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"Erin Reads Things To You" - Erin reads TOSH

"Erin Reads Things To You” which is a great series, and Erin chooses to read an excerpt (very brief) from my book TOSH. And she got the glasses and wine right! - Tosh Berman

Book Musik Episode 7 Podcast: "Doctor Faustus" by Thomas Mann

Tosh & Kimley tackle a work of fiction on this episode - "Doctor Faustus" by Thomas Mann. A twentieth-century, German composer (very loosely based on Arnold Schoenberg) makes a devilish deal. We get into the esoteric weeds on this one and focus on the themes of what it means to be an artist in society and why the work of an artist is so mysterious and mythologized. A little Nietzschean nihilism, some blood, sweat and tears and a backdrop of warfare drive this conversation. This book is far too deep for us to cover in full, but we have fun scratching a bit of the surface.


Book Musik No. 7 "Doctor Faustus" by Thomas Mann

We even put together a music

Apple Music:  book-musik-thomas-mann-dr-faustus

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Books I Read in 2014 Part 1

"Fanfarlo" by Charles Baudelaire

"The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis" by Lydia Davis

"Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman" Edited by B.H. Friedman

"Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theater of Terayama Shuji and Postwar Japan" by Carol Fisher

"My Vocabulary Did This To Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer"  Edited by Peter Gizzi & Kevin Killian

Straight From The Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang" by Max Décharné

"The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa" by Yasunari Kawabata

"David Bowie Is" by Jon Savage, Camille Paglia, & Howard Goodall

"Detroit 1968" Photographs by Enrico Natali

"Dump This Book: While You Still Can!" by Marcel Bénabou

"Notes From A Revolution: COM/CO, The Diggers & The Haight" by Kristine McKenna & David Hollander

"The Stray Bullet: William Burroughs in Mexico" by Jorge Garcìa-Robles

"Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern" by Nile Southern

500 Essential Cult Books: The Ultimate Guide"

500 Essential Cult Books: The Ultimate Guide by Gina McKinnon

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The Ultimate bathroom/bathtub/on your working desk type of book. There are many essential guides on literature, but this one is put together quite well. Also a lot of book cover graphics and most important it lists my edition of "Foam of the Daze" in their classic section of cult novels. Page 50 to remind you.

But also of course there are essential "cult" books left out as well. Dennis Copper comes to mind right away and that is an essential read in that field, and there are others. But again, that is part of the fun in these type of collections. What should be in and what shouldn't be in the collection. Nicely edited for those who need a quick reference, and also a great guide to bring with you when you come to Book Soup (my occupation).

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