what are you reading?

illlogickill · Post by **illlogickill** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:27 pm 0

Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:"Crossroads - the life and music of Eric Clapton"
Any mentions of my friend Bobby Whitlock from the Dominos days?
Plenty. Luckily, there is an index!

Off to Waterstones I trundle then....

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:41 pm 0

illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:"Crossroads - the life and music of Eric Clapton"
Any mentions of my friend Bobby Whitlock from the Dominos days?
Plenty. Luckily, there is an index!
Off to Waterstones I trundle then....

Sir, you cannot name drop like that and then pass it off with a casual "oh, I'm off to Waterstones".......

Tell all, do.

Oh, and Amazon have it quite cheap at the moment (that's where I got mine from).

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:45 pm 0

Page 141:

Not long after the conclusion of the Howlin' Wolf sessions, Clapton heard from Bobby Whitlock, who was interested in working with him and maybe even forming a band. Clapton was definately interested. Whitlock was an exceptional keyboard player and vocalist, and Clapton valued the time they spent together during the Delaney and Bonnie tours...........

illlogickill · Post by **illlogickill** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:04 pm 0

Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:"Crossroads - the life and music of Eric Clapton"
Any mentions of my friend Bobby Whitlock from the Dominos days?
Plenty. Luckily, there is an index!
Off to Waterstones I trundle then....
Sir, you cannot name drop like that and then pass it off with a casual "oh, I'm off to Waterstones".......

Tell all, do.

I met Bobby totally by accident whilst on holiday in NJ, USA. My friend does a local pop/rock radio show on Thursday drivetime, and the following show is a blues show who had a special guest on, Bobby Whitlock. So my firend and I asked if we could stand in on the show, which was agreed to by everyone. Bobby, his now wife Kim Carmel play live accoustic sets feet away from me, live on the radio. I can honestly say I was blown away! I even had the privilage of filming Bobby & Kim for their home video during the radio show. Since then, they have done gigs and stuff for the radio station, which I'm more than happy to burn you a copy of.

Now, can I go to Waterstones?

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:12 pm 0

illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote:
Zoot wrote:
illlogickill wrote: Any mentions of my friend Bobby Whitlock from the Dominos days?
Plenty. Luckily, there is an index!
Off to Waterstones I trundle then....
Sir, you cannot name drop like that and then pass it off with a casual "oh, I'm off to Waterstones".......

Tell all, do.
I met Bobby totally by accident whilst on holiday in NJ, USA. My friend does a local pop/rock radio show on Thursday drivetime, and the following show is a blues show who had a special guest on, Bobby Whitlock. So my firend and I asked if we could stand in on the show, which was agreed to by everyone. Bobby, his now wife Kim Carmel play live accoustic sets feet away from me, live on the radio. I can honestly say I was blown away! I even had the privilage of filming Bobby & Kim for their home video during the radio show. Since then, they have done gigs and stuff for the radio station, which I'm more than happy to burn you a copy of.

Now, can I go to Waterstones?

Now *THAT* is a story

I would love to get a copy, and you know the address

Top stuff, dude, really great story.

PS - Waterstones wibble

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:15 am 0

Currently, book 5 of the Dark Tower thingy. "Wolves of the Calla" I'm about halfway through and enjoying it so far.

Now off to read this thread.

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:28 am 0

pyroxian wrote:And on the subject of popcorn books, How many people will be buying Harry Potter VI, in several weeks time?

Steve

*raises hand* Aye!
Me and 4.2 billion other individuals.
Great entertainment.

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:29 am 0

TheGoodbyeGirl wrote:I didnt really read when i was younger at all infact the only book i remember reading in school of my own choice was one about a girl surviving a nuclear war having lived in a valley, the name of which i forget as i dont have it in my library.

Oh man...I read that when I was in school too. I have no idea what the name of that book is. I remember it being gripping at the time.

everklear · Post by **everklear** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:31 am 0

everklear wrote:
TheGoodbyeGirl wrote:I didnt really read when i was younger at all infact the only book i remember reading in school of my own choice was one about a girl surviving a nuclear war having lived in a valley, the name of which i forget as i dont have it in my library.
Oh man...I read that when I was in school too. I have no idea what the name of that book is. I remember it being gripping at the time.

Trust google.
Third hit with the following search criteria: book girl survive holocaust valley

"Z is for Zachariah"
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/autho ... OBrien.htm

Must try to find....

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:13 am 0

Caught up in mentioning my own books I completely forgot that I'm reading Charlotte's Web to Charlie, a chapter each night. Really brings back some memories of some teacher reading it to my class long ago. Charlotte died in tonight's chapter

Had a little talk about life, how spiders don't live too long and ended up agreeing to living at least 100,000 more days

Bill

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:14 am 0

everklear wrote:
pyroxian wrote:And on the subject of popcorn books, How many people will be buying Harry Potter VI, in several weeks time?

Steve
*raises hand* Aye!
Me and 4.2 billion other individuals.
Great entertainment.

I will be there at midnight on day of release to get this. I am an absolute addict! 39 days and counting!

sty · Post by **sty** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:25 am 0

offyoutoddle wrote:
20thCenturyBoy wrote:Cryptonomicon, and finding it hard going.
It is hard going at first - several hundred pages before I got into it iirc- it actually took an effort of will to keep going for me, but when you finally get there, you will look back on it as a very rewarding review.

totally how I found it.

one of the most enjoyable reads I had had for ages, I must find a spare year to get back to re-reading it sometime.

recently (not long after it came out) I ploughed my way through the first of the Baroque cycle (Quicksilver I think) and every page was a struggle. I have the next two sitting in my to read pile and I can't get up the will to read them yet

sty · Post by **sty** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:27 am 0

grue wrote:The player of games - Ian Banks

Everything I've read of him is pure genius, stunning Sci-Fi

I love all the Ian Banks stuff (so much so that I have a complete set of first editions)

I came to a grinding halt in Fearsum Enjin though and I've been reading that for about 5 years now, I must get down and either finish it or give up.

Recently I read Dead Air and it was superb, really enjoyed it

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:33 am 0

sty wrote:
grue wrote:
Recently I read Dead Air and it was superb, really enjoyed it

That's in my "To Do" pile. I keep picking it up and thinking "Nah" and reading something else instead.

sty · Post by **sty** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:39 am 0

betamax wrote:
sty wrote: Recently I read Dead Air and it was superb, really enjoyed it
That's in my "To Do" pile. I keep picking it up and thinking "Nah" and reading something else instead.

It had been in my ToRead pile for ages (it's a Hardback) like a hell of a lot of Banks' stuff at the moment since I stopped reading for ages. I just grabbed it one day as I left the house to go somewhere by tube and got hooked.