Thursday, November 21, 2019

New Book: Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King

A few weeks ago, I finished Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman, which is an oral history about how rock was rejuvenated in NYC in the first decade of this century by bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio, and many others -- as well as how non-NYC bands, like The White Strips, the Hives, and Franz Ferdinand, were all involved in the rock revolution that was necessitated by post-grunge, nu metal, and late '90s pop.  It was really good, especially for those (like me) who are fans of early 2000s rock.  The book was heavy on The Strokes, which was fine with me, since they were kind of the leading force of the movement.  I only wish they had released more albums.


Since then, I have started Everything's Eventual:  14 Dark Tales by Stephen King.  As you may know, I'm a huge Stephen King fan.  Everything's Eventual is another collection of King's short stories, and I have read several of his others (Night Shift and Bazaar of Bad Dreams), which have been great.  This one isn't all horror, and so far it's been good.

Books Read in 2019:
-The Anatomy of Evil by Michael H. Stone, M.D.
-The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
-Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross
-Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century by Chuck Klosterman
-Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis
-Chicago by David Mamet
-Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

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