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A piece of my heart Peter Robinson

Set in present day and 69 Foul goings on at smelly hippy concert in North Yorkshire ( the artists on stage and a brutal murder) all the usual suspects get a mention Zep , Roy Harper. Grateful Dead a Stevie Nicksless Fleetwood Mac and a Barrett led Floyd amongst others In the present day , musical journalist is murdered Robinson expertly pulls the strands together
Backdrop of Don Revie's Leeds,( however Robinson neglects to mention much to my annoyance , who won the league that season , )styles and radio programs I'd long forgotten about Great read
I'm glad I wasn't born 8 years or so earlier or I would have been caught up in that self indulgent waffle masquerading as music!

Anyway else au fait with Robinson's work ? I like the cat

Richard Dawkins: Unweaving The Rainbow

Systems Of Romance ?

I usually read three kinds of books: for my work, for my pleasure and 'spiritual / scientific' stuff.
So for now that is:
- MBT for Borderline Personality Disorder (work, obviously) by Bateman and Fonagy.
- The Rumours by Hugo Claus (famous Belgian writer).
- The Awakening of Intelligence by Krishnamurti.

Now reading Dawkins: The Selfish Gene

David Sheppard On Some Faraway Beach - the Life and Times of Brian Eno

Hi Martin,

I've yet to actually pick this up. Any immediate thoughts on it?

Garry

Fallen Dragon , by Peter F Hamilton .

More excellent BRITISH sci-fi.

Next up is " Judas Unchained ", by err, Peter F Hamilton . Part 2 of the "Commonwealth" series.

I love the scenario in that series. Stable wormhole technology, with an intergalactic railway network. Jump on a train, and you can be anywhere in the galaxy in hours.

Obviously not run by Branson, then..

I'm half way through Who on Earth is Tom Baker?

I'm only up to the third Chapter "Here he Comes" when Eno first 'touched down' in London.
Its a good read, very well crafted and with the authoritative air of a well-researched labour of love.
At times I wonder if Sheppard is a little verbose, but that's a minor point. He's been around Eno for many years and cites a lot of his own interviews with him.

Not hard to find - I walked into Waterstone's and picked one up off the shelf. It's also a superb looking book - one of those things that's nice to hold. I rarely read hardbacks, and even more rarely do I actually purchase one (Tainted Life being the last).

It smells good, and is a whole idiosyncratic 'experience'.

£20 very well worth investing.

The opening sentence is brilliant. Engaging from the start...