Posts Tagged ‘music’
After hearing about it for so long, on vacation, I finally got around to tackling J.D Salinger’s classic. And just like the protagonist himself – I dont even know what the hell to think about the goddamn book. I really don’t.
As Holden begins his tale, apparently from a hospital of some sort, he takes us back to the recent past where he is struggling in every possible way as a high school student at Percy Prep ( A high – end sleep away school in Agerstown PA.) From there, the book is just one long Goddamn story Holden conveys to us, which includes encounters with teachers, peers, and other random people as he gets kicked out of Percy and returs to his home town: New Yory City.
As I am reading about Holdens escapades, I start to feel as if I know him… well. Holden’s story is shared with us – the readers – in a very conversationsl style; as If Holden and I were sitting in a coffee shop somewhere and he was simply filling me in on the last 12 months of his life. And I find myself relating to his story in two distinct ways:
First, it is obvious that he is in that akward stage that occurs somewhere between childhood and adulthood – terribly frusturated with everyone and everything, struggling to make sense of all that is happening around him. I too suffered through that stage and probobly would have connected with the charachter on an even deeper level had I read the classic back then.
Second, I am appreciating the descriptive and revealing sights and sounds of New York City, having been raised in Queens, spending much time in NYC growing up.
As this fairly ammusing story prgresses, I find myself ” rooting for Holden” – hoping that at the end he will become “enlightened”, turn a corner, get his act together.
Ultiamtely, I find myself wanting more – wanting to know how my friend Holden turns out. But for better or worse, as this ammusing tale winds down, the future and fate of Holden Caulfield is left to the imagination of the reader.
This really takes the hair off the cat. I have other brushes but this is the only one I use now. I go outside and get them in the yard and let the hair blow away.
Music Buddies Video Game
I think this book is a classic for a reason. Most people might be able to identify with the overall them of confusion, rebellion, loneliness and angst. The writing style is very whimsical and different from most YA books. With all the slang thrown it, it kind of dates itself; however it forms a good idea of how people talked back then.
I’m not a big fan of Holden. He calls other people “phonies” while he doesn’t realize that he himself is a phony. His attitude and characterization doesn’t change at all at the end of the novel; in fact he just whines about problems and runs away from them instead of taking action. I don’t think this could count as a true coming of age novel as the character didn’t really grow from the experience.
After the second and third time of reading this book, I’m starting to love this book. It’s a fairly interesting read. The characterization is superb and so is the plot.
20th Century Music for
I had read some bad reviews for this item so I bought 5 even though I only needed 2, it was still only 11 bucks including shipping which was 19 bucks cheaper then the cheapest hdmi cable at best buy. I bought 5 just in case a few were duds… I only needed to open 2 packages… both worked great and my ps3 and cable box are connected and broadcasting in 720p. As the commenter below me said buy a bunch, I’d believe they all work but they’re nice to have around so you don’t have to wait for shipping next time you go impulse buying for a new device and you’d rather drop that extra 100 dollars for an extra 3 inches on your tv and not some over priced monster cable.
Tales of Wonder Music
This may seem a little outdated, however, Cool. There should be manuals that accompany this package as the old versions did. Nobody wants to use $100.00 worth of ink to print out manuals.
Otherwise the product is what I expected.
Indian classical music and
I purchased this for my Great Dane puppy and my cat. It definately works better on my medium haired cat rather than my short haired dog. My cat loves it and I know it makes him feel so much cooler without all of the extra hair. The dog likes it ok but I don’t see that it really removes that much hair from her.
Soldiers of Music Rostropovich
I enjoyed this first book in a Harry Potter-sortof way. It’s good, fun escapism. What I like is how the tempo of the book changes from criminal drama to comedy to fantasy to spy novel, etc, etc… Initially, you aren’t really sure what is going on, but eventually the young anti-hero idea catches on and becomes a very entertaining narrative. Nathaniel Parker provides a fantastic narration, reminiscent of Jim Dale’s excellent characterization for the Potter audio books.
Having finished the first couple books, I’m led to think of the first two books almost as a continuous story, with many of the same characters recurring.
Worth checking out.
Vienna in Music VHS
This Bible already has plenty of reviews establishing its quality. I love a beautiful book, and Ignatius Press’s Bibles are beautiful. But I’d much rather have this Kindle version! The ability to just click a link to go to an annotation makes it so easy. No searching for the right page, no deciding it’s just not worth the effort this time. Click on it, read the note, click back. So incredibly easy. I wish all books were in Kindle. I wish Peter Kreeft’s “Jesus-Shock” were in Kindle. Bookmark the passages you want to come back to again and again without leafing through the post-its sticking out of the edge. I love this book, I love my Kindle, I love Scott Hahn, and I love Peter Kreeft. Thank you Amazon.com.
Bossa Nova Music Reminiscences
Although I did not necessarily like the ending, the rest of the book was very well written. It kept me reading way past the time I should have stopped each time I picked it up. It’s easy reading and not particularly a long story. Enjoyed it very much.
Breaking the Silence Music
My little girl is 18 months and loves this movie. She even picked up on soe of the hand movements and does them on her own.
Brainy Baby Music