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Marc Masters 🌵 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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Write @Bandcamp @TheWireMagazine @Pitchfork / Co-host @SpindlePodcast / Host The Music Book Podcast / New book "High Bias" soon @UNC_Press / Nats fan / He/him

18 books
Book Cover for: Marquee Moon, Bryan Waterman

Marquee Moon

Bryan Waterman
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.@_waterman's 33.3 book on "Marquee Moon" is easily one of the best in the series, very thorough and full of great info, go get it if you haven't read it yet. #RIPTom https://t.co/eZF8nNKTJG

Paperback, 2011

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Yoko Ono: An Artful Life, Donald Brackett

Yoko Ono: An Artful Life

Donald Brackett
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Unexpected passage in Donald Brackett’s Yoko Ono bio. https://t.co/l3RAZe103e

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Song for Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Lingan

A Song for Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival

John Lingan
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Episode 2 of the Music Book Podcast is up today - an interview with @johnlingan about his great book "A Song for Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival." Check it out here or on Apple, Spotify, and Google. Thanks! https://t.co/LJNMJfgdY6

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else, Jon Savage

This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else

Jon Savage
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One of the most brutally real paragraphs in any book ever (from Jon Savage’s Joy Division oral history) https://t.co/RIu7Uz8Zax

Paperback, 2020

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything in Between, Michael Tau

Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything in Between

Michael Tau
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new edition of the Music Book Podcast: a conversation with Michael Tau on his excellent @feralhouse book "Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything in Between." Lots of cool info on how Michael put together this awesome book! https://t.co/EPnMouonhE

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: L.A. Late @ Night: 5 Noir & Mystery Tales From the Dark Streets of Los Angeles, Paul D. Marks

L.A. Late @ Night: 5 Noir & Mystery Tales From the Dark Streets of Los Angeles

Paul D. Marks
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This is a great short about how the bumper images on Late Night were created, and now I really want this book! Check out this bumper in which a Gang of Four/Bush Tetras/Bad Brains show flyer shows up: https://twitter.com/thedonz5/status/1488777186752581633 https://t.co/1jiDFfQEX7

Paperback, 2014

$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe
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Excellent episode of @seanmcarroll's mindscape podcast w/randall munroe of xkcd on his "what if" books. I met randall briefly at a wedding about a decade ago - I had never heard of xkcd. found out later how well known he is. cool guy! https://t.co/oLathhyaMl

Hardcover, 2014

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Spiderland, Scott Tennent

Spiderland

Scott Tennent
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Just took a late night walk to the entirety of "Spiderland", what a fucking album. My experience made bigger by having read @sctttnnnt's 33.3 book (my fave in the series) and seen that excellent doc on them. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/slints-spiderland-9781441170262/

Paperback, 2010

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World, Dan Leroy

Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World

Dan Leroy
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New on the Music Book Podcast: I talk to @danleroy about "Dancing to the Drum Machine," his great history of the ways drum machines helped musicians invent new sounds, from Raymond Scott to RUN-DMC, Suzanne Ciani to Prince, Throbbing Gristle to ZZ Top. https://t.co/LBw5g8gE4R

Hardcover, 2022

$95.00$70.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Wayward: Just Another Life to Live, Vashti Bunyan

Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

Vashti Bunyan
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ICYMI last week, I talked to Vashti Bunyan about her great memoir "Wayward: Just Another Life to Live" for my Music Book Podcast. She's incredible. https://t.co/mFDDeXTStv

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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