the dog's bollocks. Yeah, thanks for the recommendation. I remember my mind blowing when I read those articles about plants using quantum mechanics in photosynthesis. Plants and trees are awesome. #treehugger
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Post by Southbound on Jun 12, 2017 22:51:37 GMT
Securities Analysis by Ben Graham... it is like pulling teeth, but I am feeling more intelligent (before starting I would have said "this here book done make me smarter)
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Post by ouroboros on Jun 13, 2017 8:21:47 GMT
October by Meiville
Graham- Cities under siege
hhhh- binet
The econocracy -Manchester uni press
Random other stuff that either sits by the bed or in one of the bathrooms
Using October for the commute atm and hhhh for bedtime reads
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Post by pingoo on Jun 13, 2017 13:32:46 GMT
The Survival Handbook by British author and professional soldier, John Wiseman.
This is awesome, check those sections :
1.Essentials: The basics of what you need to do to prepare for a journey and how to collect salt and water.
2.Strategy: How to avoid getting yourself into a disaster situation.
3.Climate & Terrain: How to survive in all manner of different environments from polar regions to arid regions.
4.Food: How to track and kill animals and prepare them to eat.
5.Camp Craft: How to set up campsites and tie knots and make fires correctly.
6.Reading the Signs: The details of navigation by stars and by the sun.
7.On the Move: How to cross dangerous areas relatively safely with minimal loss.
8.Health: Learning first aid priorities and procedures, such as the Heimlich manoeuvre and others and a small encyclopedia of medicinal and poisonous plants and dangerous or poisonous animals.
9.Survival at Sea: How to survive afloat in the open water.
10.Rescue: How to get oneself rescued and signalling for help (includes tutorial for Morse code).
11.Disasters: How to survive major disasters, such as floods, avalanches, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and nuclear aftermaths.
Gathering some informations right now and will going for some bushcraft next.
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Post by sturban on Jun 13, 2017 14:34:44 GMT
The Survival Handbook by British author and professional soldier, John Wiseman. This is awesome, check those sections : 1.Essentials: The basics of what you need to do to prepare for a journey and how to collect salt and water. 2.Strategy: How to avoid getting yourself into a disaster situation. 3.Climate & Terrain: How to survive in all manner of different environments from polar regions to arid regions. 4.Food: How to track and kill animals and prepare them to eat. 5.Camp Craft: How to set up campsites and tie knots and make fires correctly. 6.Reading the Signs: The details of navigation by stars and by the sun. 7.On the Move: How to cross dangerous areas relatively safely with minimal loss. 8.Health: Learning first aid priorities and procedures, such as the Heimlich manoeuvre and others and a small encyclopedia of medicinal and poisonous plants and dangerous or poisonous animals. 9.Survival at Sea: How to survive afloat in the open water. 10.Rescue: How to get oneself rescued and signalling for help (includes tutorial for Morse code). 11.Disasters: How to survive major disasters, such as floods, avalanches, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and nuclear aftermaths. Gathering some informations right now and will going for some bushcraft next. I've always wanted to give it a go, but I think I would be on the next bus home after a couple of days  I have all of Ed Staffords DVDs and the kids love him. He makes that Grylls bloke look like a wet fart. |
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Post by pingoo on Jun 13, 2017 17:16:56 GMT
Leaving for a while our comfort zone is always a good experience.
I don't know Ed Staffords, i'll check this.
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Post by tom on Jun 13, 2017 17:22:08 GMT
The Survival Handbook by British author and professional soldier, John Wiseman. This is awesome, check those sections : 1.Essentials: The basics of what you need to do to prepare for a journey and how to collect salt and water. 2.Strategy: How to avoid getting yourself into a disaster situation. 3.Climate & Terrain: How to survive in all manner of different environments from polar regions to arid regions. 4.Food: How to track and kill animals and prepare them to eat. 5.Camp Craft: How to set up campsites and tie knots and make fires correctly. 6.Reading the Signs: The details of navigation by stars and by the sun. 7.On the Move: How to cross dangerous areas relatively safely with minimal loss. 8.Health: Learning first aid priorities and procedures, such as the Heimlich manoeuvre and others and a small encyclopedia of medicinal and poisonous plants and dangerous or poisonous animals. 9.Survival at Sea: How to survive afloat in the open water. 10.Rescue: How to get oneself rescued and signalling for help (includes tutorial for Morse code). 11.Disasters: How to survive major disasters, such as floods, avalanches, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and nuclear aftermaths. Gathering some informations right now and will going for some bushcraft next. This was my favourite book as a scout - but then discovered girls were even more fun...! |
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Post by leoboyd on Jun 14, 2017 12:54:07 GMT
Guy Debords memoires book was bound in coarse sandpaper, to ensure it damaged other books it came into contact with [ Do you happen to be the lucky owner of one ? Absolute artistic, poetic and political masterpiece  Debord is a great read for those who wonder "what happened to the street scene", in the 70s with "Societe du Spectacle" he laid out his theory that no sort of popular revolution was possible In societies based mostly on mass entertainment and lies, absorbing and diluting the effect of counter-culture. Ooooooo I would happily own and read the shit out of one of those! |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jul 6, 2017 14:35:01 GMT
