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  • Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) by Ozzi, Dan
    Dan Ozzi

    Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)

    A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore's growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they sell out and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all Punk rock found itself at...
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  • The Philosophy of Modern Song by Dylan, Bob
    Bob Dylan

    The Philosophy of Modern Song

    The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One--and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of...
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  • Four Way Street: The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reader by Zimmer, Dave
    Dave Zimmer

    Four Way Street: The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reader

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have been hailed as "The American Beatles" and "Folk-Rock's Mount Rushmore." They launched a trail-blazing acoustic-electric sound in 1969 and have been captivating listeners with their music ever since. Coming together as refugees from three seminal '60s bands-the Byrds,...
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  • Da Capo Best Music Writing: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More by Hornby, Nick
    Nick Hornby

    Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More

    A new collection of essays and articles about music and its culture covers diverse modern styles--rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, country, and more--and features works by Rick Moody, Camden Joy, Courtney Love, Richard Meltzer, Whitney Balliett, and other notables.Author: Nick HornbyISBN-10: 0306810662ISBN-13: 9780306810664Publisher: Da...
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  • Bowie: Loving the Alien by Sandford, Christopher
    Christopher Sandford

    Bowie: Loving the Alien

    Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, and musical metamorphoses of David Bowie--also known as Davy Jones, the Laughing Gnome, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust,...
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  • For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt by Holbrook, Anne Norton
    Anne Norton Holbrook

    For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt

    After death, Townes Van Zandt found the success that he sabotaged during life. Diagnosed as bipolar, an alcoholic, and perennially unreliable, Van Zandt died of heart failure at the age of fifty-two on New Year's Day in 1997. He released sixteen albums during life....
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  • Cokemachineglow: Writing Around Music 2005-2015 by Purdom, Clayton
    Clayton Purdom

    Cokemachineglow: Writing Around Music 2005-2015

    Irreverent, cultishly adored, and dearly missed, the music writers at cokemachineglow produced some of the greatest, weirdest, funniest, sharpest criticism of the 21st century, and have gone on to write for major publications. In that sweet spot online before streaming and social media, people...
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  • Earworm and Event: Music, Daydreams, and Other Imaginary Refrains by Priest, Eldritch
    Eldritch Priest

    Earworm and Event: Music, Daydreams, and Other Imaginary Refrains

    In Earworm and Event Eldritch Priest questions the nature of the imagination in contemporary culture through the phenomenon of the earworm: those reveries that hijack our attention, the shivers that run down our spines, and the songs that stick in our heads. Through a...
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  • CDs, Records, & Tapes: Personal Liner Notes on Hip Hop by Mobley, Rashad
    Rashad Mobley

    CDs, Records, & Tapes: Personal Liner Notes on Hip Hop

    CDs, Records, & Tapes is a nostalgic Hip Hop essay collection. Told from the perspective of a creative writer who came of age with the culture, it revisits posse tracks, release dates, and classic albums. Each entry captures love for the culture, appreciation of...
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  • Serial Music: A Classified Bibliography of Writings on Twelve-Tone and Electronic Music by Basart, Ann Phillips
    Ann Phillips Basart

    Serial Music: A Classified Bibliography of Writings on Twelve-Tone and Electronic Music

    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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  • Blood, Sweat and Fists by Press, Weasel
    Weasel Press

    Blood, Sweat and Fists

    Blood, Sweat and Fists is a collection of concert stories from crazy, memorable concerts. Authors have provided their best punk/metal moment in music, from first concerts to crazy stage gigs, Blood, Sweat and Fists carries each memorable moment. Author: Weasel Press, Poetken JonesISBN-10: 1948712733ISBN-13:...
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  • Cursed Questions: On Music and Its Social Practices by Taruskin, Richard
    Richard Taruskin

    Cursed Questions: On Music and Its Social Practices

    Richard Taruskin's sweeping collection of essays distills a half century of professional experience, demonstrating an unparalleled insider awareness of relevant debates in all areas of music studies, including historiography and criticism, representation and aesthetics, musical and professional politics, and the sociology of taste. Cursed...
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  • Metaphysical Graffiti: Rock 'n' Roll and the Meaning of Life by Kaufman, Seth
    Seth Kaufman

    Metaphysical Graffiti: Rock 'n' Roll and the Meaning of Life

    A provocative, entertaining but ultimately serious examination of rock's most essential questions: Beatles or Stones? Which is the best air guitar to play? Does Rush suck? And what is the meaning of Billy Joel? Metaphysical Graffiti is a book for music fans, humor fans,...
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  • Music to My Eyes by Samarov, Dmitry
    Dmitry Samarov

    Music to My Eyes

    Author and artist Dmitry Samarov has written for the Chicago Tribune, the Reader, and more; here he turns his eye and pen towards the musical stage, sketching and describing a host of independent musicians he's seen, crossed paths with, offered sofa space to, and...
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  • The Secret of Music: A Look at the Listening Life by McGuire, Joshua
    Joshua McGuire

    The Secret of Music: A Look at the Listening Life

    What is this fleeting experience that sometimes hits us when we listen to music? Through several short essays adapted from lectures given at Vanderbilt University between 2008 and 2012, author Joshua McGuire answers this question while exploring what it takes to become better listeners...
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  • Billie Holiday: Essays on the Artistry and Legacy by Perez, Michael V.
    Michael V. Perez

    Billie Holiday: Essays on the Artistry and Legacy

    Eleanora "Lady Day" Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African American history. Devoted to the enduring jazz icon, covering many aspects of her career, image and legacy, these fresh essays range...
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