Whatcha readin?

[David Casseres]

Jeffrey Meikle sez

>I'm glad to see so many foax reading JR, which rivals GR as my all-time
>fave.  JR comes chillingly close to predicting the Reagan/Gingrich era...

JR?  Is that JR Ewing?  Junkie Rodents?  The Jewel in the Ricebag?  Wha?  
Please, foax, burn a few calories by spelling things out once in a while.

Me, I'm reading Garvity's Rainbow and in those moments when I'm not quite 
sharp enough for that I'm reading some of Patrick O'Brian's 
historical/nautical novels.  They are the very best of that genre, in 
case any of you like it.  A little while back I read a current thriller 
called "Enigma," (sorry, the author's name escapes me) set amongst the 
English boffins trying to crack and re-crack the German military code 
during WWII.  An interesting companion to Garvity's Rainbow, and good 
thriller-writing.

I'm listening to a lot of blues: Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Paul Rishell 
and Annie Raines, some old Annie Raitt, Charles Brown.  And a little 
flamenco: a really wonderful compilation of Melchor de Marchena in 
Philips' "Grandes Guitarras de Flamenco" series; Melchor was the singers' 
favorite guitarist, so the compilation includes a lot of stunning vocal 
work by the likes of Pepe el Culata.  And some jazz: Stan Getz's last 
recordings, with Kenny Baron on piano, and Ella Fitzgerald's recently (I 
think) reissued "Intimate Ella," and some Oscar Peterson.  And then 
there's the almost indescribable "Another Country" by the Chieftains, 
recorded in Nashville with a lot of Nashville greats.

And Richard Goode's incomparable Beethoven sonatas, and when I'm cooking, 
I just gotta have my opera, various budget compilations.  "The Ultimate 
Opera Queen" is a good one.



Cheers,
David