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Popular Culture September 2019
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Ladies who punch : the explosive inside story of "The view"
by Ramin Setoodeh
What it is: draws on host interviews and unprecedented access
Why you might like it: dishy backstage tour sharing first-person insights into its strong personalities, power struggles and interpersonal dynamics.
About the author: Setoodeh, an award-winning journalist, is the New York Bureau Chief for Variety.
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Woodstock 50th Anniversary : Back to Yasgur's Farm
by Mike Greenblatt
What it is: Offers a front-row seat to the most important concert in rock history, an implausible happening filled with trials and triumphs that defined a generation.
Don't miss: Country Joe McDonald's forward.
About the author: Greenblatt, a rock journalist/columnist for the website the Aquarian, attended Woodstock.
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Every tool's a hammer : life is what you make it
by Adam Savage
What it is: presents author's personal stories, original sketches and photos.
Why you should read it: includes tips like don't wait until everything is perfect. Plan with pencil and paper. Most importantly, make something.
About the author: Savage, a host of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters, is a maker and creator of thousands of projects from Chewbacca's bandolier to a 1000-shot Nerf gun.
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| The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala with Carvell WallaceWhat it's about: NBA swingman, 2012 All-Star, and 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala's remarkable life both on and off the court.
Topics include: Iguodala's gold medal win in the 2012 Summer Olympics, his three NBA championship wins with the Golden State Warriors, and his success as a Silicon Valley investor.
Reviewers say: "the best basketball memoir since Bill Russell's Go Up for Glory...a sports memoir for the ages" (Booklist). |
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| Elvis in Vegas: The Heyday and Reinvention of the Las Vegas Show by Richard ZoglinWhat it's about: how Elvis Presley's 1969 career comeback revitalized the out-of-touch Las Vegas entertainment industry and made a lasting impact on the city's music scene.
Read it for: an upbeat, richly contextualized portrait of the fruitful relationship between performer and city.
For fans of: Rat Pack Confidential and other rousing Sin City showbiz chronicles. |
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Unfaithful music & disappearing ink
by Elvis Costello
What it's about: Costello, in his own words describes his unique career of almost four decades.
Why you might like it: reveals the process behind Costello's writing and recording.
Reviewers say: "It's streaked with some of the best writing--funny, strange, spiteful, anguished--we've ever had from an important musician." The New York Times
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Serving the servant : remembering Kurt Cobain
by Danny Goldberg
What it is: shares unique insights into the meteoric success of Nevermind and Nirvana, Cobain's marriage to Courtney Love, the birth of their child, and Cobain's public struggles with addiction.
Why you should read it: draws on files not previously made public as well as interviews with Cobain's family, friends, and band mates.
About the author: Music manager Goldberg worked with Cobain from 1990-1994.
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On the Road With the Ramones
by Monte A. Melnick
What it is: the inside colorful story of the Ramones by those who knew them the best.
Did you know: While the Ramones are in the Hall of Fame, at the time of their performances, their record sales were almost non existent.
About the author: Melnick was the band's tour manager from the band's early New York Club days in the 70s to its farewell gigs in 1996.
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Under the big black sun : a personal history of LA punk
by John Doe
What it is: explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and . its evolution to hardcore punk.
Why you should read it: shares chapter-length tales from the authors along with personal essays from famous (and infamous) players in the scene.
About the author: John Doe is a founding member of the punk rock group X.
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