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Hunter S. Thompson
Tragic Happenings in This Foul Year of the Cock, 2005 Woody Creek, Colorado, 02/20/05: I turned on the news today and saw that Hunter S. Thompson had died, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. My first reaction was that it couldn’t be true. I thought it must be some kind of publicity stunt; why would
Review: AVANT ROCK: EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE BEATLES TO BJÖRK
AVANT ROCK: EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE BEATLES TO BJÖRK BILL MARTIN Open Court Publishing Street: 02.01.00 Bill Martin is a bass player and a philosophy professor at DePaul University who examines the “way out” music of the past 50 years and tries to put in theoretical frame-work using the thoughts of intellectual heavies such as
Review: THE WORLD’S EMBRACE: SELECTED POEMS – ABDELLATIF LAABI
THE WORLD’S EMBRACE: SELECTED POEMS ABDELLATIF LAABI City Lights Books Street: 02.01.03 Every once in a while, you encounter an unfortunate soul who tries to sell you on literature’s primary (only to the far right-wingers) purpose—the conveyance of beauty. If said people possess any respect for world literature, they will find Essential Rumi on the Barnes
Review: Children Of Bodom – Trashed + Lost And Strung...
CHILDREN OF BODOM TRASHED + LOST AND STRUNG OUT Century Media Records Children of Bodom = Blood Stained Child, Slayer, Nevermore + Dimmu Borgir There’s no denying how popular Children Of Bodom has become. These sissies are so popular now, I’m probably transgressing some dark code of death metal that I’ve forgotten by even having them
Review: THE ART OF MODERN ROCK: THE POSTER EXPLOSION
THE ART OF MODERN ROCK: THE POSTER EXPLOSION PAUL GRUSHKIN AND DENNIS KING Chronicle Books Street: 11.04.04 Guided by the premise that music (at least in the recorded age) and visual art are inextricably linked, The Art of Modern Rock provides readers a captivating compendium to the world of poster art. Featuring an array of
Review: Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime – The Stories...
Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime – The Stories Behind Every Song Ian Gittins Carlton Books Street: 09.01.04 To understand one of the most eccentric bands in the history of modern music is a challenging feat. Thanks to brave authors like Ian Gittins, I’m beginning to do just that. As the title suggest, Once In
Review: Let The Fury Have The Hour: The Punk Rock...
LET THE FURY HAVE THE HOUR: THE PUNK ROCK POLITICS OF JOE STRUMMER ANTINIO D’ AMBROSI Nation Books Street: 10.13.04 I still remember turning on the TV after coming home from work to hear that Joe Strummer had died. I couldn’t believe that he could be gone just like that. I couldn’t sleep that night,