Member: catmeyoo

another folk collection you might be interested in: Folk Song America, 4 cds
from Smithsonian.

posted by tros at 6:46 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2012

On a music related note, I just got a 8bg, usb, mp3 player from amazon for 13 bucks!
It's a chinese "Irulu" brand. Currently have 1200 tunes on it!

Also got new headphones for it; sony clip-on headphones, much more comfortable than buds and great sound.

posted by tros at 2:17 am (EST) on Nov 18, 2012

Just listening to Lori McKenna. You might appreciate her, great voice and lyrics. Bittertown, Unglamorous and Lorraine are great cds.

posted by tros at 8:49 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2012

Looks like I have Anthology by Emmy.

You know you're getting old when it's hard to keep up with yourself.

A few old folk/rock favs: Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, John Gorka, Greg Brown. You've probably heard them, if not worth checking out.

A recent folky discovery is Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars.

posted by tros at 3:10 pm (EST) on Oct 31, 2012

It's still summer in CA. I'd feel like Sam McGee in Nebraska.

I've never been an Emmylou fan until recently. She doesn't have the best voice
around but she can get to dark anguish with her quavering voice. Kind of addictive. Lately listening to Songbird (2 cds) and Hard Bargain by her.

posted by tros at 1:21 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2012

Hi Cat,
Just saw this on LJ and knew you'd love it!
Amy

Kealing, Bob. Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock. Univ. of Florida. 2012. 256p. photogs. discog. bibliog. ISBN 9780813042046. $27.50. MUSIC
Kealing (Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers) here emphasizes the distinctly Southern roots of country rock pioneer Gram Parsons (1946–73). Kealing details the musician’s journey from early admirer of Elvis to “urban folkie” to his ultimate musical explorations of what the author refers to as “cosmic America” as a member of the Byrds and the founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers. In the late Sixties and early Seventies, Parsons helped integrate the distinct, though related, strains of rock and country music, creating a new kind of sound that changed the trajectory of rock. From his brief but influential stint with the Byrds to the formation of the Flying Burrito Brothers and further solo work with Emmylou Harris, Parsons’s career as a guitarist and singer/songwriter was cut short when he died of an overdose at age 26. Using interviews with his friends, family, and fellow musicians and contemporary visits to the primarily Southern sites associated with Parsons, Kealing mines the cultural geography of a region and time period while narrating the story of a musician who has remained influential over the past 40 years.
Verdict Kealing’s detailed biography will appeal to rock fans looking to read more about a formative time in music history through the story of one of its most pivotal figures.—James Collins, Morristown–Morris Twp. P.L., NJ

posted by kittykitty6 at 4:24 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2012

Hi Cat,

I love Chris Thomas King's cut on Down from the Mt. His Legend of Tommy Johnson
and Red Mud are worth checking out.

We have the best music on LT! ;-)

posted by tros at 4:33 pm (EST) on Oct 24, 2012

Thank you about the Kirkus comment - that made my day!

So funny about Muir - of course we associate him with different parts of the country and he's as much adored in California. The reason I was reading "A Passion for Nature" was because we were briefly in Madison, Wisconsin (where I did my graduate work) for a football game, and Muir also went to the University of Wisconsin, which he loved dearly. We went for a nice hike in Muir Woods on campus.

I'll be interested to see how you fare with the Parker books - Dave got me reading them over a decade ago, and we've faithfully kept up with all three of his series ever since - I was devastated when Parker died and don't intend to read the ones written by his successors who were approved by his estate. I'd rather mourn the loss of the characters as well as Parker.

We just got back from a wonderful vacation in northern Wisconsin, and Dave finished up the last six of Parker's novels. I'm going to enter my vacation books soon...read some great ones.

posted by kittykitty6 at 9:11 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2012

As an ex-librarian myself I really appreciated the photographs of "world" libraries that you have put on display here. Could be the last bastions of civilization...

posted by comsat38 at 1:23 pm (EST) on Sep 7, 2012

I agree with you completely about the Anne Rice book - I feel guilty about recommending it based on the first chapter! Here's the review I left:

Started out promisingly but ground to a weary shamble through poor pacing, tedious and predictable characterizations, florid descriptions and way, way, way too many adverbs. Ms. Rice indicated in 2004 during her infamous Amazon rant that she is beyond editors sullying her work. This book desperately needed a better editor - preferably whoever edited her "Witching Hour" novel, which was nearly flawless.

posted by kittykitty6 at 4:56 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2012

Hey Cat,

I saw you added some Lawrence Block books - I've got all of his, too. I thought you'd be amused by the following - who knew he had this whole other x-rated career?!

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/08/in-the-bookroom/more-free-lawrence-blo...

