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The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Mentioned 6 months ago

Flightless Birds, New Music, Breath Work | Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-15-26

The speaker mentioned that the coach, who appeared to be reading while waiting for a field goal attempt, might have been reading this book.

The coach has on his reading glasses. He's already in the off season. He's going to read catcher in the rye or some shit.

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Flags of Our Fathers

James Bradley

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host briefly mentioned the book "Flags of Our Fathers", recommending it to his listeners.

You got you got what the fuck was the flags of our fathers. You got to read that book now that book I read

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Moby Dick (Chartwell Classics)

Herman Melville

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host mentioned reading "Moby Dick" but being unable to finish it due to the frequent descriptions of whale hunting. He attributed this to having ADD and compared the book's pacing to the lack of distractions in earlier eras.

Moby Dick I couldn't get through the fucking thing because they kept breaking down wailing Like I had nothing better to do right like there was no TV and internet and all that shit in my life like Back the books from back then if you get like the original like copy of it like how it was actually written you understand The astounding level of fucking boredom

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The Man Who Wasn't There

Anil Ananthaswamy

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host recounted watching the Coen brothers' film "The Man Who Wasn't There," relating to Billy Bob Thornton's character and feeling unseen or unheard, comparing it to his own experiences as a child and husband. He highlighted the movie's humor and the relatability of Thornton's character to married men.

I watched this Coen brother one that I somehow missed the man who wasn't there when it came out this gorgeous black-and-white movie that they shot and it has Billy Bob Thornton Franz McDermott and James Gandolfini, and it's just it's The dude from monk. I'm not good with the names

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Glengarry Glen Ross (Student Editions)

David Mamet

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-19-24

The book was mentioned in passing, as the speaker was looking at his sides for it while sitting on a plane.

As I sit down the barefoot cowboy looks at me and he goes when does the play open?

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Dear Billy

Gary McNair

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-19-24

It is a new George Carlin album that was recorded before 9/11 and not released at the time due to its content. It was expected to be released soon, and the speaker was looking forward to purchasing it on vinyl.

Are you excited for this new Carlin album? I haven't even heard about it Oh, yeah, wait a minute I did hear it. They thought it was too harsh He recorded it before 9-11 and they didn't release it because it had material that was definitely not appropriate for what was going on at The time I've heard great things, but who knows? Thanks for the laughs.

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WBCN and the American Revolution

Bill Lichtenstein

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-29-24

The book mentioned was a book about WBCN radio. Bill was reading through it and he thought it was great.

I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

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Radio Free Boston

Carter Alan

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-29-24

Bill mentions reading a book about WBCN. He says it's great.

I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]

Yuval Noah Harari

Mentioned 1 year ago

Monday Morning Podcast 8-20-24

It was mentioned in relation to the idea of living off the land and how the agricultural revolution might have domesticated humans rather than plants, such as wheat.

It reminded me of this book called Sapiens by oh my god, Yuval Noah Harari.

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Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Mentioned 1 year ago

Monday Morning Podcast 8-5-24

It was mentioned as a book that was read numerous times to his children in the past and was referenced while clam digging on Martha's Vineyard.

And we're pulling these things up and They're just going around. This is just like in Seattle when we took that little boat rider They were going like that's the guy I see that house. That's the guy that that started Zillow

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I Am Not Spock

Leonard Nimoy

Mentioned 2 years ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 7-4-24

Burr mentioned that Leonard Nimoy wrote a book called 'I Am Not Spock' after he starred in 'Star Trek'.

Then he had to write a book saying, I am not Spock.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Billie Davis

Mentioned 2 years ago

Monday Morning Podcast 5-27-24

The book was used as an example of a well-written argument scene to contrast against the Amazon commercial Bill Burr was discussing.

Oh anatomy of a fall that right there that fucking argument that they had in that movie when they were in trial and they flashed back to the argument the level of writing um is at the highest level and this thing you're watching a commercial on amazon what do you think you know? Do they even pay writers at amazon?

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Alia Elkaffas

Pretty Delicious

Simple, Modern Mediterranean, Served with Style

Bill Burr received a book about mediterranean style cooking as a birthday gift and planned to use it to cook falafels.

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For my birthday, I got a book on uh mediterranean style cooking. I'm very excited about so i'm gonna go with the shit that I know I'm gonna start with uh, i'm gonna try to make some uh falafels today

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Bill Burr received a book about mediterranean style cooking as a birthday gift and planned to use it to cook falafels.

