Fri 23 May 2008
HA! Method Man remembers….the Lice Wars
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Thank you QD3 for making my Friday. I was supposed to be SPF-ed out, nose deep in a trashy paperback (confession: when I vaca, all wanna do is play PSP and read farfetched sci-fi like Dune and tweeny hits like Golden Compass. Speaking of which, does anyone have any suggestions for good books like that? I’ve already read all the Harry Potters, and Kurt Vonnegut classics. I just bought Next by the Jurassic Park guy, and some Neil Gaiman book). Anyways, back to the point….my flight got screwed so, we were not a happy camper.
But these hilarious voice-over spoofs always make me laugh…. The Kanye and Twista one is still my all-time favorite. There was also a funny DMX one. And now a new installment….Method Man.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Damn you read all the bangers, I don’t wanna expose my nerd qualities I still try to keep that Park Heights exterior. But I’ve HEARD that one might wanna check out John Christopher’s tripod trilogy, or the Slaughterhouse Five even though you said you read Vonnegut. I also liked The Restaurant at The End of The Universe by Douglas Adams. Now I gotta go back to chasing down baseheads and making hood ornaments out of pedestrians… through the eyes of Niko Bellic
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May 23rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I would have loaned you the extra $15 to check your bag.
Nothing is going to top the Dark Materials trilogy. But I just read a great book called “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party”
I liked Gaiman’s “American Gods” but if you haven’t read “Good Omens” that’s the one to get.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Read some Heinlein
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May 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Have you ever read A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. It’s in the Time series.
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May 24th, 2008 at 12:18 am
hahaha, awesome!
your flight got screwed? stupid airline industry
I usually opt for the beach and my ipod on vacation, oh and my ds lite too. buuuuut, it’s LA this time so who knows what I’ll be doing next week.
enjoy your vacation if you ever get to make it!
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May 24th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Please read Junot Diaz’s book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” It is dopeness incarnate, a mix of sci-fi, Dominican history, immigrants’ story, etc. Mad funny, ridiculously intelligent and deep. Get that! Enjoy your time off…
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May 24th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Check out ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy. He’s also the guy that wrote ‘No country for Old Men’.
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May 24th, 2008 at 6:50 am
If you haven’t read the Chronicles of Narnia books, get on that . . . Next by Michael Crichton is the shit, I read it in three days. I’ll tell you about a book that’ll keep you interested: Lamb, by Christopher Moore. Its a book about Jesus in his teeny-bopper years, but trust its funny as hell.
One Time For Your Mind
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:34 am
@ bandanamac….slaughterhouse 5 is such an insane genius work. I actually listened to an audio version of this book back in junior high (I was a very odd child) and its stayed with me till now. Ice 9. Also, the douglas adams books are bizarre but awesome, lol. But that movie….so sucked! Ill def check out tripod though, never heard of that and it sounds like we have similar tastes!
not to mention that I just got to the part where Niko has to pose as a gay blind date….hilarious.
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:37 am
@binary…Good Omens is the book I just got! Nice! didn’t Gaiman do a graphic novel? I feel like I read something else amazing by him.
I loved the Pullman trilogy but its weird how there’s more books about that series than in the series itself. talk about paralysis by analysis!
And I’ll def mark down that Octavian one on my list to check out. I love books with overcomplicated overlong titles, lol.
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:38 am
@Valencia….LOVED WRINKLE IN TIME! that was a childhood favorite! Wasnt there like a unicorn on the cover or something? I may need to re-read that one for old times sake
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:43 am
@Lewis….that junot diaz book is totally amazing. Like 5 years ago, maybe 4, I read this unbelieveable short story in the Newyorker’s annual fiction issue. it was the short story of Wao that Diaz then turned into the full book…i was waiting for the book all this time. So worth it.
I’ve never read his other stuff, but Wao is a must read. In fact, the way Diaz writes about a hip hop generation without ever pandering to the hip hop generation, is something you rarely ever see in hip hop magazines. Especially these days.
