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... and are "easy") is probably more accessible than folk's preconceptions. The book i started this thread with, Alex Ross's the rest is noise is probably the best place to start if anyone is interested in dipping their toe or jumping in.
And w/ a collection of several hundred "classical" cds, ... ... by Wendy Moore Sept 2009
N) Across the Wall by Garth Nix oct 2009
P) Brisingr by Christopher Paolini15/09/09
R) The Rest is Noise Alex Ross oct 2009
T) The Girl on the Landing Paul Torday nov 2009
Y) The genizah at the house of Shepher Tamar Yellin oct 2009 ... I suffered through half of it before abandoning it. So I think I deserve to count it - could have used the time to read The Rest Is Noise which I hope will be much more interesting.
Really unimpressed. Schmalzy anecdotal stuff about his time in the music industry thinly disguised as ... ... so ago and then misplaced. I'm also reading Revolution in Mind by George Makari and I think I'm about to give up on The Rest Is Noise because I haven't picked it up in about a month. The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross, which I recorded and only listened to much later.
And from Afternoon Reading, from their "Anger" theme: Andy McNabs biography Immediate Action (which was published in 1995, but still interesting). ... Andrić, which I highly recommend, and started The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré'. Still, slowly, reading The Rest Is Noise. ... Akerlof and Robert Shiller.
I've just started Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andric and am still slowly reading The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross. I've finished Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz and am still reading The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross. ... today, how should I vote? We all may have an opinion, but our opinions may not match your tastes. I have been reading the rest is noise so I have been listening to 20th century composers, and here is a link that plays a bunch of them.
http://broadcaster.pandora.com/t?r=927&c=0&l=37961&ct ... ... "England" to refer to the UK, even though many of the famous regiments fighting with the UK were non-English.
I found The Rest is Noise equally good and plan to go through it again soon. Although I love 20th Century music (the subject of the book) and thought I had a decent smattering of ... ... and Language in Tolkien's World by Verlyn Flieger
In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale ghosh
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century alex ross.
the sweet spot in time - John Jerome.
my own country Verghese. a young Indian md confronts the ... ... Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz for the Reading Globally Poland theme read, and am also reading The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross and Animal Spirits:How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why It Matters by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Schiller ... Kimble and I thought they were good, but not up to The Condition.
I'm continuing my nonfiction trend and have started The Rest Is Noise by Alex Rose, which I've been meaning to read for almost a year, and Something Torn and New by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. ... one time. Portfolio theory, I suppose. Still, for what it's worth, my current clutch is:
Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes
The Rest Is Noise
The Changing Faces of Jesus
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
The Portable Nietzsche
The Tribes of Britain
The Bible: Authorized ... I see this whole thread started with The Rest Is Noise which, in accordance with my policy of being at least two to three paces behind the Zeitgeist (that little minx), I have just started.
It must be working, because I have bought Salome - which I think is great, although (or possibly because) ... ... a major pop fanboy).
Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, has a excellent, relatively new, book on modern musics: The Rest is Noise. On his blog..
http://www.therestisnoise.com/ there are more examples, snippets of sound, etc. which complements the book nicely. He's weak on avant- ... So far this year I have read mugging the muse and am about to finish eat, pray, love. Next up on deck is the rest is noise. ... I didn't get to hear of this earlier... but there's still time to listen. Book of the Week last week was Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise. Fascinating! I love Britten's Peter Grimes, so Thursday's programme was particularly interesting for me, but all are worth listening to.
http://www.bbc ... ... Guide to the Galaxy five-book trilogy.
Have decided that I'm also going to try to read a chapter a night of The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross, which won the Guardian First Book Award, and which my brother bought me for my birthday; the size has been deterring me from picking it up, ... The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross - a fascinating look at twentieth century music: the composers, their music and their political and social milieux.
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin - neuroscience and music. Why does music affect us the way it does? From Mozart to Eminem ... Reading now:
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry (re-read)
Kabul in Winter - Ann Jones
The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross
This year's list (decided to dispense with the touchstones as correcting them again every time I added a book was getting old):
January ... while browsing at the bookstore where I used to work (they sometimes still give me the employee discount:-) Dukedom bought The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross and I bought Tinkers by Paul Harding and The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell. ... as many dreams and nighttime ponderings as I can stand. So, so good. Damn, now I need to read it again.
