Saturday, June 16, 2018

Unwifeable - Mandy Stadtmiller (2018)

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Unwifeable  is a memoir by Mandy Stadtmiller.  Stadtmiller was a recent guest on the WTF podcast.  I probably would not have read the boo...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

The House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urrea (2018)

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The House of Broken Angels is another one of the last several books to be recommended via the New York Times Book Review podcast.  One we...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Philip Roth - 1933 - 2018

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2 giants in 2 weeks, in their mid-to-late 80's. I don't write obituaries for everyone, but I try to write them when I think I ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway (1926)

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Back to back best books. Of course The Sun Also Rises is a classic of 20th century American literature, but has anyone read it lately?  I...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements - Bob Mehr (2016)

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My first exposure to Paul Westerberg came when I was about 9 when my older sister would play "Dyslexic Heart" (and to a lesse...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Happy 10th Birthday

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This is a few days late, but on Easter Sunday we celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the first post on Flying Houses.  It's become ...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground - Michael Azerrad (2001)

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Published in the waning years of nu-metal and the TRL teen pop revolution, and shortly before the NYC rock renaissance, Our Band Could B...