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For my birthday, I got a book on uh mediterranean style cooking. I'm very excited about so i'm gonna go with the shit that I know I'm gonna start with uh, i'm gonna try to make some uh falafels today

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Lorenz Books Lorenz Books

The Lentil Cookbook

Make The Most Of The Powerhouse Pulse, With 100 Healthy And Delicious Recipes

It was described as an old book about a child who plays the harmonica, and an old, mean man in town. Bill Burr's young daughter seemed to understand the character in the story was not a good person.

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I read this old book...The hell was one of those Robert McCloskey books and it's about the kid who plays the harmonica. There's some old guy in town was just an asshole.

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-28-20

It was described as an old book about a child who plays the harmonica, and an old, mean man in town. Bill Burr's young daughter seemed to understand the character in the story was not a good person.

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I read this old book...The hell was one of those Robert McCloskey books and it's about the kid who plays the harmonica. There's some old guy in town was just an asshole.

Old sneak...Whenever I grabbed the book Lentals the name of the book should just be like, I'll read me lentil. I'll be like, Alright, and as I pick up the book, she look at me like, Oh, sneak.

Not a good guy. Not a good guy.

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Ted Templeman

Ted Templeman

A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music

Bill Burr highly recommended this book about Ted Templeman's career as a music producer, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the enjoyable and insightful read.

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Guess what book I'm gonna buy everybody? Guess what book I can't recommend more during this fucking pandemic. I suggest that you go out and buy Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Li...

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-14-20

Bill Burr highly recommended this book about Ted Templeman's career as a music producer, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the enjoyable and insightful read.

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Guess what book I'm gonna buy everybody? Guess what book I can't recommend more during this fucking pandemic. I suggest that you go out and buy Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music.

I gotta read that. I mean, it's gonna be fun. Who else did he fucking produce as far as I know?

I'm gonna read this fucking book Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's fucking a day in a life of a platinum producer.

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Plato

The Replublic

The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (Plato Classics)

It was mentioned that Plato criticized both comedians and painters in the book, possibly viewing art as frivolous.

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Now that I made fun of this guy This is actually really interesting and and now we may fairly take the comedian and place him by the side of the painter for he is like him in two ways

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-11-20

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It was mentioned that Plato criticized both comedians and painters in the book, possibly viewing art as frivolous.

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Now that I made fun of this guy This is actually really interesting and and now we may fairly take the comedian and place him by the side of the painter for he is like him in two ways

First in as much as the comedians creations have an inferior degree of truth Yeah guilty as guilty as charged in this I say he is like the painter and he is also like the painter in being concerned with an inferior part of the soul

Therefore we shall be right and refusing to admit him into a well-ordered state Because he awakens and nourishes and strengthens the feelings and impairs the reasons the reason

This guy was a fucking idiot. This guy sounds like a conservative moron trying to shut down the arts He's a man. I just called Plato a moron. I did he is a manufacturer of images and is very far removed from the truth

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Henry Bushkin

Johnny Carson

Bill Burr mentioned reading about Johnny Carson's mother being mean and cold towards him in a book written by Carson's lawyer and that he would laugh about the story because of the absurdity.

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I remember reading in that book what Johnny Carson's lawyer wrote and just how mean and cold his mother was and anytime Johnny would try to do something nice for her to try to get the...

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-23-22

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Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-23-22

Bill Burr mentioned reading about Johnny Carson's mother being mean and cold towards him in a book written by Carson's lawyer and that he would laugh about the story because of the absurdity.

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I remember reading in that book what Johnny Carson's lawyer wrote and just how mean and cold his mother was and anytime Johnny would try to do something nice for her to try to get the loving emotion from his mom that he so wanted she would be even colder when he would try to get that from her and she would be so fucking mean all he could do is just then retell the story to his lawyer and then he would just start laughing because what the fuck else are you going to do

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Stella Rhys

Dirty Deeds (Irresistible)

The original bass player for AC/DC wrote about his perspective on the band, being honest about the good and bad times. He mentioned that it's a bad idea to leave a band meeting right after a bad show, as people will start pointing fingers.

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The book is called 'Dirty Deeds.'

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 2-20-20

The original bass player for AC/DC wrote about his perspective on the band, being honest about the good and bad times. He mentioned that it's a bad idea to leave a band meeting right after a bad show, as people will start pointing fingers.

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The book is called 'Dirty Deeds.'

It's a whole new perspective on the band.

