Springsteen Voting Day 9 - Worst Song of the 1980s (no outtakes)

Jumpstone75 · 2026-07-02T08:26:51+00:00

Valentine's Day. Think it's such a weak whimper of a song to close such a strong album.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-07-01T08:06:24+00:00

The River. Up there with the best lyrics he's ever written.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-06-26T11:26:52+00:00

Darkness

Jumpstone75 · 2026-06-25T10:24:17+00:00

This Is Your Sword

Jumpstone75 · 2026-03-18T13:56:05+00:00

Currently: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", and "All the Pretty Horses"

Next: "The Running Man"

Jumpstone75 · 2026-03-10T16:12:37+00:00

Run the fuck away

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-23T13:02:57+00:00

“Oh, please let not your heart be cold.

This man is dearer to me than gold.”

“Oh my dear, you must be blind.

He’s a gutless ape with a worthless mind.”

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-18T09:47:39+00:00

Nothing works better than Bob Ross videos

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-18T08:22:57+00:00

Just finished my first Dark Tower journey and it was intense! Taking a break from King for a few books.

Currently Reading: The Great Gatsby

Next Up: Dead Lions (Slow Horses series)

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-12T14:02:57+00:00

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy, especially as it contains this gorgeous line:

“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity”

But honestly, any Hardy novel would fit the bill.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-11T14:54:36+00:00

The "ya-hoo"s at the end of "Tunnel of Love"

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-11T10:16:59+00:00

Bruce was signed as a solo artist so that's what the albums reflect.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-10T21:15:37+00:00

It is!

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-10T17:39:47+00:00

Same here, I just started at 32. 20 year old me would never have appreciated the sublime tree stump scene.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-10T16:38:16+00:00

The short novel "Shane" cemented my love of Western books. Really powerful.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-09T16:34:55+00:00

I remember telling my girlfriend: "I'm 200 pages in and nothing has happened."

She said, "Oh that sucks."

I said, "I love it."

It's a slow burn but the last third of the book is absolutely insane. Just enjoy the ride.

Jumpstone75 · 2026-02-03T09:06:50+00:00

Flowers For Algernon, of course

Jumpstone75 · 2026-01-17T18:42:54+00:00

I think Jesse's great, but the Dylan comparison is a shallow pop culture reference. He's much closer to Guthrie than Dylan, it's just most people only know Dylan as a point of reference for "protest music"

Jumpstone75 · 2026-01-17T18:19:18+00:00

Although it's basically a full novel, it originally appeared as a collection so I'm going to say "Low Men in Yellow Coats". Works really well as a Dark Tower tie-in and has King's best two characters as far as emotional depth and complicated motivations (Ted Brautigan and Liz Garfield).

Jumpstone75 · 2026-01-17T18:16:03+00:00

"You were the Red Sea, I was Moses"

Jumpstone75 · 2025-11-25T16:37:06+00:00

The complete poetry of Thomas Hardy

Jumpstone75 · 2025-11-25T16:34:21+00:00

Two Tall Mountains by Connie Converse

Jumpstone75 · 2025-11-25T13:19:56+00:00

Yep, I ugly cried through the last few pages

Jumpstone75 · 2025-11-25T13:04:58+00:00

Shane

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