Favoriting This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from June 25, 2013 Favoriting

Trouble's avatar View Trouble's profile Favoriting

A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

Thursday 9am - Noon (EDT) | On WFMU | 91.1, 90.1, 91.9 FM & wfmu.org
WFMU LIVE Audio Streams (Get help):   Pop-up  |  128k AAC  |  128k MP3  |  32k MP3

<-- Previous playlist | Back to This Is The Modern World with Trouble playlists | Next playlist -->


Upcoming events:

Thu. Mar 21st, 9am - Noon: Interview with Jane Duffus, author of These Things Happen, the Sarah Records story (More info...)

Favoriting June 25, 2013: on the conduct of the world seeking beauty against government

Listen to this show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!

(* = new)

Artist Track Album Label Year Format New Approx. start time
rodion G.A.  alpha centauri   Favoriting the lost tapes  strut      *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
theophilus beckford  now that you're dead   Favoriting scandal ska          0:04:06 (Pop-up)
django reinhardt  st louis blues   Favoriting the definitive django series volume four          0:07:08 (Pop-up)
ranking  chatty chatty people   Favoriting           0:11:04 (Pop-up)
peaking lights  birds of paradise dub version   Favoriting 936          0:18:10 (Pop-up)
shuggie otis  if you'd be mine   Favoriting inspiration information+ wings of love        *   0:24:44 (Pop-up)
benjamin diamond  in your arms ( we gonna make it)   Favoriting       Single    0:31:07 (Pop-up)
freddy cannon  Tallahassee Lassie   Favoriting           0:34:02 (Pop-up)
 
maria callas  mozart: don giovanni-or sai chi 'lonore act 1   Favoriting arias by beethoven, mozart and weber          0:41:50 (Pop-up)
hildegard knef  macky messer   Favoriting       7"    0:43:50 (Pop-up)
the cowsills  the rain, the park and other things   Favoriting painting the day          0:47:01 (Pop-up)
tenniscoats  letitino   Favoriting all aboard!  chapter music      *   0:49:58 (Pop-up)
tav falco's unapproachable panther burns  train kept a rollin"   Favoriting it came from memphis vol 2 v/a          0:55:00 (Pop-up)
slant 6  love shock   Favoriting soda pop* rip off          0:57:06 (Pop-up)
lisa collings  i'm getting hungry for your lovin'   Favoriting stockingtop pop v/a dream babes v 8 v/a          0:59:31 (Pop-up)
neon neon  praxis makes perfect   Favoriting praxis makes perfect  lex      *   1:02:16 (Pop-up)
 
pascal comelade  fragments/accidents   Favoriting logique          1:11:17 (Pop-up)
jonah thompson  get involved   Favoriting good god! apocrypal hymns v/a  numero group      *   1:15:25 (Pop-up)
clarence carter  they're gonna find us ( at the dark end of the street)   Favoriting hall of fame vol 2 v/a  fame/ kent      *   1:20:07 (Pop-up)
marianne dissard  le jour anniversaire (live)   Favoriting           1:23:09 (Pop-up)
lonnie holley  earthly things   Favoriting just before music          1:28:14 (Pop-up)
Senor Coconut Vs Kocani Orkestar  usti usti bab   Favoriting Have Tuba Will Travel Transpacific Sound Paradise 2013 Premium          1:34:18 (Pop-up)
wooden shjips  contact   Favoriting           1:43:57 (Pop-up)
marzipan marzipan  love song   Favoriting the trees open their eyes on us        *   1:45:04 (Pop-up)
greta keller  he's my secret passion   Favoriting Art Deco: Sophisticated Ladies v/a          1:47:07 (Pop-up)
brian harnetty  sunset in the east, sunset in the west   Favoriting the star -faced one  atavistic      *   1:50:09 (Pop-up)
bobby bland  two steps from the blues   Favoriting two steps from the blues          1:58:28 (Pop-up)
 
