What book are you reading?

[soulfinger]

Triggs: The Autobiography of Roy Keane's Dog

[Low D]

Description on Amazon:
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.

My take: Read this - it's great.

I'm reading it now, and you're right. What I'm enjoying most is the cross-overs that you wouldn't expect, like the horn guys who worked with Springsteen (The Brecker Bros) and Bowie (David Sanborn) who also worked on salsa records. Or drummer Steve Gadd, who played on the disco hit "The Hussle" and Paul Simon's "50 Ways...", which topped the charts one after the other.

Also interesting to learn that "scratching" was brought to us by grandmaster Flash's protege, Grand Wizard Theodore, who first showcased it on Thin Lizzy's "Johnny The Fox"!

[Doktor Avalanche]

Another great one from Mrs.A (she also gave me Love Goes To Buildings On Fire). This is a joy to read, as it's style is more or less conversational. It's like Dave's at your house telling you stuff. And it's got good pictures.

From the NYT review:

David Byrne is a brilliantly original, eccentric rock star, and he has written a book to match his protean talents. It is not exactly a memoir — “the ‘aging rocker bio’ is a crowded shelf,” as he puts it in his acknowledgments. It is not exactly a series of essays about music, either, though it is some of that. It’s a little bit of both, proudly or unashamedly exposing Byrne’s biases and aimed at a particular audience: his own fans. Since he appeals to people generously diverse in age and interests, however, that’s a pretty big potential readership.
(rest of review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/books/review/david-byrnes-how-music-works.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)

Another one I highly suggest. It's a hoot.

[Frances]

Wrapping my head around tales of The Golden Swan. I am so going to visit Golden Swan Garden next time in NYC.



http://books.google.com/books?id=K8aMN50YOvkC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=%22golden+swan%22+Bracklow&source=bl&ots=_1Z0kIIeMY&sig=iGFVfM3GfE6VzxYFsJyzcQSDIck&hl=en&ei=_-SeSauCIaKBtwez4eSPDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#v=onepage&q=%22golden%20swan%22%20Bracklow&f=false

[Frances]

David Byrne

Have you heard 'bout his upcoming play at The Public?
http://publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,1076

He kinda bugs, but a play about Imelda Marcos sounds great, especially so latent.
Loved director Timbers' Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Public.

[Doktor Avalanche]

David Byrne

Have you heard 'bout his upcoming play at The Public?
http://publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,1076

He kinda bugs, but a play about Imelda Marcos sounds great, especially so latent.
Loved director Timbers' Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Public.

Sounds interesting, especially: HERE LIES LOVE is an 80-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged.. I might try to see this - thanks for the "heads"-up.

[Frances]

Sounds interesting, especially: HERE LIES LOVE is an 80-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged.. I might try to see this - thanks for the "heads"-up.

I just noticed the steep price.
I'm pretty sure I paid $15 the last time I was at Public.
Rock star prices.

[philipchevron]

Sounds interesting, especially: HERE LIES LOVE is an 80-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged.. I might try to see this - thanks for the "heads"-up.

I just noticed the steep price.
I'm pretty sure I paid $15 the last time I was at Public.
Rock star prices.

The hateful "airline-pricing" system that has crept into Broadway ticketting in recent times has had an inevitable knock-on effect in the rest of the "sector", not least in the not-for-profit area, where highly questionable demographic assumptions appear to have been made about the disposable incomes of its supporters. The sort of assumptions that once made the rise of off-Broadway so vital rather than a goldmine in its own right.

[firehazard]

Kevin Barry: City of Bohane

Set in an imagined city somewhere in the West of Ireland dominated by gang culture some forty years hence, yet strangely old-fashioned in style. An impressive and inventive first novel. Recommended.

[soulfinger]

John Cooper Clarke - Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

Lovely, lovely reprint!

[Clash Cadillac]

While in Jamaica I met Keith Richard's pal Steve Crotty. Steve told me he was mentioned in Keef's book "Life" so I picked up a copy and am really enjoying ti so far.

[Frances]

While in Jamaica I met Keith Richard's pal Steve Crotty. Steve told me he was mentioned in Keef's book "Life" so I picked up a copy and am really enjoying ti so far.

That poor ghostwriter.

[old barney greyheron]

Re-reading 'the stand'..stephen king..one of my fave books..

[Doktor Avalanche]

Re-reading 'the stand'..stephen king..one of my fave books..

Aye - that's a good 'un. Didn't translate well to TV though...

[victorsims]

the guardian by nicholas sparks