I am not sure if it is part of the collection mentioned below, but when we 
saw Warren Zanes a few weeks ago he told me that he had just finished writing a 
book about Dusty Springfield. 

Funny, with the mention of The Smiths and all, when I went to write "Dusty 
Springfield" just then my mind said "Sandie Shaw".

>  > From the Publisher "Thirty Three and a Third" is a new series of short 
>  > books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 
>  > years. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often 
>  > through their access to and relationships with the key figures 
>  > involved in the recording of these albums. By turns obsessive, 
>  > passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series 
>  > demonstrate many different ways of writing about music: from 
>  > documentary style treatments to in-depth musical and lyrical analysis 
>  > and personal memoir. What binds the series together, and what brings 
>  > it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, broadcasters, 
>  > scholars, and writers - are huge fans of the album they have chosen. 


Also just a quick mention of a very cool Marshall Crenshaw show that we had 
the pleasure of attending last week with some auditeers and then some. It was 
at the Birchmere in Alexandria VA, a venue I had never been to, so even though 
I have seen Marshall easily over 20 times, we had to go. 

He played a lot of new material from an album that is supposed to be released 
in July and it was really good stuff. It was very cool to hear new songs, 
especially since he has such a strong back catalog and could have easily made the 
night a "greatest hits" type of night and most of the crowd would have left 
happy. Encouraging to see him still growing as an artist, even after all these 
years.


beth