He goes yeah note note to people who are in bands I'll just say one thing that he said if you have a bad show And you're having the band meeting right after the show a good thing Don't be the first guy in the band to leave Because the finger pointing is going to start and if you're out there to defend yourself, it's gonna it's gonna come on to you

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Plato

The Replublic

The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (Plato Classics)

Bill Burr discussed Plato's "The Republic", specifically book eight, which mentioned that democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites, as a way to understand why billionaires might want to be president.

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Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic, book eight if you ever learn to read. I didn't know he had eight books.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-10-20

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Bill Burr discussed Plato's "The Republic", specifically book eight, which mentioned that democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites, as a way to understand why billionaires might want to be president.

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Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic, book eight if you ever learn to read. I didn't know he had eight books.

Plato wrote in his classic work, The Republic that all democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites.

all democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites.

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Kirk Douglas

My Stroke of Luck

John Daly's book was mentioned, where he was described as an animal who chain-smoked and bombed the ball past everyone, referencing his time at the top of the world in the mid-to-late 90s.

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I heard his book like he was an animal

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 3-31-22

John Daly's book was mentioned, where he was described as an animal who chain-smoked and bombed the ball past everyone, referencing his time at the top of the world in the mid-to-late 90s.

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I heard his book like he was an animal

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Wayne Federman

The History of Stand-Up

From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

Bill mentioned a book about the history of stand-up comedy in which he learned that Frank Faye hosted a rally for the friends of Frank Faye that was attended by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party.

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I remember reading in that history of stand-up book that the guy fucking He was actually and this was a thing too because they never showed this in movies that there was like a A it was a minority of...

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 11-14-19

Bill mentioned a book about the history of stand-up comedy in which he learned that Frank Faye hosted a rally for the friends of Frank Faye that was attended by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party.

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I remember reading in that history of stand-up book that the guy fucking He was actually and this was a thing too because they never showed this in movies that there was like a A it was a minority of people A It was a minority, but it was a large minority or so. I don't know. You know what? I shouldn't even say that There was a lot of people that were Pro-fascism that lived in America during World War two.

So they had a night called the friends of Frank Fay Let me look this up here they had the friends of Frank Fay and this fucking idiot went down and he hosted the thing and You know that was there goes that career When you host the hey, I don't think Hitler was that bad Gala that tends to affect your fucking career here friends of Frank Fay.

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Valerie Solanas

SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas (2004-05-10)

Bill mentioned a book called "The Scum Manifesto" written by a woman who had shot Andy Warhol and was subsequently imprisoned for a short time before he later died from complications.

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Although I don't know you talked to so many people that hung out with him. He said he said he was a bit of a toxic cunt, but that doesn't mean that some what was it? She called the scum manifesto. Tha...

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 3-17-22

Bill mentioned a book called "The Scum Manifesto" written by a woman who had shot Andy Warhol and was subsequently imprisoned for a short time before he later died from complications.

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Although I don't know you talked to so many people that hung out with him. He said he said he was a bit of a toxic cunt, but that doesn't mean that some what was it? She called the scum manifesto. That's what it was. You know what? I mean?

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2024)

Bill Burr mentioned studying from a pilot's test prep book, focusing on chapters like weather and instruments, but struggling with the latter.

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I've been going through the the pilot whatever the fucking test prep book I outlined all eight chapters

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 10-3-19

Bill Burr mentioned studying from a pilot's test prep book, focusing on chapters like weather and instruments, but struggling with the latter.

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I've been going through the the pilot whatever the fucking test prep book I outlined all eight chapters

I fucking crushed chapter 1 chapter 2 was weather I had to stay on that for like two three days now I feel confident about that and then I got to chapter 3 which was the instrument.

I just got fucking crushed. I didn't know shit

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Bonar Menninger

Mortal Error

The Shot That Killed JFK

It was discussed as a book that presented a theory about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, suggesting a Secret Service agent accidentally fired the fatal shot.

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About the book Mortal Error, the shot that killed JFK by Bonner Menninger, outlining the theory by sharpshooter gunsmith and ballistics expert Howard Donahue that is that a Secret Ser...

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 11-29-21

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It was discussed as a book that presented a theory about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, suggesting a Secret Service agent accidentally fired the fatal shot.

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About the book Mortal Error, the shot that killed JFK by Bonner Menninger, outlining the theory by sharpshooter gunsmith and ballistics expert Howard Donahue that is that a Secret Service agent in the limbo behind JFK accidentally fired the shot that killed Kennedy after he'd been shot in the neck by Oswald.

