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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Rock/pop books |
| Date | Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:32:12 -0500 |
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Three books:
1. My Magpie Eyes Were Looking At the Prize, David Cavanagh. An excellent
and exhaustive history of Alan McGee's Creation Records imprint.
2. Learn How To Die, Greg Kot. Slim, but eminently readable Wilco/Uncle
Tupelo bio by Chicago Tribune rock critic. Also a heck of a nice guy.
3. Kill Your Idols, Jim DeRogatis: Chicago Sun-Times rock critic and others
reconsider classic rock records. Caution: Both Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper
come in a for a beatdown. Though the book did make me reconsider my
reverence for Beatles records post-Revolver.
john micek.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Squeegee60@yahoo.com" <squeegee60@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Rock/pop books
> May I recommend autobiography A Dysfunctional Success - The Wreckless Eric
> Manual by Eric Goulden? It offers great insight into the early days of the
> UK punk/new wave scene and the rise of Stiff Records.
>
>
> Brian Hughes <bryzo.hughes@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I've just finished Jacob Slichter's excellent tome "So You
> Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star" (big thanks to whoever mentioned it on the
> list!) and aim to get the Jeff Murphy book too. Any other lesser known
> books
> that might appeal to me and others on this list? Just getting my summer
> holiday books ready...
>
> Thanks in advance, Brian
>
> PS. I've heard the Mika album and for me it only has a couple of good
> tracks - maybe it'll grow on me though
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Don't pick lemons.
> See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.
>
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