I voted 'music', but with caution. My love for fiction continues unabatedly, and my reading plans are still very ambitious. My love for popular music certainly has diminished, let me explain: I can't be bothered any more to run to a record shop and investigate something like Arcade Fire, or Kaiser Chiefs, or White Stripes. To be more precise: this has been going on for quite some time. Twelve years, I think. 'The shock of the new' just doesn't seem to be there any more; can't imagine that pop will show striking innovations in the future. The format seems to be exhausted.
However: good re-releases and archival projects are very special to me. This year I plan to get the John Fahey Fonotone box set and the Beach Boys Smile Sessions box set (of course!). And, I think, many fine things in the sales. And there's jazz, a new-found hobby.
The major shift in the past decade has been that towards classical music. Jazz and classical are at the heart of my choice for 'music' in this poll, together with the archive stuff mentioned above.
Sorry for rambling. Hope I got my point across a bit. Next reading plan: 'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov.
Which of these can't you live without?
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On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
Re: Which of these can't you live without?
GoogaMooga wrote:comics are for dorks, comics are for cool people, young and old, comics are for everyone. Johnny Fartpants can't judge objectively because he's only ever read two.
This tells me all I need to know about adults who read comic books ...
He was obviously bitten by a radioactive fat bastard.
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Johnny Fartpants wrote:This tells me all I need to know about adults who read comic books ...
He was obviously bitten by a radioactive fat bastard.
Beautiful, dignified, absolutely awesome.
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Re: Which of these can't you live without?
GoogaMooga wrote:Johnny Fartpants wrote:This tells me all I need to know about adults who read comic books ...
He was obviously bitten by a radioactive fat bastard.
Beautiful, dignified, absolutely awesome.
Nice tits though.
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I just can't decide whether to laugh or cry.
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polishgirl wrote:I just can't decide whether to laugh or cry.
Yea. Seeing the love of your life exposed this way must be traumatic.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
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Sea Of Tunes v2.0 wrote:polishgirl wrote:I just can't decide whether to laugh or cry.
Yea. Seeing the love of your life exposed this way must be traumatic.
You mean that's Nick underneath that costume? Man, he really has let himself go...
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Nolamike wrote:Sea Of Tunes v2.0 wrote:polishgirl wrote:I just can't decide whether to laugh or cry.
Yea. Seeing the love of your life exposed this way must be traumatic.
You mean that's Nick underneath that costume? Man, he really has let himself go...
On the whole, I'd rather be in Wallenpaupack.
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I really can't imagine living without music.
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Movies, comics and fiction play virtually no part in my life. And I havnt played any music today.......
...... I'll get my coat...
...... I'll get my coat...
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Now the world must be rebarbarised"
Now the world must be rebarbarised"