Lefty's Friday Three Questions for March 23rd
It's time to play Friday Three Questions! As always my answers are in the comments section, where you are invited to leave your own answers as well. Here we go:
1. What genre or type of book do you find yourself reading most often?
2. Who is your favorite guitar player? Are they also the 'best' quitar player? If not, who do you consider the best?
3. What are your favorite Shakespeare comedy, tragedy and historical plays?
Comments
1. Type? Graphical novels. Genres I move around in genres. I like reading fantasy, english lit/drama (I'm a big fan of Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner), also ready Sci Fi, and currently a lot of music history and criticism books.
2. Derek Trucks. I love the sound/voice he is able to produce from his guitar. The best? Hmmm, I'd say Albert King or Duane Allman.
3. Comedy: Much Ado About Nothing Tragedy: King Lear Historical: Richard II.
Posted by: Chris "Lefty" Brown | March 23, 2007 03:08 PM
1. I like almost everything, but have been reading a lot of nonfiction lately, particularly music-related (biographies, essays, etc.)
2. Hmm, tie between George Harrison and Neil Young. Best? I dunno - never much cared for the "showoffy" Eric Clapton.
3. Comedy: A Midsummer's Night Dream. Tragedy: The Tempest. Historical: Henry V
Posted by: Nik | March 23, 2007 03:47 PM
1. Almost invariably, non-fiction. Might be about baseball or music or politics.
2. I was always partial to George Harrison. One of the Kings (BB, Albert, Freddie).
3. Much Ado, Julius Caesar, don't know because the Richards all sort of run into each other in my mind.
Posted by: Roger Green | March 24, 2007 06:01 AM
Great questions!
1) Lots of graphic novels, lots of political commentary
2) Waaay too many favorites to list, but generally speaking, Derek Trucks would be the player I most admire. I'm pretty sure there's nothing he can't play.
3) We just bought tickets last night for As You Like It in Ashland this June.
Comedy: Midsummer or Much Ado, but I also saw a hilarious Merry Wives of Windsor last summer.
Tragedy: Macbeth can be awesome. Looking forward to Othello in Woodward Park this August.
History: Saw an awesome Richard III a few years ago, I'll go with that. I've not seen many of the histories in performance or film.
Posted by: Ubersteve | March 24, 2007 07:39 AM
As far is genre is concerned, lately I have been reading a lot of Creative Non-Fiction, such as memoirs, literary journalism, and personal essays. Outside of this, I tend toward philosophy and cultural analysis (Theodore Roszak, Neil Postman, etc). By nature, however, I am a generalist, so my reading is all over the place, novels, popular science (Stephen J Gould, etc) theology, history, sociology, anthropology: anything to shed light on the human condition.
My favorite guitar player in my youth was Yngwie Malmsteen, and honestly I still love his quasi-classical, violin inspired jams. I am also a big fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn, and over the past few years I have come to enjoy Derek Trucks. As far as best is concerned, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
At risk of being obvious, my favorite is Hamlet. What's not to like about a brooding, melancholy, introspective type who, instead of stewing in his pain seeks revenge by playing the part of a madman all the while outwitting his foes, and ultimately succuming to the plans against him. Everyone dies and our hero has the last words. Sweet pain, beautiful melancholy, wonderful tragedy.
Posted by: Anthony | March 26, 2007 09:36 AM