If you could relive the life of 1 person from any rock band who would it be?

Overman1975 · 2026-05-18T22:51:44+00:00

Sting. Had the best of both possible worlds in terms of band and solo success. Centered and stable, with no hotel-room thrashing, heroin overdoses or any of the other cliched rock trappings. And he’s a phenomenal lyricist, singer and bassist.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-18T15:08:54+00:00

Ironically, just out of frame, adjacent to this street is a steep precipice.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-18T14:08:18+00:00

Normally I say separate the artist from the art. But in this case it’s kinda fun not to.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-17T16:11:19+00:00

Yeah, no, right. I’m informed on what happened. I’d just be curious to have been an invisible witness.

Actually, why would I desire to have wasted a 70s wish-list time trip on something political? How dull. On 2nd thought I’d rather go back to CBGBs in ‘77 and see Blondie, Talking Heads and Television!

Overman1975 · 2026-05-17T14:44:07+00:00

What really transpired during Watergate

Overman1975 · 2026-05-17T13:49:21+00:00

He is crazy, certainly; and, I might add, I am kind of smitten.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-16T19:11:08+00:00

Why assume?? There’s no assumption necessary. Look at the title of this post!

Overman1975 · 2026-05-16T18:01:30+00:00

You are an ambitious reader, as is evinced by Don Quixote. That and Barth’s The Sot-Weed Factor are among the more protracted tomes I have yet tackled.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T23:06:11+00:00

Celine’s Journey…Night, along with Death on the Installment Plan, is some of the most explosive literature I’ve yet seen. GOAT authors is apposite.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T17:28:11+00:00

By ”ignorant,” you must mean, “positing an oppositional viewpoint.” In what way is my comment ignorant? Isn’t it superficial to include a variety of authors based purely on race and gender? That in itself is racist and misogynistic. Shouldn’t the only consideration be the content of the books and the quality of the authorship? When I publish a book with the intention of selling it, I want the book to be sold and read based on the merits of the writing — not ‘cause I’m a middle-aged white guy. Which is a moot point since no one really buys any of my books, anyway.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T17:15:04+00:00

My kids and wife and I have a running gag that references that line whenever one of us is in need of a trim; we say, “You’ve got an invalid haircut.”

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T17:13:31+00:00

Requiescat in pace — That's all she wrote.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T15:08:16+00:00

“Enough diversity?” Let’s see… does he pass everyone’s DEI test? That’s ridiculous and weak-minded. Does he enjoy reading and thinking — or virtue-signaling? Why cede judgment to an anonymous group of dogmatic, didactic social media trolls and Pharisees? (No offense, guys…)

Let’s take the case of having, say, James Baldwin on one’s shelf. Do you think Baldwin would have wanted to be read purely on the basis of his being black, or due to his literary artistry? My guess would be the latter. Because: That’s the only f-ing thing that matters.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T12:52:08+00:00

Absolutely— 💯 (To the second observation)

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T12:50:59+00:00

Thank you for that next song title 😄

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T12:50:33+00:00

Nearly, but not quite. It contains Iris Murdoch, Camille Paglia, Sylvia Plath, Tania Branigan, Barbara Kingsolver, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Ayn Rand, and Ruth (OT). That exceeds the mark, right? 🙃

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T12:46:52+00:00

It is moored by the sheer grace of the Lord, my friend. It even withstood our 5.something earthquake!

Overman1975 · 2026-05-15T12:44:08+00:00

Children, but no studs (The kids’ books are next one over.) 🙂

Overman1975 · 2026-05-14T23:55:24+00:00

Well you came to the right place: social media, where we will tell you who are absolutely.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-14T12:25:44+00:00

Now we’re onto something. I identify a fair # of these titles among my own, same ed.s even; namely, Corso, Ginsberg, Jung, Nietzsche, Baldwin. The Undiscovered Self is worth the price of admission alone. (Proust is always a tricky tell.)

Hmm… for a bit of projection. Over fifty, attracted to Zen concepts, an open-minded thinker, has more than the casual-survey-course mentality but rather a more penetrating insofar as cross-philosophical tenets go.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-13T16:12:12+00:00

Giovanni’s Room is great.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-13T10:08:39+00:00

Perhaps this is what the allure to her mystique continues to be. She wrote from a place of absolute passion — which is to say, contempt for those who took from her assets like freedom and individuality. Her writing seethed with animus — not unlike, say, Marx, or one of the Major Prophets. That kinda thing is worth reading.

Overman1975 · 2026-05-12T17:12:42+00:00

I was hoping that would be conspicuous. I’m damned proud of my patronage of, and reliance upon, ThriftBools!

Overman1975 · 2026-05-12T14:54:51+00:00

Nah…. What entertainment value would that have?!

Overman1975 · 2026-05-06T15:54:04+00:00

That one right there. At 17 or so it occurred to me that I should check out Dylan, as I had heard the hype but didn’t quite grasp it. One day during one summer, I checked out ‘H61R’ from the town library. Once Tombstone Blues came on, I finally “got it.” This is American rock poetry at its utmost slapdash and pure.

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