Mortal Error is a 1992 nonfiction book by Bonner Menninger outlining a theory by sharpshooter.

The Bormann Brotherhood: A New Investigation of the Escape and Survival of Nazi War Criminals. Cover

William Stevenson

The Bormann Brotherhood

A New Investigation of the Escape and Survival of Nazi War Criminals.

Bill mentioned this book in reference to things he knows about South America.

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It's uh Nazi war criminals.

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Bill mentioned this book in reference to things he knows about South America.

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It's uh Nazi war criminals.

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Jack with Bill Kushner Tatum

They Call Me Assassin

It was mentioned as a book that reminds the listener of how brutal football was in the past, specifically the NFL.

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If you're going to read a book, go back and read Jack Tatum's They Call Me Assassin.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 6-17-19

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It was mentioned as a book that reminds the listener of how brutal football was in the past, specifically the NFL.

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If you're going to read a book, go back and read Jack Tatum's They Call Me Assassin.

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Mike Siani

Cheating Is Encouraged

A Hard-Nosed History of the 1970s Raiders

It was mentioned briefly as a book about the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s, which interested Bill Burr.

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Cheating Is Encouraged. A hard-nosed history of the 1970s Raiders. I mean, who the fuck doesn't want to read?

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It was mentioned briefly as a book about the Oakland Raiders during the 1970s, which interested Bill Burr.

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Cheating Is Encouraged. A hard-nosed history of the 1970s Raiders. I mean, who the fuck doesn't want to read?

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Melanie Harlow

Slap Shot Surprise (Cherry Tree Harbor Book 5)

It was mentioned as a movie based on a hockey team that was very physical and won back-to-back cups in a time when fighting was more common in hockey. Paul Newman was also mentioned as an actor in the film.

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and also if the Flyers didn't do what they did in 74 and 75 Paul Newman one of my favorite actors of all time never signs on to make the movie slap shot so I don't have a problem with it

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 6-6-19

It was mentioned as a movie based on a hockey team that was very physical and won back-to-back cups in a time when fighting was more common in hockey. Paul Newman was also mentioned as an actor in the film.

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and also if the Flyers didn't do what they did in 74 and 75 Paul Newman one of my favorite actors of all time never signs on to make the movie slap shot so I don't have a problem with it

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The Unnamed Country

Duff McKagan said he had read Sarah Smarsh's book 'A Horse Called View from the Flyover Country' while on tour, and described it as a 'great book' that everyone should read.

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I read Sarah Smarsh's 'A Horse Called View from the Flyover Country'. I read some book. I thought it is great books. Everybody should read them.

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-16-19

Duff McKagan said he had read Sarah Smarsh's book 'A Horse Called View from the Flyover Country' while on tour, and described it as a 'great book' that everyone should read.

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I read Sarah Smarsh's 'A Horse Called View from the Flyover Country'. I read some book. I thought it is great books. Everybody should read them.

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Susan Verde

Who I Am

Words I Tell Myself (A Picture Book) (I Am Books)

It was described as a great album by Bill Burr after he listened to it while learning more about the Temptations and their music.

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I downloaded one of his albums called 'Who I Am'. It's a fucking great album.

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-23-21

It was described as a great album by Bill Burr after he listened to it while learning more about the Temptations and their music.

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I downloaded one of his albums called 'Who I Am'. It's a fucking great album.

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Kaliane Bradley

The Ministry of Time

A Novel

Bill Burr mentioned that he recently finished reading this book, which he described as having insane stories. One of the stories included a groupie whose clothes were flushed down a toilet and subsequently wore a tablecloth as a dress.

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I just finished it man. I'm telling you some of the most insane fucking stories you're ever gonna read.

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-23-21

Bill Burr mentioned that he recently finished reading this book, which he described as having insane stories. One of the stories included a groupie whose clothes were flushed down a toilet and subsequently wore a tablecloth as a dress.

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I just finished it man. I'm telling you some of the most insane fucking stories you're ever gonna read.

He brought her into the bathroom but fucked her and then flushed her clothes down the toilet.

So then she comes walking out of the bathroom, she's like oh my god, like what's with your friend? What am I supposed to wear?

So they took a tablecloth off the table and they cut a hole in it and they made a dress out of it and then tied it off around the middle and then she was just went on tour with them Happy as a clam.

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