tia blake  betty & dupree ( rehearsal)   Favoriting folksongs & ballads          2:10:23 (Pop-up)
lemuel turner  Way Down Yonder Blues   Favoriting imaginational anthem vol 6 origins of primitive guitar v/a  tompkins square        2:12:52 (Pop-up)
  hong nian hui zhang sheng   OST In the mood for love by wong kar wai          2:15:47 (Pop-up)
joyce  hotel universo   Favoriting nelson angelo y joyce          2:17:41 (Pop-up)
marcie blane  the hurtin kind   Favoriting the complerte seville recordings          2:20:28 (Pop-up)
jonti  nodlews way home   Favoriting twirligig          2:22:52 (Pop-up)
wild nothing  the body in rainfall   Favoriting empty estate  captured tracks      *   2:24:42 (Pop-up)
nkengas  anyi bundi igbo   Favoriting destruction  secret stash  1973    *   2:28:01 (Pop-up)
gloria jones  tainted love   Favoriting           2:30:29 (Pop-up)
Css  Girlfriend   Favoriting planta  Sqe      *   2:32:28 (Pop-up)
anna domino  take that   Favoriting Les Filles du Crepuscule (V/A)          2:36:10 (Pop-up)
sly& robbie  stepping out (mix)   Favoriting Run Come Rally: Scott McDowell's 2013 Marathon Premium  wfmu        2:39:44 (Pop-up)
amabis feat criolo/dj mako  para mulatu/blu   Favoriting daora: underground sounds of urban brasil  mais um discos      *   2:44:16 (Pop-up)
 
julia holter  moni mon amie   Favoriting Ekstatis          2:55:03 (Pop-up)
anna magnani  scapricciatello   Favoriting       7"    2:58:36 (Pop-up)


<-- Previous playlist | Back to This Is The Modern World with Trouble playlists | Next playlist -->

RSS feeds for This Is The Modern World with Trouble: RSSPlaylists feed | RSSMP3 archives feed

| E-mail Trouble | Other WFMU Playlists | All artists played by This Is The Modern World with Trouble |

Listen on the Internet | Contact Us | Music & Programs | WFMU Home Page | Support Us | FAQ

Live Audio Streams for WFMU: Pop-up | 128k AAC | 128k MP3 | 32k MP3    (More streams: [+])


Listener comments!

  9:02am
berlusconi's nose:

It's 9 pm here in Beijing. Do you know where your children are?
  9:02am
common:

so gary numan. love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
SeanG:

Good Morning! --greetings from a library listener
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
trouble:

good morning cheep cheep kawwww!
  9:03am
CW:

which way to the reform school?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Merry Half-Christmas, and to all a good sound.
Avatar 9:05am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Good WFMtUesday!
  9:05am
berlusconi's nose:

I mean... It's 9 pm here in Beijing. Do you know where your chickens are?
Avatar 9:05am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

AntiXmas!!!
Avatar 9:07am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Trouble. Casting a wide net today?
Avatar 9:07am
PKNY:

The way things have been trending, it won't be long until Xmas stuff starts going on sale at half-Xmas.
Avatar 9:07am
ausmanx:

i guess the greeks thought there was beauty IN government. it's been all donwhill since then! good evening all...
Avatar 9:08am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

you can't spell Django w/out 'god'...
  9:12am
r i s k y:

Love this ranking track!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Trouble:

yes i know where my chickens are and where my child is: dj icepack is at fencing camp and my chix are hopefully annoying my hateful neighbor who plays lots of new nashville crap in his backyard at a painful volume. any volume would be painful for that dreck.
  9:13am
CW:

"You're not the girl you used to be, and you never were"
Avatar 9:14am
Lonious Monk:

bonjour trouble!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Trouble:

sleeeeeepy....
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Trouble:

today's artist is from the isle of australia: anne ferran. thanks to ausmanx for introducing me~
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Ken From Hyde Park:

At harvest time when I was a kid, we'd sometimes put a chicken up in the truck box and watch her feast on the grasshoppers & crickets in the wheat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Mike East:

I'm with you there, Trouble...baby woke me at 6am, and just wouldn't go back to sleep...til 7:30, but by that point I already had the first cup in me. Workin' til midnite tonight so I think this day will require constant caffination
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Trouble:

o that sounds like chicken magic time to me...although we brought home some cicadas from a friends backyard and my chix were less than interested. most of them did happen to die en route, guess that was a turn off
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Planet Tyler:

Morning Trouble - Blast the new nashville with Spectrum's Songs for Owsley - good antidote
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:21am
βrian:

Swollen, purple skies over the tropical isthmus today. Good morning.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:24am
βrian:

Fencing camp? Say, I have some slightly used iPhones I need to unload ...
  9:25am
berlusconi's nose:

cicadas don't live too long. Here in the Middle Kingdom they are a lot sweeter sounding and not so LOUd!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Adrian in London:

Fencing camp? Say, I have some fence posts in my garden that need straightening…
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Adrian in London:

But seriously, fencing camp? How cool is that? I know someone whose daughter fences for the England team.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
braveness23:

B23 Here!
Avatar 9:28am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...touché...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
braveness23:

Anyone want a rooster? Woke up on Sunday morning to discover that one of our hens was actually a rooster... the most pathetic first attempts at crowing. Unfortunately over the last few days he's getting better at it.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Trouble:

we can see who drank the benny hill juice for breakfast you crazee kids...icepack is living in jane austen's world. he fences and plays cello. i did not intend to make an out of century child, it just happened. actually there is a huge fencing scene in NJ /ny area. many of the high schools still have fencing teams.
  9:32am
berlusconi's nose:

Shuffle Otis doing L.A. based Philly sounds!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Adrian in London:

I did actually meet one of the women from the Benny Hill show once; she's now married to a circus-ey showman who sets his hat on fire, among other things.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
tim from champaign:

I want some Benny Hill juice. I want to run around and pat co-workers on their foreheads.
Avatar 9:35am
ausmanx:

the turkish language has a form of address (like "Doctor..." or "Minister...") for "Master Violinist". now THAT'S a civilised language... i was reminded of this with all this fencing talk, since our Master Violinist is best known for playing fences...
Avatar 9:36am
sugarwolf:

"i did not intend to make an out of century child, it just happened."

suuurrreee
  9:36am
berlusconi's nose:

I mean Shuggie Otis doing Philly sounds in the middle of an L.A. Tune... Oh never mind!
  9:37am
Terry:

The song is incorrect, it is no longer "down in FLA" and should be "down in FL" - I'm just sayin
Avatar 9:37am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- Jane Leeves from 'Frasier' was a 'BennyHill girl'...
- I'm an out-of-century guy...I'm 20thCentury...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:39am
βrian:

"Thrust Home!"
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:40am
βrian:

I tried fencing once, but didn't have the nose for it.
Avatar 9:41am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

What it is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
tim from champaign:

trouble, play some Dennis Coffey. That will wake you up. Get it? Dennis COFFEY? Sorry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
braveness23:

this song sounds like my rooster
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:46am
βrian:

Now I know what a "messer" is.
  9:47am
berlusconi's nose:

故障:你的节目听起来不错!晚安北京...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Rick from SC:

Boy, you're all over the place this morning. I'm not complaining.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:48am
βrian:

Hey, buddy. Your nose is pointing to prison.
Avatar 9:48am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...☼HAPPY☼HAPPY☼HAPPY☼...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Trouble:

sugarwolf! you know i am a modern babe!! don't be spreading rumours....
  9:50am
Neg-guh-tor:

I want to run to YouTube to see The Cowsills sing this live or lip sync. I met Susan Cowsill a few years ago.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Trouble:

the cowsills are a product of Rhode island!
Avatar 9:51am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

leetle☆s♪
  9:53am
Neg-guh-tor:

I know you've heard 'On my Side' by the Cowsills. Great record!
Avatar 9:55am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

blih♪blih♪blih♪blih♪biih♪blahh♩♩♩
luh♪luh♪luh♪luh♪luh♪lahhhhh♩♩♩
  9:58am
the reverand:

yay slant 6!
  9:59am
pierre:

Bonjour TROUBLE AND FRIENDS !!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 9:59am
βrian:

Their symbol must've been a Dodge Dart.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Trouble:

bonjour pierre! love me a dodge dart! i had a sweet valiant
  10:01am
pierre:

i'm glad to be here (i'm always) but I can comment a bit, so yeah, glad to be commenting.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Adrian in London:

Hey Pierre, can I ask you a question? Have you watched the French TV show Engrenages? You know the way les flics slap around the suspects – does that happen as much in real life?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
braveness23:

someone please take my rooster...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:08am
βrian:

Cocorico, sweetheart!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
mark:

fencing is great. which weapon did he choose - sabre, foil, or epee?
  10:12am
Patrick:

Hey trouble! Hope you are staying cool. Was hoping to hear Icepack today!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Trouble:

mark: icepack started out in sabre but now he is an epee child.
HEY patrick! icepack will be in and out this summer, as his bizee schedule allows...
  10:14am
pierre:

@ Adrian in London : I haven't seen this show, but police brutality in France is surely a real thing. Many anecdotes here and there have told me so. Often in french movies about that there a moment when it happens, the most famous one being a suspect being smashed by a phone book.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
mark:

that's cool. epeeists tend to be the nicest fencers. (i fenced sabre in college)
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Adrian in London:

@Pierre. Yikes! And the thing that shocked me the most was when a rape victim had to be in the same room as her accused rapist during a meeting with the presiding judge. That would never happen in the UK. Cultural differences, i suppose.
Avatar 10:19am
jamesie:

icepack heading for 6' 6"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
yayson:

always solid tunage, trouble!
  10:21am
pierre:

I know, I've seen such things in documentaries as well, it surely is special, not to say surely difficult. Police and prison in France have a lot to improve in France. It's an often forgotten topic.

none related but, i'll be in your city this week end Adrian In London. :)
  10:22am
Neg-guh-tor:

This poor guy can't help 'slippin' around'.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:22am
βrian:

Part of the Voting Rights act struck down. Oy.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:23am
βrian:

Er, stricken ...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Adrian in London:

@pierre Oh, what are you doing here? If you need any cultural things to do I recommend looking at the website Run Riot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Rick from SC:

Lonnie!!!!!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Trouble:

hey jamesie! we will see just how tall the youngster gets, but he probably will be up there in the clouds...
merci yayson!
  10:29am
thatsyourtrouble:

I'm guessing you were talking about Beatrice Lillie. I haven't actually seen any of her films (and she didn't make very many), but I think she was mostly a legend of the stage, who chummed around with the likes of Noel Coward. (I don't think she was French--she was from Ontario and worked in the U.S. and the UK.) Even if the humor on her record doesn't hold up too well, you might enjoy reading about her very interesting career: see http://www.laynelittlepage.com/pages/the_real_beatrice_lillie.html.
  10:30am
Emily:

Good morning, Trouble!
  10:31am
pierre:

i'm visiting my girlfriend, Adrian. And thanks for the cultural tips ! It sure nice to know where to look before going to that unbelievably huge city
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Trouble:

good morning emily!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Trouble:

DAMN. since i am on air, i can't dig too deep into the reports but the supreme court is truly not my friend right now...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Adrian in London:

@pierre Don't forget your parapluie! It *is* summer, after all!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Trouble:

thanks thatsyourtrouble! i will and i will give that disc another listen....
Avatar 10:35am
dc pat:

ah love Kocani Orkestar...
Avatar 10:35am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- there is nothing the RightWing in the U.S. wants more than to keep minorities & the underpriviledged away from the polls & voting booths.
  10:35am
pierre:

ahahah… Adrian, is that this terrible ?
Avatar 10:37am
dc pat:

you are correct RRN63...it's the only way they can win since they have no ideas..
Avatar 10:40am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & America is the great representative Democracy of all time
- what is more fundamental than the Right to Vote?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:42am
βrian:

Why, the right to purchase votes?
Avatar 10:42am
Cheri Pi:

back from a workshop and ready to rumble!
  10:43am
pierre:

CHERI PI !
Avatar 10:44am
Cheri Pi:

Pierre!
Avatar 10:48am
dc pat:

oi Pi.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Trouble:

hey cheri pi!
Avatar 10:58am
dc pat:

this brian harnetty piece is amazing.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Trouble:

check out a great bobby blue bland video i put up on the facebook page, kiddeees: www.facebook.com...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Trouble:

fabulous record! can't say enough about that brian harnetty!!
  11:08am
mb:

Suprisingly I get no complaints at work whilst I play WFMU at low, low volume. The only consistent gripe I get is when the birds come on. How do I zing this guy? He's not even an old man at age 33.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
yayson:

the horatio hornblower series by cs forester is pretty swashbuckling.
  11:10am
Close Listener:

Moby Dick!
Avatar 11:10am
Lewis:

What about HG Wells? Also my daughter really dug into Sherlock Holmes.
  11:10am
Listener Gregory:

For DJ Icepack, one word: Sherlock Holmes. I read the stories when I was his age... I recall going through almost all of them in one summer.
Avatar 11:11am
jamesie:

lord of the flies, animal farm, 1984, valis
  Swag For Life Member 11:11am
caver_mike:

Hi Trouble - "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein.
Avatar 11:11am
Rice Dream Girl:

Tolstoy - Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth.
Avatar 11:11am
Lewis:

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is an amazing read and I expect well within his reach
  11:11am
Lee:

