Tangible Media Meme

[infrogmation]

My take on some LJ meme:

Books: I have thousands; havn't tried to count them for a long time.

Last books bought, last books read:
The last three in both categories happen to be the same for me at present:
3) Ken & Thelma, The Story of A Confederacy of Dunces, by Joel L. Fletcher. If you're a fan of John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces" and want to know the backstory of the author and the book, this is the book to read.
2) Prime by Poppy Z. Brite. Another enjoyable novel with a pair of New Orleans Chef protaganists from docbrite, sequel to "Liquor".
1) Pioneers of Jazz, The Story of The Creole Band, by Lawrence Gushee. This is a book I and some others interested in the early/developmental days of jazz have eagarly been waiting for for years. I am not disappointed. This is a major book in the field, detailing the career of the Original Creole Orchestra, the band of New Orleans musicians who first took jazz around the United States in the 1910s. As one also doing research in very early jazz, I'm no doubt one of the few who wishes the book had even more obscure details and minutia. I'm sure I'll be refering to my copy over and over again.

Yes, I do sometimes read books with no relevence to my home town.

DVDs: This is easy, as I have exactly 4:
1)Fahrenheit 9/11. You've probably heard of this one.
2)Ragtime. Pretty good film adaptation of one of my all time favorte novels ("Ragtime" by E.L. Doctrow is, IMO, as well crafted and brilliant a work of historical fiction as anything I've read). What the hell department: Why is Elizabeth McGovern's boobage pixilated in the DVD extra feature extra footage when it isn't in a longer scene from the standard cut of the movie?
3)Road To Bali. A $1 "Sav-A-Lot" buy; I got my money's worth. Bob Hope is, as usual, wacky without actually being funny. Continuing the gratuitous New Orleans ties theme, Dorothy Lamour was from here.
4)Betty Boop, The World's First Female Superhero. Another dollar bin find; a less successful investment as it's all Late 30's Boops (the last really good one I'm familiar with was from 1934).

Other:
I have hundreds of video tapes, as well as cassettes, LP,s cds, cylinder records, Edison Discs, dozens of 45s, and thousands of 78s.

Comments

[benzai-ten.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've never heard of Pioneers of Jazz, The Story of The Creole Band before. Thanks for posting this meme, as that is a book I'd definitely like to own!

[mshollie.livejournal.com]

I stole your meme and put it over on my journal. We've gotta watch some DVDs sometime. Your laptop or mine? :)

Your laptop or mine?

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

2 Froggy points for that line.