currently reading "Contested Will" by James Shapiro  It's about the "Shakespeare authorship controversy" but not really... It's more about WHY people look for answers when there's a lack of proven facts and I gotta say, I think it parallels a lot of themes in the Banksy saga (starting with the rumors they both started as a butcher's apprentice)  Here are some of the main things I've taken from it so far: -personal bias - that when digging for truth, it's impossible not to let your own bias come through. In Shakespeare's case, a lot of scholars assume that his poetry MUST be an inward reflection, because as writers, that's what they would do. Similar to how some people use Banksy's work to confirm that they're political/socio views are the same as his, even though we don't know his -assuming the work was a timely reference to recent events, rather than a standalone statement -only caring about autobiographical issues when there's becomes a "need" (someone writing a book, writing an article) -over time the work is parodied/copied/dissed/ripped-off and eventually that work starts to get confused with the original -a general lack of autobiographical facts leads people to fill in holes with what they think the artists would have been doing (ignoring their own biases) -when you start to look too closely to someone's art, you begin to feel like you know them, whereas in reality you don't at all -works intended for public reaction (in Shakespeare's case plays, Banksy's - his outdoor work) vs work meant for inward reflection (Sonnets vs B's work that the public never sees) -public persona vs the business man -their supposed (or probable) hometowns and associates making a cottage industry out of their fame -offering up other theories that just so happen to fall in line with someone's way of earning an income now, I in no way am comparing Shakespeare to Banksy. the bard vs the vandal. ha!... just found it interesting that these types of questions go back hundreds of years, to the first celebrities, especially those who's private lives aren't well documented |
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Post by chainsaw on Jul 6, 2017 15:26:23 GMT
Nice summary and comparison. I have no idea if any of banksy's street art was done with permission. But vandalism can only be levelled at his street art done without permission. This could also be viewed like fly posting advertising for his prints, which i'm sure must have been done to advertise shakespeares plays. I doubt Banksys steet art will have the longevity of shakespeare though.  |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jul 6, 2017 16:01:48 GMT
This could also be viewed like fly posting advertising for his prints, which i'm sure must have been done to advertise shakespeares plays. ha yes that's a whole other conversation... it could be argued that ETTGS was just a 90 minute commercial afterall |
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Post by leoboyd on Jul 24, 2017 21:36:45 GMT
I have just finished reading Borne by Jeff vandermeer. Like all of his books it is bloody weird and also firmly rooted in reality. There are no alien mushroom civilisations in this one though there is a massive flying bear. Beautiful book and well worth a read.
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Post by leoboyd on Jul 24, 2017 21:38:06 GMT
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Post by redneck on Jul 24, 2017 22:21:45 GMT
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jul 24, 2017 23:51:41 GMT
I have just finished reading Borne by Jeff vandermeer. Like all of his books it is bloody weird and also firmly rooted in reality. There are no alien mushroom civilisations in this one though there is a massive flying bear. Beautiful book and well worth a read. Anyone you can compare him too? Youve peaked my interest |
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Post by leoboyd on Jul 25, 2017 10:26:57 GMT
I have just finished reading Borne by Jeff vandermeer. Like all of his books it is bloody weird and also firmly rooted in reality. There are no alien mushroom civilisations in this one though there is a massive flying bear. Beautiful book and well worth a read. Anyone you can compare him too? Youve peaked my interest Oooo thats a hard question. Erm the closet things i can think of are China Mieville and M John Harrison. They are all loosely under the banner of the new weird even though Harrison and Vandermeer have been around forever... Mieville is the youngest and i'd say he is in his mid 40s. Anyway. There work is really nothing like each others except that they are all pretty mental. As for Vandermeer this new one Borne is probably he most accessible and it is bloody great |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jul 25, 2017 19:52:36 GMT
Anyone you can compare him too? Youve peaked my interest Oooo thats a hard question. Erm the closet things i can think of are China Mieville and M John Harrison. They are all loosely under the banner of the new weird even though Harrison and Vandermeer have been around forever... Mieville is the youngest and i'd say he is in his mid 40s. Anyway. There work is really nothing like each others except that they are all pretty mental. As for Vandermeer this new one Borne is probably he most accessible and it is bloody great man i feel dumb... never heard those names unfortunately but will def. check em out |
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Post by leoboyd on Jul 26, 2017 8:52:36 GMT
man i feel dumb... never heard those names unfortunately but will def. check em out Ah don't feel dumb. There are an awful lot of authors in the world. China Mieville has a pretty good blog chinamieville.net/and some of his work is a bit more accessible that the other 2. Kind of like weird messed up fantasy books. But political. Quite hard to describe to be honest. |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Aug 9, 2017 12:52:38 GMT
highly recommend this... nice mix of art history and public perspectives. an easy read filled with tons of interesting stories  The Art of Forgery The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers Art crime expert Noah Charney tells the story of history’s master forgers, revealing how – and why – they turned to a life of crime www.phaidon.com/store/art/the-art-of-forgery-9780714867458/ |
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Post by IggyWiggy on Sept 29, 2017 11:13:47 GMT
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Post by leoboyd on Oct 5, 2017 8:44:09 GMT
just read the river of gods by Ian macdonald whilst on holiday
mental sci fi set in india in 2049
lots of AI gods and very strange ideas floating about
good beach read i'd say
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Oct 17, 2017 18:51:56 GMT
this new Lou Reed bio is amazing and definitely the definitive book on the (IMO) greatest musical genius of the last 100 years.... now we just need a good Bowie book  a couple "late" period classics |
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Post by ouroboros on Apr 5, 2018 10:29:02 GMT
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Apr 5, 2018 14:01:14 GMT
yet another reminder to never drink a beer founded by someone named Adolph |
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Here are some of the main things I've taken from it so far:
