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Tosh’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tosh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Tosh Berman
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in Los Angeles, The United States
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Influences
Boris Vian, Guy Debord, Tristan Tzara,
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June 2007
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The ability to have a discussion with yourself.
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Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World
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Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London
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2013
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The Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding
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1990
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Annihilation Songs: Three Shakespeare Reintegrations
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Wallace Berman: Support the Revolution
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Wallace Berman: American Aleph
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Ripe: Tales of Hunger & Desire
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The Celestial Bandit: A Tribute to Isidore Ducasse, the Comte de Lautréamont, Upon the 175th Anniversary of His Birth
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Pure Lust (Black Scat Review, #14)
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Things that Quicken the Heart
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Tosh’s Recent Updates
“It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing”
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“There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly. ”
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“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
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“Strange how potent cheap music is.”
― Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts
― Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts
“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
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Literature & Film
— 274 members
— last activity Aug 23, 2016 03:11PM
For those with a love/hate relationship to seeing their favorite books on film.
Boris Vian
— 74 members
— last activity Aug 23, 2014 03:59PM
Super duper discussions on the works of Boris Vian
IN GOD(ard) WE TRUST
— 24 members
— last activity Oct 31, 2008 02:39AM
a cubist fuckall of... well, to paraphrase sam fuller from Pierrot Le Fou, "a battle ground... love, hate, action, violence, death. In one word: emoti ...more
The Patrick Hamilton Appreciation Society
— 156 members
— last activity 2 hours, 51 min ago
A place where readers can come to discuss the life and work of the English writer Patrick Hamilton, and similar or associated writers. You will also f ...more
The Melville House Group
— 213 members
— last activity Feb 22, 2022 05:26PM
We rather like our books. Just a bit, maybe. A little. Naturally, we want to talk about them with fellow readers. Join us in discussing our books or ...more
Queereaders
— 21173 members
— last activity Feb 26, 2026 01:41AM
A group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and supporters interested in fun and stimulating conversation about books, movies, art, ...more
Nobody Reads In L.A.
— 151 members
— last activity Jul 06, 2016 05:52PM
L.A.'s original alternative book club. Designed to be the "Book Club for the Nightclub set." We are dedicated to putting books into hands accustomed t ...more
Friends of City Lights
— 527 members
— last activity Oct 29, 2018 03:34AM
City Lights Books is a landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
Ask Jonathan Coe - Thursday, October 31st!
— 144 members
— last activity Nov 05, 2013 09:22AM
Join us on Thursday, October 31st for a special discussion with author Jonathan Coe! Jonathan will be discussing his new book Expo 58. Become a f ...more
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This is a discussion between yours truly (Tosh Berman) and artist Andrew Lampert on my memoir TOSH: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World" (City Lights). The talk took place at ARTBOOK @ MoMA PS1 in Queens New York on February 23, 2019. https://youtu.be/TO-BfE_pX7M
Tosh wrote: "This morning I received an e-mail from Goodreads saying that they can't use Amazon as a source for book information anymore. I have about 75 titles that I need to find source or upload or do somet..."Yeah I got this too - since the publications were all by me it wasn't too difficult to sort out. Pamphlets and translations. And it was seven or so publications I think. 75 titles is a lot! But you don't need to do them all. Check what Goodreads tell you about this:
"Early next week, we will be importing a database of 14 million ISBNs from a new source, so many of the books that seem to need rescue today may not actually be in jeopardy. We won't know until we import this new data source. So please don't spend a lot of time rescuing books—we don't want you to do unnecessary work. What we really need is for everyone to try rescuing a few books to see if the tools are working as we hoped. That way, once next week rolls around, we'll be ready to get down to the business or rescuing the books that actually are in jeopardy..." From: "http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7..."
After recusing my books as Goodreads indicated, I also added a number of my titles to Goodreads - but still many of the translations are missing... Dealing with the Russian books etc is difficult for me because they use an alphabet I'm not familiar with. But those are not books that need rescuing, they just need putting up!
This morning I received an e-mail from Goodreads saying that they can't use Amazon as a source for book information anymore. I have about 75 titles that I need to find source or upload or do something -although Goodreads says for sure my reviews for those books won't be lost. Anyone else got this e-mail from Goodreads?
