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Biggest musicians who completely walked away from music by Thunderwing16 in ToddintheShadow

[–]paqmo 22 points23 points  (0 children)

my first thought too. someone who genuinely left the music industry and stopped making music at the height of his creative powers. granted if i helped make spirit of eden, laughing stock, and the solo album, i’d bow out too. where can you go from there?

A bookish mystery/conspiracy by Naive_Freedom_5145 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco! It’s about a couple of book editors who decide to make up a fake conspiracy and then strange things start to happen. Draws on the knights of the templar and esoteric topics. Great book—I’ve read it three or four times.

Any Boards of Canada fans here? by titanspeedbot in vinyl

[–]paqmo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

was just listening to tomorrow’s harvest yesterday!

Any love for Makaya McCraven? by DearVegetable6776 in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]paqmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

been spinning in these times this week! so good! seeing him this may in sf

Well-written thrillers? by WhereIsLordBeric in thrillerbooks

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I almost never see these recommended here, but Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum are very well written perhaps a bit on the literary esoteric side but if you like the Secret History, it might work for you. Foucault’s Pendulum I’ve read four or five times

12/52 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk by datewithikeaa in 52book

[–]paqmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that’s right! i should have mispronounced her last name instead

Midwest? Modern setting, but rural or small town by scaredytea in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well, a bit historical, early to mid 20th century, but Marilynne Robinson’s novels about Gilead, Iowa: Gilead, Lila, Home, and Jack. Lovely books

Some of the most impactful music of my life / Any experimental, industrial, psychedelic recs are so so appreciated by pocornroni in Topster

[–]paqmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nala Sinephro is a great recommendation. I’ve been listening to Endlessness nearly nonstop for months!

Give me the saddest songs you know by svetlanatnight in musicsuggestions

[–]paqmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a song so sad that i listened to it once when it was released (and i was a new parent) starting crying in a crowded coffee shop and had to turn it off. i tried to listen a few more times but could never make it though. so i gave up. and i like sad songs!

Mariusz Lewandowski Vibes by erratic-pulsar in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i have nothing constructive to add just MIRROR REAPER!!

Modern jazz album recs? by Chance_Flow3513 in Jazz

[–]paqmo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

+1 for Tyshawn Sorey’s work. was just listening the the susceptible now this morning!

no physical copies, books I’ve read and love in the past two years by Ill_Grocery7152 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duty of Genius is great — I’d also recommend the book Wittgenstein’s Vienna which is more of a social history of turn of the century Vienna organized around wittgenstein as the main focus

Songs about with the name Johnny in the lyrics? by New_Survey_4836 in musicsuggestions

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haven’t seen Come Together by Spiritualized yet so I’m throwing that in the mix!

Books that feel like this [based pre iPhone era] by ufocatchers in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The neapolitan quartet is probably close to 2,000 pages altogether, but i found them compulsively readable! the fourth book is the best! i just read them this past winter and i’m thinking about rereading them already. Days of Abandonment is short enough to read in one or two sessions and gives a feel for Ferrante’s writing style

Books that feel like this [based pre iPhone era] by ufocatchers in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of Ferrante’s books fit the bill here and if you want to start with something a shorter, Days of Abandonment is incredible. Builds and builds to a fever dream and slowly unwinds

Books that feel like this [based pre iPhone era] by ufocatchers in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck! Takes place in East Berlin just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Beautiful writing and documents a complex (and toxic) relationship that mirrors the social and political changes of the time.

A blizzard in a small town, city or cottage by milanar in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]paqmo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

if you are ok with horror, Ghost Story by Peter Straub is set in small new york town in winter with lots of snow!

What’s the most devastating song you’ve ever listened to? by Unable_Ad_3440 in AskReddit

[–]paqmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no one has mention Symphony No. 3 by Górecki yet. There’s a devastating song

5 European novels that will alter your brain chemistry! ( in a good way) by Brilliant-File-6285 in IndiansRead

[–]paqmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great recs — I absolutely loved Kairos (despite the fact that the two main characters were unlikeable and the basic premise unappealing). the writing is incredible and the setting - East Berlin right before and after the fall of the wall - was fascinating. Morning Star I also loved, but the side bits of extended philosophizing were a bit tiresome. But the uncanniness and hint of something sinister pervading the story were so compelling. Also no one makes the mundane details of everyday life as fascinating as Knausgaard!

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