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Ashley Wiederhold's avatar

Sylvia Plath's ability to take you along into the madness in The Bell Jar is incredible. I read it young, and it was one of the first books that made me realize one of the hallmarks of incredible writing is somehow getting the reader all in on something that normally wouldn't make any sense.

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larry potalivo's avatar

Just purchased the book thanks for the heads up

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Paul Davis's avatar

Re: nirvana vid

Awesome, not a huge nirvana fan, but am a huge music fan. Too often we overlook the people "behind the music" (producers, sound engineers,etc.) who use more than just the ears to listen to music, often making it subjectively better.

Thanks!

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Danell's avatar

Read Bell Jar years ago and loved it. Always loved Nirvana and will check out the Aaron Hernandez story. Thanks for the tip on that.

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Jackie Herbach's avatar

Maybe I can "double track" my life, and it would sound better.

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Jennifer Giuffre-Donohue's avatar

I've never read The Bell Jar either, and I love to read, adding it to my list as well! And I'm always fascinated at the "behind the scenes" on anything. Especially when it comes to art and creativity.

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Lorette Lavine's avatar

Thank you for "The Bell Jar". Just downloaded on Kindle...it was my era in NY. Cannot wait to read this. Have a great weekend.

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KatyG's avatar

Just curious Dan, when in the heck do you find time to read?

Always appreciate your suggestions. 😊

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William Sullivan's avatar

The Butch Vig video is great. Rick Beato has a nice interview with Butch about the recording of Nevermind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvAjp1-Cy0

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Mike Finney's avatar

The reviews on Goodreads about the book are definitely worth exploring. One review said to make sure you get past the first two pages.

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Melanie Tawil's avatar

I love The Bell Jar so much. It helped me through such a rough time in my early 20s

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Caleb's avatar

Do you still have Harry Quint’s garden gnome?

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michelle's avatar

That reminds me of when I got to see Nirvana play in 1993 at SUNY Buffalo’s gym. It was awesome and I’m glad I saw them live at least once. Thanks much to the student activities team that booked them, you’re my unknown heroes.

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Jenna's avatar

❤️thank you dan. I covered this song today as a nod!

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Robert Ellington's avatar

Loving the Erin and Hernandez TV show. Really good.

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Laura's avatar

Ok, I guess Bell Jar is next on my list too. Thanks Dan!

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