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https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780143035718/chickenhawk · 5 Nov 2024
Ostensibly about the Vietnam war but laser-focused on the author — Robert Mason's — experience flying a helicopter in assault missions over the course of a year-long deployment. Mason manages to avoid the broader, thornier historical context and relay ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780062233127/meet-me-in-the-bathroom · 19 Oct 2024
I'd been hoping that this would focus a bit more on The National than the strokes but that does nothing to diminish the fact that this is a great book. There are bands in every scene that are parallel to the ones you love and that you never get into and ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781471129803/unknown-pleasures-inside-joy-division · 26 Sep 2024
Insightful, funny, poignant and unapologetic. Peter Hook renders the tale of Joy Division's founding, trials, success and tragic dissolution in an honest, charming and heartbreaking fashion. I'm not the most dedicated fan of the band (or New Order — thou...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781497658592/the-hillside-stranglers · 16 Sep 2024
A gripping book about two utterly vile and unrepentant monsters that preyed on any victim they could get their hands on in Los Angeles. It's one of those tales that illustrates how little justice can actually be served when the damage inflicted is so wide ...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780306845697/this-isnt-happening · 1 Sep 2024
Another compelling exploration of a unique and important album by Steven Hyden. I didn’t “get” or appreciate Radiohead until well after Kid A came out but it’s now one of the first Radiohead albums I’ll reach for. Hyden capably explores the album...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780063375420/white-robes-and-broken-badges · 26 Aug 2024
I found this to be an easy read and one that's hard to put down. The author's self-aggrandizing town wears on you a bit but his actions are certainly commendable (and I sympathize with the personal cost to both himself in his family). An altogether excelle...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780306832086/there-was-nothing-you-could-do · 22 Aug 2024
You end up most attached to music that you find and relate to at the right moment. Born in the USA is a classic album by every measure, but it’s not one I’d hold up as an all time favorite. I recognize how good it is, but I’m not sentimental about it...
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9780446698870/the-black-dahlia · 16 Aug 2024
A dull and — altogether — uninspired fiction. The narrator is difficult to sympathize with, the characters are dull and the conclusion is predictable. Not unbearable, but totally unnecessary.
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781910948286/the-night-stalker · 7 Aug 2024
A dark, factual retelling of a string of utterly horrific crimes. I have little to say other than to express sympathy for Ramirez's victims. A monster — truly.
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781788738354/lifehouse · 29 Jul 2024
I wanted to like this, I liked the premise and I liked various parts of it but the whole of it felt disjointed. I love the notion of mutual aid, I share the author’s concerns for the apocalyptic implications of what we’ve done to the climate and many o...