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:46 am
@UGL….i’ve heard both books are good, but are they super abstract? Because I actually don’t like to think too much when I read. Which is why I skip most “masterpieces” and read books that are in the “young adults” section. LOL
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:51 am
@Zulou….just like Douglas Adams and Madeline L’Engle mentioned above, I totally loved the Narnia series as a kid! But I had absolutely no idea about all the pro-Christianity propaganda embedded in that series. Did you notice the religious overtones? But I find that kind of interesting now….and its also fascinating how the Golden Compass series is supposed be the opposite…like its supposedly the Atheist-counterpart to the Narnia series?
Crazy.
Lamb sounds interesting too. Is it a coincidence that you recommended 2 fantasy books with religious undercurrents?
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Read any of the Terry Pratchett Dick World books?
They are supposed to be great, im not so
good at getting through long books but
i watched the tv version of one of his books
and it was great.
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Damn sorry that was supposed to be Disk World haha.
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:59 am
@binary….SANDMAN! thats the graphic novel I was talking about….LOVED THAT.
(please please hollywood, dont ever ruin it with some terrible movie version starring some douche from Gossip Girl or whatever….)
I also loved Watchmen.
Now that I think of it, most of what I’ve read and loved were recs from my crazy cousin Sunyoung. I’m gonna hit her up for more graphic novel recs. Whats the deal with Manga…..yo, that aisle in Borders is nuts. Its like the common area in a dorm.
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May 24th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Wow all these books that am never gonna read, the closest I come to reading a book is looking at the synopsis and reading the last 2 pages.
Miss Info vacations are supposed to be fun aiight? It’s all about going out and doing stuff you normally dnt get to do.
Last vacation I went to was Miami with the homies @ a 8 bedroom vacation home swimming pool, jaccuzzi rented hammers, barbeque+pool parties, party every nite 4, 2 weeks. A lot of embarassing stories too but am not goin to comment on that rght nw.
Anyway I came across a funny vid:
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhs969aZ0N548xKsvc
It looks like am not the only 1 who got irritated by the Mazzi of No Purpose post.
Soul Purpose – The Construction BEEN OUT since May 6, 2008, the album didn’t even chart. I guess the gimmicks didn’t work.
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May 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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May 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The “DMX one” links back to the Kanye and Twista.
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May 24th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
The last good sci-fi series I read was the Star Wars: Heir To The Empire trilogy. Best Star Wars adaption I’ve ever read. But I’m mainly a Graphic Novel head & I co-sign that Watchmen recommendation. Read it again, just so You can tear apart the movis when it drops hehe. Another good Graphic Novel to Film read is Wanted by Mark Millar & JG Jones which is being made into a film starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman & Common It’s slated for release this summer. Fun read.
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May 24th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
@missinfo, yeah, the fact they both have religious overtones is only a coincidence. I feel everyone should read Chronicles of Narnia right now, just in case the movies taint what I feel the books represent; I read them first in elementary school, so I didn’t catch the all the religious references till around middle school.
MAN, HitchHiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is GOAT. All five of those books were hilarious. And if you read A Wrinkle In Time, make sure you get A Wind In The Door and the other book Madeleine wrote for that series . . . I forgot what it was called, but (coincidentally) it has religious overtones too. A couple of biblical characters make an appearance.
Watchmen, I JUST picked that up out of UrbanOutfitters, and if you trying to get into Manga, holla at Death Note first. Lol, I could talk books all day. Someone recommend me something.
One Time For Your Mind
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May 24th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Junot Diaz’s other book is “Drown,” a collection of short stories, some of the published in the New Yorker a while ago.
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May 24th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Neverwhere Also by Gaiman is really good (but Good Omens def tops this in the awesomeness category)
There’s a super strange book that Ive just started reading called John Dies At the End by a guy named David Wong. Its really out there, but suprisingly keeps your attention.
(btw the Dune books are my absolute faves. I read each about 30 times.)
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May 25th, 2008 at 12:50 am
I just finished Watchmen. Very good. What about Philip K Dick? Blade Runner was based on Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? The book is really good if you have only seen the movie, it fills in a lot about the world that they don’t mention in movie (a lot about religion.)
As far as comics, Alan Moore (who wrote Watchmen) also made From Hell, and this WILD ASS book called Lost Girls.
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May 25th, 2008 at 2:14 am
The Watchmen, Sandman and Love & Rockets is how I got into comic books. If you never read any Love & Rockets you should pick up The Death of Speedy – it will blow your mind.
