Hutch wrote:
Finally picked this up….
Highly recommended this one!
Highly recommended this one!
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Highly recommended this one!
this looks interesting:
Punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna recalls the dark side of the music scene
“Rebel Girl,” the new memoir by the Bikini Kill frontwoman and reluctant leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, is stoic and empathetic in equal measure.
(i do believe i spotted a post from a boardie in the comments section below…)
Punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna recalls the dark side of the music scene
“Rebel Girl,” the new memoir by the Bikini Kill frontwoman and reluctant leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, is stoic and empathetic in equal measure.
(i do believe i spotted a post from a boardie in the comments section below…)
I never realized she was the one who told Kurt “you smell like teen spirit “ until now that I am reading Azerrad’s Nirvana bio from 93
hutch wrote:
I never realized she was the one who told Kurt “you smell like teen spirit “ until now that I am reading Azerrad’s Nirvana bio from 93
On a not completely unrelated note, I have finished the Lucinda book and moved on to this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Steve-Turner/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ASteve+Turner
Over halfway through and it's an entertaining read.
It made be remember that I first heard Mudhoney back in 1989, and I figured they were going to be huge. So I went to my local record store and saw that they had some 45's from Sub Pop. In the pile, there was some from a band I *hadn't* heard of, called Nirvana. But at any rate, I was certain that Mudhoney was the far superior band who was going to be huge…so I bought the Muhoney 45. Which I still have.
https://www.discogs.com/master/51332-Mudhoney-You-Got-It-Keep-It-Outta-My-Face-bw-Burn-It-Clean
Definitely going to read the Mudhoney.
Honestly I prefer them to Nirvana.
Finishing the Azerrad book was tough..the last 100-150 pages are all about Courtney and Kurt and heroin and Kurt contradicts himself on just about everything every page. One thing he doesn’t contradict himself on is his feeling that Dave and Chris were parsley and he was 100% Nirvana. It’s still shocking how negatively he speaks about them…. The book ends as they have just put out In Utero and Kurt and Courtney have stopped using. Towards the end is a great chapter about its recording with Albini. Honestly Azerrad comes off as simply a conduit for Kurt and Courtney to get their version of things out. A very mediocre book. Doesn’t help that Kurt is so unlikeable.
Honestly I prefer them to Nirvana.
Finishing the Azerrad book was tough..the last 100-150 pages are all about Courtney and Kurt and heroin and Kurt contradicts himself on just about everything every page. One thing he doesn’t contradict himself on is his feeling that Dave and Chris were parsley and he was 100% Nirvana. It’s still shocking how negatively he speaks about them…. The book ends as they have just put out In Utero and Kurt and Courtney have stopped using. Towards the end is a great chapter about its recording with Albini. Honestly Azerrad comes off as simply a conduit for Kurt and Courtney to get their version of things out. A very mediocre book. Doesn’t help that Kurt is so unlikeable.
hutch wrote:
Definitely going to read the Mudhoney.
Honestly I prefer them to Nirvana.
Finishing the Azerrad book was tough..the last 100-150 pages are all about Courtney and Kurt and heroin and Kurt contradicts himself on just about everything every page. One thing he doesn’t contradict himself on is his feeling that Dave and Chris were parsley and he was 100% Nirvana. It’s still shocking how negatively he speaks about them…. The book ends as they have just put out In Utero and Kurt and Courtney have stopped using. Towards the end is a great chapter about its recording with Albini. Honestly Azerrad comes off as simply a conduit for Kurt and Courtney to get their version of things out. A very mediocre book. Doesn’t help that Kurt is so unlikeable.
this looks like interesting doc as it's the raw audio from the interviews he used to make the book
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
sweetcell wrote:
this looks interesting:
Punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna recalls the dark side of the music scene
“Rebel Girl,” the new memoir by the Bikini Kill frontwoman and reluctant leader of the Riot Grrrl movement, is stoic and empathetic in equal measure.
(i do believe i spotted a post from a boardie in the comments section below…)
Picked up a signed first edition over the weekend
Geez Alice Munro
hutch wrote:This was painful to read yesterday.
Geez Alice Munro
hutch wrote:Wow…so much better that I could imagine
You got to read her book sidehatch. You will love it
she is like the punk rock Forest Gump!
So I of course did the audible version.
did think that she read it, but found out she only does the intro
but Rosanna Arquette, really knocked it out of the park with her delivery, really thought it was Chrissy
Chrissy would do these excellent descriptions of time and place and Arquette's delivery just made them come alive
Chrissy knows how to tell an engaging tale
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this looks interesting…love the title!
I just finished this. It's about what you'd expect. Sly is a drug-addled dick. I was surprised how much side-work he's done though. REO Speedwagon??? Worth the read, mostly because it led me to listening beyond the Greatest Hits.
Bombay wrote:I just listened to the two part episode on sly 'the history of rock music in 500 songs' and it was fascinating
I just finished this. It's about what you'd expect. Sly is a drug-addled dick. I was surprised how much side-work he's done though. REO Speedwagon??? Worth the read, mostly because it led me to listening beyond the Greatest Hits.
Sly did some amazing things in music and in general…then he tipped the scales the other way by doing a long list of horrible things (mostly to women, but not exclusively)
Really a visionary and waay before the whole twin-tone/the clash "we should all rock together" attitude towards racism
this book is in my queue
the podcast is defiantly worth it…even if it is 4 hours
also want to check out: Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th, 1968
Just finished Rosanne Cash’s memoir Composed. Beautifully written.
I won’t touch the Sly Stone book with a ten foot pole.
I won’t touch the Sly Stone book with a ten foot pole.
Book event at MLK Library for
Daniel Rachel presents Too Much Too Young - The Two Tone Story , in conversation with Keith Willis.
Saturday September 14th 3-4pm
https://www.akashicbooks.com/events/daniel-rachel-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-library-washington-dc/
Daniel Rachel presents Too Much Too Young - The Two Tone Story , in conversation with Keith Willis.
Saturday September 14th 3-4pm
https://www.akashicbooks.com/events/daniel-rachel-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-library-washington-dc/
kosmo wrote:- nice on a saturday…
Book event at MLK Library for
Daniel Rachel presents Too Much Too Young - The Two Tone Story , in conversation with Keith Willis.
Saturday September 14th 3-4pm
https://www.akashicbooks.com/events/daniel-rachel-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-library-washington-dc/
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Some have described Murray as a more humorous Irish version of Jonathan Franzen
Some have described Murray as a more humorous Irish version of Jonathan Franzen
Bagley wrote:Can he also only write about middle-class Midwestern families too?
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Some have described Murray as a more humorous Jonathan Franzen
Bagley wrote:
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Some have described Murray as a more humorous Irish version of Jonathan Franzen
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