I'm finishing the rest is noise, which is a towering pile of awesome, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which is also incredibly dense. Thanks for highlighting this. The Rest Is Noise looks good, and I haven't heard of it before. (Why haven't I heard of it before?) ... winner of the Guardian First Book Award for 2008 has been annnounced:
"Resounding Guardian first book award victory for The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross's much acclaimed history of 20th century music is undisputed winner of the 2008 prize." ... condition for a good friend for Christmas.... (Money is really tight this year)...
Music and the Mind
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Proust W ... ... condition for a good friend for Christmas.... (Money is really tight this year)...
Music and the Mind
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Proust W ... #122 orangeena: I will add The Rest is Noise to Continent TBR, because I am a huge classical music fan although I really do not know all that much about it. Maybe the book wll help! ... a more palatable direction; you read along and before you know it you have returned to the black of night. Whew!
as for The Rest is Noise - it is formidable and parts were too heavy with music dissection for me. But there is much history, biography, and social texture in the stories of 20th ... ... I did one of my finals dissertations on Toni Morrison. So excited about A Mercy.
What did you think of Alex Ross - The Rest is Noise? My brother bought me this for my birthday (I did ask for it!), but I'm feeling a little bit fazed by the sheer size of it.
Have to say I really ... Here's more on THE REST IS NOISE, Alex Ross's take on 20th century music:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/28/guardianfirstbookaward.awardsandprizes
Also a look at its Amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Listening-Twentieth-Century/dp/0312427719/ref=pd_sim_b_2
And ... Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, has a excellent, relatively new, book on modern musics: The Rest is Noise. On his blog..
http://www.therestisnoise.com/ there are more examples, snippets of sound, etc. which complements the book nicely. He's weak on avant- rock but (as far as i can ... ... Anna Swir.(probably even better in her native Polish..but great translations by Leonard Nathen/Milocz).
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4. The rest is noise Alex Ross', music critic for the New Yorker, very readable and accessible history of modern musics. See his web page..http://www.therestisnoise.com/ (he's ... ... off work, went to spa, went for coffee.... not enough reading though.
Surprisingly few books... in fact just my brother (The Rest is Noise which I've been wanting to read for aaaaaages). Two book tokens though (friend and son), one of which I have already spent :-) We are saving up to visit ... #42 benitastrnad
turns out only cd#13 of the rest is noise is blank. even with that one glitch i did enjoy the book very much. (its a good thing i borrowed it from the library) hope you enjoy it as well! #33
I just purchased the book rest is noise. I was afraid to buy it in recorded version because I might not like it well enough to have invested that much money in it. (Our public library didn't have it in the recorded version.) I heard the author on NPR's performance today and liked what I ... the rest is noise: listening to the twentieth century by alex ross. got to cd#12 only to find out that cd#13 is blank. and so is cd#15. feeling cranky.
excellent book. there are brief sections that are too technical for me and stories that are just not interesting. but overall it is an ... ... data!
>4 "All the books have paper editions"
But not all the pbks have been released yet. Just went to order The Rest is Noise but the pbk isn't avail till Sept. 30. ... ).
Four books got 4.0 ratings, Man Gone Down (23 cust); The Nine Supreme (134 cust); Ordeal of Elizabeth (6 cust); Rest is Noise (42 cust).
Two books got 3.5 ratings, Savage Detectives (36 cust); Then We Came (180 cust).
One book got a 3.0 rating, Tree of Smoke (74 cust).
... ... A woman in world history had 43 owners, now has 64 owners, with 2 reviews and average rating of 3.54. 777 in Worldcat.
The Rest is noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross had 111 owners, now has 316 owners, with 7 reviews and average rating of 4.41. 1,225 in Worldcat.
... ... Marco Polo by Lawrence Bergreen. I'm also planning to start Our American King, based on LT recommendations, and The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross, so I'll see which one wins out.
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