D. wrote: "Mr Berman! It was so nice to meet you and get the guided tour of Tosh's world. You are a cool dude, witty, erudite and urbane. In his cloudy, harpy after life even Jesus envys you your utterly perf..."It was a total pleasure, sir!
Mr Berman! It was so nice to meet you and get the guided tour of Tosh's world. You are a cool dude, witty, erudite and urbane. In his cloudy, harpy after life even Jesus envys you your utterly perfect existence. I hope we can go for drinks sometime when Mr. Gottlieb is around. Stay your bad self.D.
Andy wrote: "Have you seen this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknuZw..."
Andy wrote: "Have you seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknuZw..."
Fantastic, I am putting this on my facebook page. Thanks
malcom gladwell or however u spell the name.....
u should try this book calld "the outliers" i forgot the authors name but i will find out. good book.
ok so u kinda look like einstien. no offense.lol
wats up i like the new pik luks real manly but yet artistic.
I'm currently reading "Riot on Sunset Strip" and a quote is credited to you. Wow! I didn't know you got around so much. Kudos!
You stylish bastard... Great avatar, mon ami.
Hi Tosh,Anyone who's into Guy DeBord and ALSO runs a press is welcome to my freindship anyday. Thanks very much for getting in touch and you must tell me more about your publishing company.
Change the situation and smash the consumerist Spectacle.
ROGER
Many thanks for the friend add, Tosh. I hope you find lots of good reads. Have a great weekend!Ed Lynskey
PELHAM FELL HERE
Tosh, your literary tastes are amazing. Great stuff, mon ami.
nice work toshi! you've achieved the much desired 'bond villain' look!
Tosh, were you making a joke when you added the quote "it doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing?" (sic) The real quote, of course, is "it don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)."Not sure if you were making fun of solecistic usage or something...the version you have there doesn't scan to the music either, of course...
Tosh! There was a segment on NPR on online book sites with gooreads featured (Otis interviewed), and "an interview with a dandy about dandy culture" was to follow... Surely that would be Tosh Berman! Wow, I thought, one of my very favorite reviewers on goodreads has reached the big time! NPR! But then came Sebastien Horsley's voice....a terribly charming voice & accent it was too...I can't believe he was turned away from these fair lands for moral turpitude...! What the ---? His book is high on my list now.cheers,
J.
p.s. I still think Otis should nab you for an NPR feature.
As I was adding my favorite books on my book list, I noticed almost all of them had your reviews! Maybe I'm your daughter you never knew you had...You are the master of decadence. I am excited to explore more world of dandyism and decadence by your recommendations. Thank you for adding me.( I will definitely read Serge biography by Gilles Verlant in English when it's out. )
Ah so there is a date-number connection that you have with Robbe-Grillet as well. Oddly fascinating...
Okay Tosh: I checked out the Tam Tam Books site. very cool. My hero is there: Alain Robbe-Grillet, as is my favorite movie of all time: Last Year at Marienbad. I can't remember how many times I've seen that film. So I was born on Robbe-Grillet's birthday: 8/18. And do you know he died on his half-birthday: 2/18? (fascinating, right?) Okay, so I have his memoir, "Ghosts in the Mirror," haven't read it yet, have you?
Dandy culture...do tell!would that be Oscar Wilde? What would the book list look like for such a course?
thanks
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J.
Don't forget to make that list of Japanese fiction recommendations!
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.u...times online does their 'top 50 british writers since 1945'. i must say, old boy, i agree with the top two picks...
Loving your profile photograph, Berman. It exudes this raw confidence and masculinity. Chic.
ok toshy, im doin' it...may take a while but off i go... :)
Tosh my love, being the newbie i have no idea if this is a private response or a public one...myspace deprogramming...so all i will say is that im out of town and right now am sneaking away to answer you...jack is about as good as it gets photo wise and i will add books when i get home. by the way...i will hold your copy of W&P while you take a bath...or you could just pay brian an absurd amount to do it seeing as he is a capitalist whore, but then again he does like you so you can probably get him at a discount.
Tosh, this photograph of you is so so so very very. I love it.
marion
