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We now move on to chapters 7-8.

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What was the last big band break up? R.E.M.? The White Stripes?

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We now move on to chapters 5-6.

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And of course, Nigerians mobilize support for Fela. Great for them! https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerians-mobilises-support-for-fela-kuti-as-winner-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ He's ahead by 94k votes to 64k to Tina Turner, probably uncatchable at this point. Has anyone figured out how well the fan vo...

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Fela's miraculously in the top 5 now.

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Listyguy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:22 am
ordinaryperson wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:58 pm Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.
Not just in last place, but has less than half as many votes as second to last.

What's interesting is that Jay-Z is in second to last place which is strange since so many think he's a shoe-in to get inducted this year.

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The current top 5 for the fan vote is:

1. Tina Turner
2. Foo Fighters
3. Carole King
4. Iron Maiden
5. The Go-Go's

Fela Kuti's sadly in last place.

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I was looking up when they were going to announce the nominees last night.

My picks:
Kate Bush
DEVO
Foo Fighters
Fela Kuti
New York Dolls

My predictions:
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z
Carole King
Todd Rundgren
Tina Turner

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We now move on to chapters 3-4.

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing John Kennedy Toole's 1980 novel A Confederacy of Dunces. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section of the novel we are reading. From the 3rd of February to the 10t...

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A Confederacy of Dunces is a longer novel so this will be the first selection of the book club to last longer than 4 weeks. Schedule: 1. Chapters 1-2 (February 3rd-10th) 2. Chapters 3-4 (February 10th-17th) 3. Chapters 5-6 (February 17th-24th) 4. Chapters 7-8 (February 24th-March 3rd) 5. Chapters 9-...

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Some 2010s films really shot up this time, though the decade is still rather underrepresented. I hate how long it takes for films to play catch up there. I imagine after the 2022 Sight & Sound poll the 2010s will finally get some better representation. It seems that some of them got cut off for thi...

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I just realized I never commented on Siddhartha despite actually keeping up with the schedule. The book was great but there was nothing I felt that I needed to say about it. Out of the four books we've read this is my favorite.

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Looks like John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.

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They Shoot Pictures Don't They has updated their all time list, which can be viewed here.

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Less than 24 hours to get your vote in.

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Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.

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We now move on to reading the last 3 chapters.

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Less than 24 hours to get your nominations in.

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Can I nominate Small Gods? It's part of the Discworld series and one of the few standalone works in the series - the general consensus seems to be that the first few books are actually a bad place to start since the style shifts a few books in, so I feel like this would be the best option. Sure, yo...

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I'll nominate:
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

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Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...

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We now move on to reading from 'Sansara' to 'The Ferryman'.
I'm going to move the nomination thread to the 3rd (or the penultimate) week from now on.

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We now move on to reading from 'Awakening' to 'With the Childlike People'.

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Work on that PTG idea I mentioned a couple years ago

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Holden wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:25 am Alright, in conclusion:
Chose your favorite two albums from each group of three! You have exactly seven days (January 8th) from the time of this post!

Shouldn't this say songs instead of albums unless I'm missing something.

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG/330px-Vorzugsausgabe_der_Erstauflage_von_1922%2C_Originalverlagseinband.JPG Gutenberg Librivox This is the thread where we'll be discussing Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel Sidd...

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Finally got around to finishing The Sun Also Rises, most of what I thought about the book is similar to what BleuPanda said. I've read Hemingway before, in my freshman year of high school I read The Old Man and the Sea outside of thinking the book was boring I don't remember much about it. The Sun A...

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Schedule:

The Son of the Brahman-Awakening (Dec. 30-Jan. 6)
Kamala-Sansara (Jan. 6-Jan. 13)
By the River-The Son (Jan. 13-Jan. 20)
Om-End (Jan. 20-Jan. 27)

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My favorite match of 2020 would be between Omega & Page vs. The Young Bucks, WALTER vs. Dragunov, and the Royal Rumble.

R.I.P. Brodie Lee

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Looks like Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha will be our next book. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.

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Choose 3 books that you would like to discuss in a book club.

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Thank you for re-doing this thread Live in Phoenix, every time I checked the original thread on my phone it would cause Safari to crash.

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I'll nominate:

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Circe by Madeline Miller

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Here are the rules for nominations: 1. The book must be on this list. 2. You may now nominate two books or series. 3. You may not nominate a book that has already been selected in the past. These are: The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemi...

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Discussion from Chapter XVIII to the end of the novel starts now.

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We now move into the discussion of Chapters XIII-XVII. I wanted to note that I am planning to participate but was busy reading Rhythm of War since it came out November 17, and then I noticed this book is rather expensive on Kindle and decided to order a physical copy due to the B2G1 free sale on Ama...

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Did everyone watch the 'Winter is Coming' edition of AEW Dynamite?

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Here's my 2020 wrapped. Didn't think that I really listened to Dragula that much. I also rediscovered Achtung Baby earlier this year and my listening to that album is probably what put U2 into my top 5 artists.

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WINNER The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (8) vs. Interpol - PDA (4) Sorry for the extremely late results, the site update made me completely forget about this tournament (not kidding). Thank you all for voting in this tournament. I don't think I'm going to do one of these tournaments aga...

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We now move into the discussion of Chapters VIII-XII.

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Vote for your favorite out of each of the match ups. Voting for this week will end on the 30th of November at 11:00pm UTC. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/EverythingIsIlluminated.jpg The brackets: Albums Songs Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights won the albums bracket Songs The Roots...

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WINNERS

Albums
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (8) vs. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (3)

Songs
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (6) vs. The Cinematic Orchestra - The Man With the Movie Camera (4)
Interpol - PDA (6) vs. The Flaming Lips - Fight Test (4)

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg/330px-The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg This is the thread where we'll be discussing Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. You can discuss anything you'd like about the section ...

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Vote for your favorite out of each of the match ups. Voting for this week will end on the 23rd of November at 11:00pm UTC. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Vice-city-cover.jpg The brackets: Albums Songs Albums Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights vs. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat Songs The...

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WINNERS Albums The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4) vs. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Light (5) Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (4) vs. Bright Eyes - Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2) Songs The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0 (5) vs. Johnny Ca...

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I wanted to create a thread similar to the one on the RYM albums, except this time for movies. Excuse me Henrik while I borrow your format. 0-19 1. The End of Evangelion 2. Come and See 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Parasite 5. Twin Peaks 6. 12 Angry Men 7. Stalker 8. Apocalypse Now 9. Love Exposure 1...

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Schedule:

Chapters I-VII (Nov. 18th - Nov. 25th)
Chapters VIII-XII (Nov. 25th - Dec. 2nd)
Chapters XIII-XVII (Dec. 2nd - Dec. 9th)
Chapters XVIII-End (Dec. 9th - Dec. 16th)

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Looks like The Sun Also Rises won. The discussion will start next Wednesday, I'll post the schedule sometime between now and then.

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Less than 24 hours until the poll closes.

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