Amy

posted by kittykitty6 at 8:55 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2012

Thanks for your note! Looks like we're up to 68 books shared! Slowly but surely adding everything...

posted by kittykitty6 at 12:02 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2011

Only 9 Gram Parsons cds? I take it you're a GP fan? ;-) Just got GP live at avalon 1969.
Interesting. It was a double bill with the dead. Obvious the dead were listening closely.

posted by tros at 6:40 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2011

What with your hefty memoir category, and that we've got a few odd books in common (some of which I edited), it occurs to me you might like one or another or both of my nonfiction novels. They're described and the LT reviews can be accessed here:

http://www.librarything.com/author/weissmanpeter

posted by copyedit52 at 7:57 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2011

Fire in the Kitchen by the Chieftains is a new fav. Have you listened to the LBS cut? They might be better than the chieftains. Hard to say when you're that good!

posted by tros at 2:41 pm (EST) on Dec 20, 2010

I'm a CA native but lived for a while (almost a 100 years ago too) in south dakota. All I remember is climbing the concrete dinos at dinosaur hill.
I've been obsessed with music all my life and it just seems to get worse!
Check out La Bottine Souriante, french-canadian celtic, jazz group. They're on the Chieftain's cd Fire in the Kitchen.

posted by tros at 1:28 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2010

We share a lot of great books and music. Haven't entered most of my old music though (and probably won't), just a few recent things.

posted by tros at 8:55 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2010

Hello Catmeyoo,

What was it about my collection that caught your attention? Looking at it myself (not easy to do) it seems to be a "Jack of all trades and master of none" sort of thing.

posted by comsat38 at 12:19 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2010

Came across your library. I am always looking for interesting library's for my threads. You may be interested in joining one or more.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/74651 Choose a book from someone else's library that you would be interested in reading.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/80387 Password - Choose a word from your book and give clues on what that word is and others guess.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/80086 Hangman - Guess the letters to make up the title of a book.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75794 What does the last two books in common

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=74233 What are you reading now and other questions.

Looking forward to seeing you in one of my threads.

posted by callmejacx at 1:07 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2009

It's nice to meet you! I look forward to exploring your books.

posted by lisaunger at 1:33 pm (EST) on Nov 16, 2007

I am gonna go to school on your rock and blues collections. Thanks!

posted by runobodyii at 12:11 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2007

coffeezombie,

Since you like Bangs, and if you follow Jim Derogatis, Chicago Sun music critic, at all, or even if you don't, I recommend his "Let It Blurt; the Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic." No rock feel to the writing, but interesting stuff about interesting times. You have to kind of ignore Derogatis' tendency toward depression and gloom but it can be done.

posted by catmeyoo at 12:01 pm (EST) on Jul 25, 2006

I actually met Meltzer when I interviewed him for an article in my college newspaper. Later at a book reading he signed the promo copy of "Rhythm" the publishers had sent me to read before the interview. Nice guy. The first thing he did before the reading was set his cup of Starbuck's coffee on the table and spike it with a small bottle of whiskey. He also downed a couple pints of free beer before things were done. It was a good reading, especially when he started dishing out some slams on Abbie Hoffman. "Whore" has been one of my favorites for some time. I've also read a lot of Lester Bangs (one critic Meltzer speaks of with a combination of fondness and cynicism) and have some Nick Tosche I've been meaning to get around to reading. I've always enjoyed reading people who can express in words the way I feel listening to music. Meltzer's my favorite, since his writing best approaches the feel of the music itself.

posted by coffeezombie at 12:20 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

Thanks for the note. I like Meltzer--he and I grew up at the same time and I remember how exciting it was to have actual rock critics and magazines like Crawdaddy and then Rolling Stone--I didn't discover them though until I moved to San Francisco from Denver (in 1969) although I had discovered underground radio several years earlier visiting Palo Alto. It's as much fun to read his comments about other critics as about the musicians themselves, especially Christgau. A Whore Just Like the Rest has a great index and makes a super reference book.

I see you've got his Autumn Rhythm: Musings on Time, Tide, Aging, Dying, and Such Biz too--rock's first generation getting up there in years and his personal take on it. No index in that one. His writing is as high energy and high spirited as ever though with lots of music and literary references. I love that kind of stuff.

posted by catmeyoo at 8:38 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2006

Always nice to see someone else who has read Richard Meltzer. What did you think of "A Whore Just Like the Rest"? I'm always surprised that there are only 9 people on the site who have it listed, and at least one of them didn't seem to like it that much.

posted by coffeezombie at 8:08 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2006

It is good to find another fan of James Wright's poetry. Jeffrey

posted by southwestpoet at 3:53 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2006

My cd entries have few bibliographic details. What is there is original cataloging. I entered each one by performer (usually) where "author" was requested and cd title only, with cd in hand, then copied picture of cover from Amazon or another source if Amazon didn't have it available. On classical records I usually noted the composer in the title line and the orchestra and conductor, or chamber group, whatever, under "author". If I wanted to list performers on albums where the "author" was listed as "Various," or other odds and ends of interest I entered that information under comments. Entering cds went much quicker than books after I figured out a systematic way to copy the album cover pictures quickly. LibraryThing made that easy after I figured out how to do it.

I hope to go back and add & correct things later but am trying to get all my collections entered first. Hope this helps. I think others who have entered cds have done more with the record, and I hope to study some of those in more detail later. I also think there were other tools I could have used to make it easier and more standard, but hey, it worked for now. I'm really glad to have this online and available when I need it. Hooray and Good luck!

--catmeyoo

posted by catmeyoo at 4:22 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2006

I'm new to library thing and I love that you cataloged your cds. How exactly did you do it?

posted by kdhenley at 2:43 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2006

i love your picture too, especially for the black cat. A black cat is always the best cat.....

posted by 49shelves at 7:48 pm (EST) on Jul 2, 2006

What a fantastic profile picture!!!! -DavisFamily

posted by davisfamily at 10:19 am (EST) on Jun 14, 2006