RUSH’s drummer Neil Peart copes with personal loss by hopping on his trusty BMW motorcycle for 15 months, covering ground from Alaska to Belize, in search of the wisdom of the road.
Remember that uncomfortable feeling when you were watching a movie with your parents and a sex scene came on? David Foster Wallace creates a collection of short stories guaranteed to bring that feeling back.
Dan Millman brings you on a semi-autobiographical account of his spiritual realizations at the hands of a guru in Hawaii. Careful- it’s listed under Self-Help/Fiction.
Mystic River, the polluted, industrial river bordering this small Massachusetts community holds more than one secret in it’s oily waters. Mystic River, the book, divulges its secrets through chillingly icy logic and reveals how sudden, life changing events in one community can ring so true as to astound.
People today do not think much about zero, we see it as just another number no different than the rest, but zero hides limitless power behind its innocent appearance.
One girl’s exploration into the world of online dating
Our resident audiophile explains that all you need are a midi controller, a computer, two programs, and stereo mixing capabilities to create spontaneous improvised music. You might want to read this one with your head lamp on.
I usually hike Little Haystack once a year in early January with a buddy of mine. This year it took us 5 hours up and two down. It was a little harder than last year, and that much more exhilarating. It was snowing most of the hike, and conditions got a little crazy on the summit. Snowshoe tracks were relatively well defined.
Reginald Stark leaned back in his padded leather armchair with a contented sigh. These were his favorite moments. He had just finished writing his latest column, and he knew it would be another great success. Reginald was a very respected music critic, with a circulation he no longer bothered to calculate. All he knew was that millions of people were affected by his brutally incisive reviews of up and coming musicians, and he recognized himself as the gateway to the elite. Many careers were stopped short and dismantled by no more than one page of Reginald’s type; very few made the cut. The audience could not see the delicate intricacies that define true musical worth, so Reginald decided to show them.
The emphasis on perfect bodies, glistening hair and snow white teeth has continued to rise, but will talent ultimately prevail?
