#tom vitale

[thingsreadinthedark]

The book was dope!!! 5 stars all around. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reflective. Passionate. Thoughtful. Painful at times and a complete adventure.

Humanizes, magnifies and amplifies, shrinks, levels.. it does all the things. Great work on this book Tom Vitale. Although, he never uses the word LOVE, you can tell that he loved him. I really enjoyed the photos too, there were wayyyy more but these were some of my favourites!

[mosaicrecords]

President's Day Special

Lester Young: Still Prez at 110

No matter who's occupying the White House, Lester Young will always be the number one Prez in our book. Revisit this feature Tom Vitale compiled for NPR in 2009, when Lester Young would have turned 100 -- including Prez's peerless views on the state of the union, swinging and otherwise.

-Nick Moy

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[russenoire]

world's best disclaimer

from in the weeds: around the world and behind the scenes with anthony bourdain by tom vitale

[dumbguysmusings]

Everyday we come across people, strangers, unknown faces. Sometimes there is eye contact and a slight smile or nod follows, sometimes a hello. But usually it’s eyes cast down, a don’t bother me way that you carry yourself. Or blank eyes that make contact with no one. We all have lives and things to do. Maybe the thought of adding another person to your life, as a friend or whatever, makes your life a little more complicated. Or if you smile too much or come across as too friendly or people think your just weird.

These brief encounters are so insignificant to both people involved. Just two ships passing by one another, going from point A to point B. I am trying to do my best to come across as friendly. I have been told I come across as either intimidating or stuck up. And I’m not a big guy nor am I rich or overly attractive, just an average guy. But I want to be better, I want to be good and see the good in other people. Positive vibes, always, well mostly always…so I smile and move on from the people I leave behind.

[jonathanjudge]

[bookmama]

What’s the last book that surprised you?

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Thank you so much to @hachettebooks @hachetteaudio and @librofm for the gifted finished copy and ALC of In The Weeds, Around The World And Behind The Scenes With Anthony Bourdain , written and narrated by Tom Vitale. This book had so many layers, but ultimately became a raw, emotional, and uncensored testament to a complicated friendship with a beautifully complicated man. Any fan of Anthony Bourdain was crushed by the news of his death, and through the eyes of his producer/director/friend we see not what only led up to that day, but also who Anthony Bourdain really was when he wasn’t in front of a camera. Some fans will be dismayed or disappointed to see a side of Bourdain that can be easily compared to a school yard bully, but his achingly vulnerable and codependent side while equally heartbreaking somehow balances the picture painted by Vitale. After reading Anthony Bourdain’s books and mourning his death, reading this book was eye opening and heartbreaking. The raw love and respect that you can hear in Tom Vitale’s audiobook narration really hits home how tragic and complicated the life and death of this legend really was. I truly appreciated the uncensored look at the whole person that Vitale was able to share based on his long personal and working relationship with Bourdain. The final result is an account of Bourdain’s life that comes across with respectful truth and lacking any exploitive undertones.

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Both the physical book and audiobook for In The Weeds are available now. The audiobook is narrated by the author and is 8hrs 47mins.

[thingsreadinthedark]

You know what I love about this guy’s book is that it reads so honestly.

It’s been a hectic weekend and I feel like emotional honesty is what everyone needs.

I love how much Tom Vitale loves Anthony Bourdain. Love is such a complicated emotion because hate is in there, rage is in there, fear, astonishment, immersion, annihilation, admiration, consideration — there’s so many emotions inside love. You can see how much Tom Vitale cared about, was inspired and amazed by him.

[raaskallen]