[mplpost] what are mapleposters reading?

[Lynn Harrison]

Hi everyone,

I'd also like to recommend "If You Want to Write" by Brenda Ueland. The subtitle is "A book about art, independence and spirit" which pretty much says it all. 

Lynn 




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Eve Goldberg" <patootie@interlog.com>
Reply-To: maplepost@icomm.ca
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 21:14:37 -0500

>Now we're on a subject that's near and dear to my heart - books about music.
>I have been addicted to books about music since I was a teenager. I seem to
>go through phases in my reading, some of which pass quickly, while others
>never die. The most recent ones are:
>
>The "How-to" Phase ("How to Be Your Own Booking Agent and Save Thousands of
>Dollars" by Jeri Goldstein, etc.)
>
>The Songwriting Phase ("The Craft of Lyric Writing" by Sheila Davis;
>"Tunesmith" by Jimmy Webb; "Songwriting and the Creative Process" by Steve
>Gillette)
>
>The Traditional Folk Music of the US Phase:  I'm in the middle of reading
>"Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life" by Guy and Candie Carawan, about
>the history and culture of the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina
>and Georgia. I've also got a copy of their book "Voices From the Mountains"
>about the history and culture of Appalachia which is waiting to be read.
>
>The Reference Book Phase: "Music Directory Canada," Several Rhyming
>Dictionaries and Thesaurases are in here, as are some great songbooks like
>"Rise Up Singing." Stan Hugill's "Shanties of the Seven Seas" and John and
>Alan Lomax's "Our Singing Country" are recent reference additions in this
>category.
>
>In November when I was in North Carolina I picked up a book called
>"Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music" which looks
>really great. I'm dying to read "Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times
>of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina" if only for
>the juicy gossip.
>
>Then there's: The Music Star Autobiography Phase ("I, Tina" by Tina Turner;
>"Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn; "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy
>Wynette; "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme" by Mary Wilson). I'm pretty much
>over this one, but every once in a while I get sucked in again. I swear,
>it's like being addicted to soap operas.
>
>Then there was the American pop/rock/soul music history phase, the
>African-American music history phase, the Country music phase, the
>Beatles/John Lennon phase-- I could go on, but I'll spare you any more gory
>details...
>
>Eve Goldberg
>--------------------------------------------------------
>Sweet Patootie Music
>483 Dovercourt Road
>Toronto, ON M6H 2W3
>patootie@interlog.com
>www.interlog.com/~patootie
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gene Wilburn" <gene@wilburn.ca>
>To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [mplpost] what are mapleposters reading?
>
>
>> I don't remember the purpose of the original thread, but like most folks
>> in the computer business my reading is primary technical and would not
>> interest anyone outside the trade.
>>
>> However, I use my Palm Pilot as an e-book reader and I often download free
>> reading material from the web. Most of it is older -- e.g., Jane Austen,
>> Shakespeare, Tennyson, Mark Twain. I usually have a few e-books on the go.
>>
>> Yesterday I noticed the autobiography of Geronimo and downloaded it. Aside
>> from the song "Geronimo's Cadillac" I only knew vaguely that he was a
>> fierce warrior and one of the last of the Apache hold-outs.
>>
>> It is seldom that a book has so grabbed my attention. His story, as told
>> by Geronimo to a relative who wrote it down, is powerful reading. It's
>> available at the following site in case you'd like to sample it:
>>
>> http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/ebooks/
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Gene
>>
>> --
>> Gene Wilburn, gene@wilburn.ca
>> Northern Journey Online, http://www.NorthernJourney.com
>>
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