Michael Azerrad Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Michael Azerrad

I like to keep a slender volume of physical reading matter in my carry bag or luggage. One of my favorites is the ever-droll _The Lowbrow Reader_: the new issue features funny things by @BrianAbrams, Dave Eggers, Richard Hell, and Jeremy @theLevenbach. https://t.co/e2OMhny0FC

Michael Azerrad

Umberto Eco purposely made the first part of his novel _The Name of the Rose_ boring in order to convey the tedium of living in a monastery. I think Peter Jackson did the same with #TheBeatlesGetBack, to convey the tedium of being in a band. It's true cinéma vérité.

Michael Azerrad

@billboard There are many perennials on the @Billboard book list but I was very pleasantly surprised to see a longtime favorite: Great Pop Things by Colin B. Morton and Chuck Death (aka Jon Langford of @theMekons). If you follow me here, I bet you'll enjoy that book. https://t.co/2FeUmY1nqR

Michael Azerrad

Oh, wow: out April 5th, _What I See_, iconic punk photographer @GlenEFriedman's photos of Black Flag, with a foreword by the band's revolutionary theoretician/bassist Chuck Dukowski. 300+ photos, 70% never before published. Pre-order via @AkashicBooks. http://akashicbooks.com/catalog/blackflagbook/

Michael Azerrad

@emmaswiftsings Gregory Arkadin: Criminals aren’t ever very amusing. Baroness Nagel: It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem. — from _Mr. Arkadin_ (dir. Orson Welles, 1955)

Michael Azerrad

FYI: five actually good #ChristmasMusic albums: John Fahey—The New Possibility Vince Guaraldi—A Charlie Brown Christmas Various— A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Booker T & the MGs—In the Christmas Spirit James Brown—Soulful Christmas https://youtu.be/Aur9gLzsXQU

Michael Azerrad

Two American post-punk memoirs (with similar covers) to look forward to: Steve Turner's _Mud Ride_ (@mudhoneybook) is out on @ChronicleBooks June 13th and Thurston Moore's (@NowJazzNow) _Sonic Life_ is out on @DoubledayBooks October 24th. https://t.co/eNbH8RwUBU

Michael Azerrad

Jon Hassell has made much beguiling, magical, transportive music. His birthday is a great occasion to spin, for instance, his brilliant _Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics _. But maybe late in the evening. https://twitter.com/dark_shark/status/1373799587324981251

Michael Azerrad

@NicholasKatzban Well, I certainly bow to your superior expertise on this matter and will henceforth disregard the count made by Dave Simpson, who wrote a book about this very subject called _The Fallen: Searching for the Missing Members of the Fall_. https://t.co/exoO4g5g4Q

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Michael Azerrad

Two American post-punk memoirs (with similar covers) to look forward to: Steve Turner's _Mud Ride_ (@mudhoneybook) is out on @ChronicleBooks June 13th and Thurston Moore's (@NowJazzNow) _Sonic Life_ is out on @DoubledayBooks October 24th. https://t.co/eNbH8RwUBU

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