in the mood for...

...ontological anarchy & poetic terrorism? ( bey's T.A.Z. )

...dick?  ( kraus' loves it )

... getting lost? ( solnit's field guide )

i'm reading ( the omnivore's dilemma ) at the moment, i know Yes was too but she might be done with it already.

so i dunno, whatever works. y'all know i'll read anything (anything but the secret !)

check out the ( links ) if you're interested/curious about these titles.

My Vote

Hello,
Heres my vote:

A lover's Discourse - Roland Barthes

A Field Guide to Getting Lost - Rebecca Solnit

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt

The Death and Life of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs

City of Quartz - Mike Davis

Second Round: My vote for the next book

T.A.Z. Temporary Autonomous Zone -Hakim Bay

I Love Dick - Chris Kraus

The Philosopher in the Kitchen - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

Hey gang, thanks for the invite to the little posse here. I'm looking forward to readin some books with yall.

As for the books I would like to read, I would definitely second these ones already mentioned:

Angela Davis: An Autobiography - Angela Davis

Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friederich Nietzche

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

City of Quartz - Mike Davis

The Life and Death of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs

T.A.Z. Temporary Autonomous Zone -Hakim Bay

Discipline and Punish - Michel Foucault

The Philosopher in the Kitchen - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Homo Ludens - Huizinga

As for possible additions to the list, just off the top of my head I would say...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
A Language Older Than Words - Derrick Jensen
Hopping Freight Trains in America - Duffy Littlejohn
Days of War, Nights of Love - The Crimethinc Workers Collective
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire - Arundhati Roy
The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
The Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord

Gonzo Screening

As a recap for the book discussion and to further our knowledge of Hunter S. Thompson we will be meeting 7/30 at 7:15 at Regency Theaters

Yahoo!

SUCCESS!

Los Angeles (Reuters)- BOOQCLUB 1ST INTRAMURAL EVENT A SMASH!

Name Change.

Hi, everyone. It's Talk to the Hand, aka The Absolute, aka Gabriel Solorio. 

FIRST BOOK: fear and loathing in las vegas

"Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas. To relax, as it were, in the womb of the desert sun. Just roll the roof back and screw it on, grease the face with white tanning butter and move out with the music at top volume, and at least a pint of ether..."

PROPOSED READINGS

• Beneficence:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

 ... - F. Scott Fitzgerald

A lover's Discourse - Roland Barthes

  

• Talk to the Hand:

Herculine Barbin - Michel Foucault

The Golden Road: Notes on my Gentrification - Caille Millner

The Zuni Man-Woman - Will Roscoe

Angela Davis: An Autobiography - Angela Davis

Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friederich Nietzche

Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America - David Eng

• Yes:

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

Negative Space: Manny Farber

Inner Experience - Georges Bataille

No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July

• Lady Saffron:

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - James Tiptree

Swann's Way - Marcel Proust

City of Quartz - Mike Davis

The Life and Death of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs

C0ncrete Island - JG Ballard

• Kitty:

T.A.Z. Temporary Autonomous Zone -Hakim Bay

Discipline and Punish - Michel Foucault

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose - Ekhart Tolle

Little House on the Praire -Laura Ingalls Wilder

• The Baroness:

Nightwood - Djuna Barnes

Au Bonehur des Dames - Emile Zola

Vertigo - W.G. Sebald

Reena Spaulings - Bernadette Corporation

Herculine Barbin - Michel Foucault

The Philosopher in the Kitchen - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Homo Ludens - Huizinga

The Vatican to Vegas: A History of Special Effects - Norman Klein