Hollywood was threatening for years to make a crap Sandman movie and I think they’re still planning to. I thought I was the only one who noticed a trend with WB movies – it all started with Dawson’s Creek.
Let me know how you like Good Omens. I think it’s about time for me to dig in my archives and read it again – I remember a witch named Anathema Device and something about lay lines but I’ve forgotten enough that it will still be exciting to me again.
I actually saw Pullman speak at Barnes & Noble once. He’s one of those people that’s so smart that you feel smarter listening to him. I think that’s why there is so much analysis of his books – some people have trouble just soaking it in – they need to quantify it; too bad that just doesn’t work when you’re talking about YA fiction.
I don’t know about borders but I do know that if you’re looking for chicks at the astor place barnes & noble you should head directly to the astrology section in the basement. I can’t beleive I just blew up that spot but oh well. Avoid the sci-fi/fantasy/poetry section at all costs though.
I guess that goes without saying.
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May 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Good books in the fantasy vein:
-The Eragon series (tweeny, excellent)
-Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series (it defies genre–fantasy, adventure, history, romance, and mystery all in one)
-Narnia series (also tweeny)
I echo the recommendations for reading Oscar Wao–one of the best books I’ve ever read.
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May 25th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Oh, forgot! Also, Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel Short Comings about a single, Korean-American guy dealing with Asian/American identity issues. Fantastic read: http://www.amazon.com/Shortcomings-Adrian-Tomine/dp/1897299168/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211733637&sr=8-1
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May 26th, 2008 at 1:28 am
info read the dark tower series by stephen king.
RIP CAMU TAO
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May 26th, 2008 at 2:09 am
umm..Orson Scott Card is good, two series come to mind, Ender’s game and the Bean series. Theres also David Gemmell, hes action sc-fi and Anne McCafferey (sp) The Rowan series and the pegasus series, dont know if want to venture to the Acorna series(wasnt my cup of tea)
hope those work for you.
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May 26th, 2008 at 6:59 am
That was hilarious!!! *Wipes his Tears*
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May 26th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Info
You looking for tweener sci/fi fantasy, or something more hard?
I can make recommendations for both. But if you want my biggest recommendation, pick up the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. The series isn’t finished, but the next book is due this summer.
You want some fantasy on some old Ocean’s Eleven type heist twist, get Lies of Locke Lemora by Scott Lynch. Insane.
You like military mercenary stuff, look into the Black Company series by Glen Cook. Follows a mercenary group through the generations. Nobody lives in this series. Don’t get attached to no-one.
If you want to read some turn your brain off stuff, you can get the first Dragonlance series. It’s high school reading, and is kinda a gateway drug for fantasy from the 80’s. The publisher is milking the series, however (books still coming out after 20 years), so keep away from the newer stuff.
If you gonna get into graphic novels, you gotta get Watchmen. It’s not as powerful now as when it first came out (it was before the end of the cold war) but if you were a youngen back in those days, like I was, and you still remember how scared you were when you saw the Day After, then you may be able to appreciate Watchmen.
Also, if you like McGruder, you can cop the Birth of a Nation, which he did with Hudlin back when they was boys, and drawn by Kyle Baker.
Funk.
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May 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
http://dodgerhightop.blogspot.com/2008/05/carter-iii-snippets.html
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May 27th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Info, you should read Oryx And Crake.
I loved it.
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May 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am
If you’re into the sci-fi/Dune-type books, you really should check out Ender’s Game, if you haven’t already. I actually just picked it up, but it’s one of those infamous books that I’ve always heard people talk about, but I have never had the chance to check it out myself. It’s pretty dope from what I’ve read so far, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I know it’s lame, but I always check the Amazon.com reviews before I dedicate my time and energy to a book.
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May 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Graphic novels I can recommend is the Y: The Last Man series. Read that ish in one weekend. Brian K. Vaughan (one of the Lost writers) did his thing on that title.
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May 28th, 2008 at 3:19 am
I wouldn’t say that McCarty’s books are abstract. They just don’t really follow the typical 3 part story structure. They are more of a character study. The downside is they can kind of leave you hanging at the end since there isn’t always a “typical” resolution.
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