[mplpost] what are mapleposters reading?

[Liz Harvey-Foulds]

I just finished reading Forests of the Heart by Charles DeLint, a wonderful
Canadian author who manages to weave folk/trad music themes into the fabric
of  all his novels and short stories.  He always lists the music that he was
listening to and which influenced him during the time period in which he was
creating one of his works of fiction.  I have been a huge fan of his work
since reading The Little Country - gee could it be a few decades ago....Eve
I don't know if you've ever read any of his stuff but if you or any other
mapleposters need a break from the autobiographies and books on the business
and just want to just frolick in fantasy for a while this is the author I
love to frolick with :}  (Mind you I am an English teacher, which may have
warped my reading sensibilities)
The other book I'm just finishing is called "Come and Go, Molly Snow" by
Mary Ann Taylor- Hall.  I'd never heard of her but I got it in the bargain
bin at Chapters (can't pass up a deal) and what caught my eye was this quote
on the back "music- the melding of grief and desire and sex and nature into
music - is the soul of this book."

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Liz Harvey-Foulds
"Live From the Rock" Blues & Folk Society
By the Bay Productions
Box 119, Red Rock
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Different Daughters

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eve Goldberg" <patootie@interlog.com>
To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [mplpost] what are mapleposters reading?


> 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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