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Post by James d on Dec 22, 2011 20:42:42 GMT
Just got the following for holibags:- How dae ye get picturs up? Dissappointing, as agreed previously on the SLAMBOARD™  a post in the "BOOKS"thread hus mair visual clout if the colour image of the said publication is visible....  Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy Paxman
Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Other Criminal Brotherhoods by Alex Caine
Twisting My Melon by Shaun Ryder
Hood Rat by Gavin Knight
Outlaws: Inside the Violent World of Biker Gangs by Tony Thompson |
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Post by spacemonkey on Dec 22, 2011 22:28:08 GMT
Theres a wee button you click  If your going to sread about biker shit Hells angels by hunter s thompson is savage™  |
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Post by James d on Dec 22, 2011 22:47:20 GMT
Martino... KULA SHAKA!!  THATS the way ah`d like tae forum roll!!! Ah`m still workin` oot how tae work ma hgv smartphone the main boss insists ah yaze.... At least ah kin now access THEEVENTS™ AT ALL TIMES!!!!  Will some cunt be a love and AMAZON up ma book covers. Muchos Appreciendos!! |
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Post by passthestripe on Dec 23, 2011 12:04:17 GMT
Started LIFE AND FATE a couple of days ago...  Only about a 1/10th of the way in and already struggling to mind cunts names tbh, fucking russians. Good stuff thus far, Stalingrad was some grim shit. |
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Post by James d on Jan 12, 2012 9:51:53 GMT
Ma holiday readin` critique.... Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy PaxmanNever took it.  Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Other Criminal Brotherhoods by Alex CaineQuality read, those Angels are bad MOFOS!! 8/10  Twisting My Melon by Shaun Ryder Good read, ghost written of course, he omits that he used to smash up that coloured backing singer for The `Mondays he was seeing, and call her the "N" word... 7/10 Hood Rat by Gavin KnightQuality, covers Manchester, London and Glasgow gang culture. Part factual. 8/10 Outlaws: Inside the Violent World of Biker Gangs by Tony Thompson All about UK MCs. Gets tedious, they`re naw as BADASS as the USA biker Chapters 7/10  Also read... Kendra- "Sliding Home"More LOLS aboot Heff tain` viagra and shaggin aw the sexdollies one after the other. 8/10  "The Understudy"- by the same boy that wrote "Starter for Ten". All about a loser actor in London. Excellent. Read in a oner. 9/10. |
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Post by beetlejuice on Jan 12, 2012 20:00:36 GMT
got 'the shadow of the wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, at xmas. Few chapters in and it's gripping as fuck. Should be a good read
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Post by fabiocaponi on Jan 13, 2012 3:05:52 GMT
Just bought this  |
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Post by ewan on Jan 13, 2012 10:19:54 GMT
got 'the shadow of the wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, at xmas. Few chapters in and it's gripping as fuck. Should be a good read it's a great book. gets better as you go too. recently read:  Norwegian Wood - Murakami - weird but enjoyable. all the characters are almost too weird and it's a bit up its own arse but worth a whirl.  The Dharma Bums - kerouac - very good, think I prefer it to On the Road, just a mad steaming, wandering, work shy Buddhist who heros worships an eccentric pal. not unlike On the Road then but now with a Buddhist tinge. Ours are the streets - Sunjeet Sunov  excellent. www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/08/ours-are-streets-sunjeev-sahotareview there. I'd recommend this book. also got and the Land Lay Still by James Robertson for Christmas and various others. Alan Bisset''s Pack Men and bought myself Alan Spence's 'The Magic Flute'. looking forward to these 3 especially. |
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Post by blarton fink on Jan 13, 2012 10:30:57 GMT
it's the people who read murikami that put me off it cos they are always smug cunts that seem to think they were well clever for being able to endure a whole book of weird stupid shit that makes no sense
read that wood one too. and as you say, completely up it's own arse. wind up bird one was not bad but he's almost like a japanese james kelman for me. with weirdness just thrown in for the sake of it
@ fabio: was reading an article the other day about how that le freak tune came about after them getting a knockback from studio 54. might give that book a read
read charlie and the great glass elevator last weekend. it was a challenging but rewarding read but i have been having nightmares about the vermicious knids every night since
probably should lay off the cheese or something
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Post by estebancarracas on Jan 13, 2012 10:37:20 GMT
Aye the story goes they got the knockback on NYE and went back to the flat and put together Le Freak with the original words "Ahh...Fuck Off" Got World War Z which is a pretty accurate depiction of a zombie war (in my mind at least). Told through interviews with survivors. Mrs Carracas got the Homicide novel which I might have to nab off her. Plus she has left the book open at the spine instead of using the bookmark - pet hate of mine  |
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Post by ross on Jan 13, 2012 22:42:34 GMT
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Post by James d on Jan 14, 2012 9:33:23 GMT
How dae ye get the picturs up? Cannae cut & paste.  Wish ah wis a younger cunt.... |
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Post by blarton fink on Jan 23, 2012 11:33:46 GMT
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Post by blarton fink on Jan 23, 2012 12:42:25 GMT
alan bisset's been wanking on about having a copy of the new irvine welsh book "skagboys"
think it's meant to be set before trainspotting
sure james d will lap that shit up
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Post by ewan on Jan 23, 2012 12:46:58 GMT
saw that too. said it's very good so far. but then again they are quite pally. Welsh was banging on about the need for a current book that deals with sectarianism and that Bissett has accomplished this with 'Pack Men'.
having said that, I also canny wait for Skagboys to come out. looking forward to hearing some of young Simon Williamson's adventures.
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