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https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781250897701/the-sing-sing-files · 4 Feb 2025
It goes without saying that the US’ carceral system isn’t just deeply flawed, it’s entirely broken. From private prisons looking to fill beds and doing nothing to reduce recidivism, to law enforcement and prosecutorial unwillingness to admit mistakes...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780316492447/heavier-than-heaven · 31 Jan 2025
As memoirs go this was thorough, lovingly crafted and unsparing in its treatment of its central figure. Kurt was troubled — tortured even — and deeply flawed. Many musicians are, but he was more than most. He had a shattered, tumultuous childhood in a ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781541703377/invisible-rulers · 24 Jan 2025
Social media is pervasive and its impact has largely been malign. It’s birthed myriad influencers who shouldn’t have influence, pseudo journalists, scientists, hacks, quacks and conspiracies. All of that predates social media and has been amplified by ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780306902741/smash · 9 Jan 2025
I was around 7 years old when Green Day released Dookie so I can't say I explicitly recall any of what's discussed, but I love the album all the same. Ian Winwood does a remarkable job retelling the rise of the band, their history that preceded and then fo...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781935950165/choosing-death · 3 Jan 2025
I’ve spent years as a massive death metal fan and much of what Choosing Death covers I’ve learned previously as a product of my obsession with the genre. Mudrian — as the editor of Decibel Magazine — is more than qualified to author a history of th...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780306824067/my-damage · 28 Dec 2024
Keith Morris seems like exactly the kind of musician it’d be fun to sit down and shoot the shit with. Not grab a beer with (he doesn’t drink and neither do I), but sit down and trade stories with. He clearly has many more interesting ones than I do, bu...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/0062319434/can-i-say · 20 Dec 2024
I really wanted to love this, but I only kind of like it. blink-182 are one of my favorite bands and Travis is an incredible drummer, who has been through quite a lot, but I didn't find myself particularly engrossed or engaged with this. There are quite a ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/0063396807/why-so-serious · 11 Dec 2024
An absolutely superb — superb — biography of one of the best players playing (and to have played) the game of basketball. Mike Singer does a brilliant job presenting Jokić as exactly who he is: a brother, a father, a huge fan of horse racing and a sup...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/1937512657/they-cant-kill-us-until-they-kill-us · 2 Dec 2024
Hanif has this way of reaching into your chest and ripping your heart out in the most tender, loving way possible. A book about music but a book that uses music as a lense through which the author explores culture, human relationships and — well — life...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780593448793/theres-always-this-year · 23 Nov 2024
This is about so much more than basketball. I picked it up for the basketball connection (and I'm glad I did) and it uses the structure of a game (quarters, timeouts, asides) to guide Abdurraqib's love and conflicted relationship with his home. It is about...