The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 20: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Music was a big part of the anti-war protests of the Vietnam War in the 1960s. This book, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, traces the development and effect of some of
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 19: Kurt Cobain-The Last Interview
There is a never-ending fascination with all things Kurt Cobain. This book delivers just what it promises. It’s our last chance to maybe get inside Kurt’s head. View this post on Instagram A
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 18: The Sinead O’Connor memoir
Sinead O’Connor was one of the most interesting and talent artists of her generation. Those first two albums will forever be stone-cold classics. If you’re any kind of a fan and you want
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 17: How Women Made Music
The music industry has always been a dude-dominated space which means that the contribution of women has been marginalized. This book, How Women Made Music, is a creation by NPR and takes a
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 14: An expose of the music industry.
The late Hunter S. Thompson is famous for this quote: “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 13: Another book on Sid and Nancy
Sid Vicious was a member of the Sex Pistols for a little more than a year and died of a heroin overdose at the age of 21. Oh, and in between, he may
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 12: Me and Mr Jones (it’s for David Bowie fans)
Before she married Mick Ronson, David Bowie’s favourite guitarist from the early years, Suzi Fussey did the hair of David’s mom. Through that connection, Suzi ended up designing the orange puffball hairdo for
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 11: An oral history of Joy Division
When I go record shopping in the UK, I always check to see what kind of music books they have for sale. I bought a bunch during my recent trip to London, including
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 10: 1999: The Year the Music Industry Lost Control
Up until the end of the 20th century, money flowed in the music industry like water. It had been a very good 100 or so years. Then along came 1999 and everything started
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 8: Trial By Fire, the story of the Station Nightclub
On the night of February 20, 2003, Great White stormed onstage at the Station club in West Warwick in a blaze of pyro. What happened next was horrific. This book details what happened.
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 6: Rockin’ the Kremlin
After the USSR collapsed, a hundreds of Western companies tried to capitalize on the situation, including Universal Music Group. David Junk, the division’s first CEO has written about his experiences during that time
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