How about A Wrinkle in Time? One of my faves. there's a whole series that follows it, too, that get progressively more complicated...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Hey Trouble. It's nice to be back on these shores and listening in real time. When I was D's age I loved A Tale of Two Cities. I'm all for Close Listener's suggestion of Moby-Dick, but for a 12-year-old I'd probably suggest a prose or graphic adaptation first. xo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
dale:

i read 'chariots of the gods' about that age. a 13 years old's mind will be fascinated by the prospect of aliens building the pyramids. well, 40 years ago that was true.
Avatar 11:12am
ottovonbqe:

Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist is a good one for the middle school years.
Avatar 11:12am
Detroit Mac:

Un Lun Dun by China Mielville is a wonderful fantasy novel. Youth by Joesph Conrad.
Avatar 11:12am
andymorphic:

treasure island...or any robert louis stevenson for that matter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
tim from champaign:

Mark Twain would be good for his age. Sounds like DJ Icepack could handle John Steinbeck.
Avatar 11:13am
the glowing one:

if he's into science fiction, I also recommend Philip K. Dick, but he's actually a love or hate author.
Avatar 11:13am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- if he likes Tolkien & Douglas Adams - has he found Terry Pratchett yet?
- 'Earthsea Trilogy' by Ursula K. LeGuinn is almost the only Fantasy that @ all bears comparison to Tolkien - he'll hoover it up in 15 min.s...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

I'm all for Gregory's pitch for Sherlock Holmes, too. There's so much there. He'd be at it all summer. And does he do fantasy? That's a great age to tackle LoTR for the first time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
tim from champaign:

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein.
  11:13am
JS:

Homer's pretty great. (Fitzgerald translations probably work best for younger readers.) Twain. Swift. You can't go wrong with the classics! Then again there's tons of (also now classic) SF I remember reading at that age, like the Dune trilogy, Asimov, Zelazny, LeGuin, etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
ChrisB.:

Bram Stoker's Dracula.
  11:13am
greg:

hey try giving him Red Shift, Alan Garner 1973 ... that was my discovery at about 12. Also Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake.
Avatar 11:13am
ottovonbqe:

Also Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy is good as I recall.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Vivian:

Book suggestions - I read On the Road when i was a teen. What about Vonnegut? Clarke's 2001?
Avatar 11:14am
Rice Dream Girl:

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is a great one.
  11:14am
Nardo:

I'm actually contemplating the act of rereading The Once and Future King by T.H. White myself. I'd highly recommend this.
  11:14am
lowfocus:

Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere". I wish i could suggest his 'American Gods' too but its quite fuilthy for a twelvey. Also Tim Powers "Anubis Gates'.
Avatar 11:15am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- has he inhaled Ray Bradbury yet?
...William Gibson might have to wait a year or two...
Avatar 11:16am
BaDaBen:

Robert Asprin "Another Fine Myth"; any of the Piers Anthony Xanth novels or his Incarnations of Immortality; also, I totally loved Pet Semetary by Stephen King
Avatar 11:16am
andymorphic:

all the sherlock holmes or james bonds
Avatar 11:16am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- any TolkienFan enjoys the actual Beowulf & real Norse Myths...
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Oh, wait. Did you already say he'd read LoTR? I think I was abt his age when I also started reading those big fat Terry Brooks books.
  11:17am
Jason I:

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Perfect for that age
Avatar 11:17am
Rice Dream Girl:

Stephen King's Dark Tower series could also be a good pick.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
tim from champaign:

"Hammer of The Gods" was awesome reading for me in middle school. I'm not comfortable recommending for DJ Icepack though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19am
tim from champaign:

Oh, here's a good one - Black Like Me.
Avatar 11:19am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I read Camus' 'Stranger' in 6th grade
- why not 'Doors of Perception' by Huxley - & Carl Jung (I'll bet he could handle 'Man & His Symbols')
- it's good to get a little Philosophy & real thinking going on early - but that was me...
  11:19am
gina k:

Hi Trouble. This is recent but I really loved it. It's called "Beasts of New York" by Jon Evans. Best book about a squirrel I've ever read. Other than that, "100 Years of Solitude" by Márquez. Another book "Ivanov Seven" by Elizabeth Janeway, the story of Stepan, a 16-year-old from the Caucasus Mountains in Russia, who spends a year in the Tsar's army.I read this as a kid and never forgot the story.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am
ChrisB.:

Just thought of another: Summerland by Michael Chabon. YA perfection.
Avatar 11:23am
ottovonbqe:

I liked the Dark Tower series too
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Damn I love this record. Summer!
Avatar 11:27am
Lewis:

Not quite his demographic, and from the current era, but Tamora Pierce spins great fantasy tales. My daughter particularly liked the Kel series. We read them out loud many times...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28am
Priscilla:

My daughter loved Gregor the Overlander, first in a series
  11:29am
JS:

I would second Terry Brooks (though maybe that's dated now), Bradbury (timeless), T.H. White (on the edge, if he hasn't read that yet; I discovered it a bit too late), Sherlock Holmes, Camus's The Stranger (maybe). I would say let Icepack wait a few years for P.K. Dick: to really enjoy that work, one needs a well-developed paranoia complex! Boy what a nest of fantasy readers your listenership reveals . . .
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
tim from champaign:

My middle school magazine reading consisted of Mad, Cracked, Rolling Stone and Pro Wrestling Illustrated. These magazines had absolutely no influence in shaping my adult sensibilities whatsoever.
Avatar 11:31am
Lewis:

Someone up the list also mentioned Norse myths - I would expand that that and give a hearty second. My daughter is much better read on that front than I and it has served her very well in school (although she can be a bit impatient when obscure references to King Arthur's table are missed by everyone else in the room)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Priscilla:

I loved the Golden Compass series, but maybe too female-centric for a boy?
  11:33am
JS:

One more suggestion: everyone raves about Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series . . .
Avatar 11:33am
Cheri Pi:

My friends dog Viktoria just passed away, i would like to dedicate Victoria by the Kinks to her. I love you Chief!
Avatar 11:35am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

12 is such an exciting time for reading - because you're not that far from 10 & Fantasy - but in one, two, three years - the changes & maturation will be dizzying. Discovery.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Priscilla:

@JS: that's it! We had a blast reading it together.
Avatar 11:37am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & once you really learn to read - it will all be there - nothing will be off-limits...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Priscilla:

My dog Audrey just passed away too, on Friday. :-(
Avatar 11:39am
Cheri Pi:

I'm so sorry Priscilla, how are you holding up?
Avatar 11:39am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- condolences.
Avatar 11:42am
Cheri Pi:

thanks RRN63- it was a good life and a "good death" thankfully.
Avatar 11:42am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Too much bad dog scenes. Best to the pups.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44am
Priscilla:

Thanks, she was very ill with heart disease. I told myself we'd put her down when she stopped wagging her tail, and she was cheerful right up until the end. She chose to die herself in our house. It's OK, we gave her a good life, although there's a big hole in our lives now.
Avatar 11:46am
Cheri Pi:

My heart goes out to you Priscilla!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Trouble:

positive vibes to you priscilla and cheri pi
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Trouble:

your reading suggestions are sooooo awesome!! dj icepack has read about 60% of those books but for the ones he has not, i am going to the library today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Ike:

Trouble, for great YA sci-fi, try William Sleator.
  11:55am
Listening Out There:

Just tuned in. Our 14-year old son has read Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother" several times. It motivated him to read most of Doctorow's stuff.
  11:56am
Listening Out There:

If you assemble a reading list, I'd sure like to get a copy! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Andrew Waterloo:

I'll have to comb though those suggestions later. Need some better material for my 9 year-old who is stubborn about taking recommendations.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
stefica:

how about The Count of Monte Cristo?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Michael in Baltimore:

DJ Icepack might enjoy Stephen Donaldson's "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant," two sets of trilogies. Also don't forget Asimov's "Foundation" series
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Trouble:

mucho thanks for listening and all the reading list help!!
  11:59am
Listening Out There:

Andrew...at age 9, even the Tin Tin series is a good bet!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:59am
chris:

So, sorry just tuning in.. couldn't help but recommend: Neuromancer by William Gibson and Ender's Game by Oson Scott Card as good cyber punk and sci fi. For brain candy, go in for a book by Christopher Moore, like Lust Lizards of Melancholy Cove. All have some adult themes, but hey... what doesn't these days?
  1:15pm
Chris From Stroud:

Perfect as ever young Trouble!
  2:58pm
?:

ya to his dark materials trilogy, little brother, and the drowned cities is also very good
Bottom
Comment!
Name
Email
(C) 2024 WFMU. Generated by KenzoDB, written by Ken Garson