I just finished reading On The Road -- Jack Kerouac. Recreation-wise, I'm shambling along very slowly with Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades, Take Two -- Clinton Heylin and Love, Janis -- Laura Joplin. They're both very brilliant in different ways.

Kerouac's stuff was just whoa breathtakin and amazing.

Never read Faust, but I reckon you should read it. Can't hurt, can it?