Jon Dennis 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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Books and records, mostly. I'm also shooting the breeze (I really hate the breeze) at https://t.co/9faICHxMfq and @jondennisesq@threads.net
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H. S. RyanJon DennisI’ve seen some brilliant gigs at Brixton Academy by Bob Dylan, Beastie Boys, Kraftwerk and the White Stripes (and a terrible one by Ryan Adams). I’d hate to see it close. Please sign this petition. https://t.co/SrjjgcDrLf
Paperback, 2016
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Sea
Yellow SubmarineJon Dennis@JordanRuntagh Thanks for writing it, Jordan! I enjoyed reading it very much. I haven't heard the Revolver box yet apart from a few excerpts here and there. The Yellow Submarine demo and the idea that the "man who sailed to sea" is Lennon imagining his father is wild.
Paperback, 2019
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The Waste Land: A Facsimile & Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound
T. S. EliotJon DennisTS Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is very important to me because I studied it for A-level assisted by my mum, who was an English teacher. This book with her annotations is one of my most precious possessions. #thewasteland #tseliot https://t.co/qpnaqTgBQh
Hardcover, 2022
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Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise BrownJon DennisFor several months, our son insisted on having “Goodnight Moon” read to him at bedtime. Its author Margaret Wise Brown was part of the Here and Now movement, whose founder said: “It is only the blind eye of the adult that finds the familiar uninteresting.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/07/the-radical-woman-behind-goodnight-moon?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned
Board Book, 1991
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The Bloater
Rosemary TonksJon Dennis#NowPlaying after listening to @StuartMaconie’s great hauntology special on the Freak Zone and having just finished Rosemary Tonks’ “The Bloater”, in the introduction to which Stewart Lee says this about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. https://t.co/etC9aYd5OH
Paperback, 2022
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Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Ian PenmanJon DennisReally looking forward to this, even more so after reading Anthony Quinn’s review. https://t.co/QpV1Wrpyu0
Paperback, 2023
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Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010
Greil MarcusJon DennisGreil Marcus has spent a lifetime writing about Bob Dylan but he still finds new things to say. Like Dylan himself, he casts the broadest net, encompassing the widest variety of information to illuminate his subject. I really enjoyed this. @YaleBooks https://t.co/lQSFFyVRy6
Paperback, 2013
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The Waste Land: The Original 1922 Edition
T. S. EliotJon DennisTS Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is very important to me because I studied it for A-level assisted by my mum, who was an English teacher. This book with her annotations is one of my most precious possessions. #thewasteland #tseliot https://t.co/qpnaqTgBQh
Hardcover, 2018
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The Beatles 1963: A Year in the Life
Dafydd ReesJon Dennis@hinge71 @_MikeMcCartney_ According to The Beatles 1963 by Dafydd Rees, they were rehearsing, not recording a demo. But they did finish writing “Misery” at the session.
Paperback, 2024
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Absolute Beginners
Colin MacInnesJon DennisRe-reading Absolute Beginners. I’m sure it’s been noticed before, but Colin MacInnes places Bayswater west of Wormwood Scrubs. https://t.co/GZKtIle0yA
Paperback, 2011
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