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Dave Segal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Contributor to @thewiremagazine, @pitchfork, @TheStranger, @aquadrunkard, @TheTicketSEA / world-unfamous DJ Veins / Made in Detroit / https://t.co/nmRtdDKuMq

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Book Cover for: Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler, Richard Koloda

Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler

Richard Koloda
Dave SegalDave Segal

Albert Ayler biographer Richard Koloda had a show at the same Cleveland college-radio station where I did. Dude was talking about this book back in 2002! Now it's finally coming out on 3/3/23. https://t.co/RRuB6QCwEr

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion, Steve Turner

Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

Steve Turner
Dave SegalDave Segal

Reviewed @mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner's excellent memoir, Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion, for @TheStranger . I'll be interviewing Steve at Hex Enduction Records & Books Saturday 3/11. https://t.co/ogJ38dFz7r

Hardcover, 2023

$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Listening for Ghosts: A Novella and Four Stories, David Rabe

Listening for Ghosts: A Novella and Four Stories

David Rabe
Dave SegalDave Segal

I'd walk on gilded splinters to obtain a copy of David Toop's forthcoming book, Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts In Dr. John's Gris-Gris.

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Journey to Bliss: Stories to Inspire You to Find and Follow Your Passion, Larry Pearlman

Journey to Bliss: Stories to Inspire You to Find and Follow Your Passion

Larry Pearlman
Dave SegalDave Segal

It's the late vibraphonist/percussionist Emil Richards' 90th birthday, so I'm re-upping this review I wrote of his and the Microtonal Blues Band's fab 1968 Impulse! LP, Journey To Bliss. https://t.co/ndbjRY1P56

Paperback, 2016

$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1, Frank Herbert

Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1

Frank Herbert
Dave SegalDave Segal

With all this talk of Dune, it's an opportune time to remind everyone that Bernard Szajner (aka Zed) created the greatest soundtrack—whether commissioned or not—for Frank Herbert's brainchild. One of the sickest synth albums ever. https://bernardszajner.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-dune

Hardcover, 2020

$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records, Jim Ruland

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records

Jim Ruland
Dave SegalDave Segal

The thing that's going to stick most vividly in my mind about Jim Ruland's Corporate Rock Sucks is that Greg Ginn once owned 80 cats.

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Tom, Richard J. Lloyd

Tom

Richard J. Lloyd
Dave SegalDave Segal

The same year, I interviewed Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, who had some observations about Tom Verlaine—not all of them positive. https://t.co/02WCeOwNFJ

Paperback, 2017

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rushing Into Oblivion...: The United States of America, C. A. Love

Rushing Into Oblivion...: The United States of America

C. A. Love
Dave SegalDave Segal

Love this understated and strange cover of the United States Of America's "The Garden Of Earthly Delights" by @carladalforno . https://t.co/brvSJZE1lM

Paperback, 2007

$15.49Member price:$14.72 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Two-Headed Doctor: Listening for Ghosts in Dr. Johns Gris-Gris, David Toop

Two-Headed Doctor: Listening for Ghosts in Dr. Johns Gris-Gris

David Toop
Dave SegalDave Segal

I'd walk on gilded splinters to obtain a copy of David Toop's forthcoming book, Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts In Dr. John's Gris-Gris.

Paperback, 2024

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert
Dave SegalDave Segal

With all this talk of Dune, it's an opportune time to remind everyone that Bernard Szajner (aka Zed) created the greatest soundtrack—whether commissioned or not—for Frank Herbert's brainchild. One of the sickest synth albums ever. https://t.co/7HAmrXV8S5

Paperback, 2005

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book