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Book Club Bizcuits Yo! No.3 Three Announced!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Dear One and All,

Apologies again for the delay, but I hope it's been worth it, and that you've managed to enjoy some catch up reading as much as I have. The problem is I keep getting recommended things to read and now have a high stack of books in my cupboard on the tour bus that are just waiting jealously to be read.

But I have been preoccupied finishing off our next Book Club book, which, I am very happy to announce, is:

'The Outline of Sanity' by G.K. Chesterton.

It's changed my life quite a lot, it's fairly serious, it's somewhat political, and is my first dip into these rather dizzying and very terrifying waters. But it has gripped me and inspired me and said things I haven't known how to say but that I feel quite strongly, and so thought it was appropriate for the Book Club.

So the report is to follow, along with a bit of background as to why I chose this book (which is actually quite hard to get hold of), but you animals of the internet should have no trouble in the jungle if you're interested.

Adieu, et a bientot, homies.

Marcus

p.s. The soundtrack to this is most certainly, 'The State of Our Affairs' by Mt. Desolation (download it free from HERE), and 'Cocaine' by Old Crow Medecine Show.
 
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  • Hi. Nice one Marcus for ordering Chesterton. Chesterton rocks. Was The Outline of Sanity in one of those yellow and green paperback reprint things? I have Orthodoxy - it's pretty difficult to get into unless you have an encyclopaedic knowledge of turn of the century liberal literature - but it's still cool. Catholic artists totally rock from Michelangelo to Greene. You could try Barbey D-Aurevilly too. (I think that's his name). He was Zola's bete noir, which can only be good.

    Posted by djlidlsnofrillsdisco on Wed 07 Jul, 2010

  • I am in love with you and your music! When are you coming to SoCal?

    Posted by rivers1qaz on Wed 07 Jul, 2010

  • *spectacular, woopsy

    Posted by josh28 on Tue 06 Jul, 2010

  • Just got outline of sanity on order (apparently its printed to order - felt like a right connoisseur asking the guy in waterstones to get me a copy printed) and I've got to say your set at the eden project was fantasticly extraordinarily spentacular. I hope you guys realised pretty much everyone was there to see you - a lot of people went home before doves! Y'all come back to Cornwall soon now! And I have to say that the music you create is for me exactly what music should be about. Perfection.

    Posted by on Tue 06 Jul, 2010

  • Thank you for a fabulous performance at Hop Farm. We were blown away by how fantastic you were, and how you so obviously were enjoying performing and appreciated the audiences appreciation of you. Can't wait to see you all again at Bestival.

    Posted by jerseyjoanne on Mon 05 Jul, 2010

  • you guys were absolutely amazing at Hop Farm, me and my girlfriend travelled down from manchester just to see you guys. im going to get this book as well :). utterly brilliant! x

    Posted by joshchetwyn on Mon 05 Jul, 2010

  • You were awesome at Hop Farm - best band by a country mile!

    Posted by Diane on Mon 05 Jul, 2010

  • You were by far the best band at the Hop Farm, magical stuff, perfect festival moment. Good work

    Posted by william on Sun 04 Jul, 2010

  • I love you guys! When are you coming to Georgia??

    Posted by jimenavp on Sun 04 Jul, 2010

  • ..continued..lol Anyway, if you dig autobiographies, may I suggest you might enjoy reading,Levon Helm's - This Wheel's on Fire.. Not only about their career, but a great and enjoyable insight to living, and growing up in the Delta. A great read!

    Posted by ophelia on Sat 03 Jul, 2010

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