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Michaelangelo Matos Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year out now from Hachette Books. Newsletter on DJ sets: https://t.co/8IrY4XadoH he/him

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Book Cover for: Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993, Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

@biketrouble Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York by Sarah Schulman

Hardcover, 2021

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Philosophy of Modern Song, Bob Dylan

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

@nelsongeorge on Dylan the pulp fiction acolyte has my mind going like no one else's Philosophy of Modern Song review. https://t.co/L6iLa1Ao5P

Hardcover, 2022

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cary Grant: A Biography, Marc Eliot

Cary Grant: A Biography

Marc Eliot
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

from Marc Eliot's Nicholson: A Biography (2013) https://t.co/a4HZKKRWjt

Paperback, 2005

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hollywood Rock: A Guide to Rock 'n' Roll in the Movies, Marshall Crenshaw

Hollywood Rock: A Guide to Rock 'n' Roll in the Movies

Marshall Crenshaw
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

One of many reasons to treasure the Marshall Crenshaw-edited film guide Hollywood Rock: this review of something so obviously misbegotten that I'm kinda dying to see it. https://t.co/xabc8uaOOn

Paperback, 2014

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Jazz: Essential Listening, Scott Deveaux

Jazz: Essential Listening

Scott Deveaux
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

My sister asked for a jazz primer and I sent her directly to this playlist made from Gary Giddins' arbitrary road map (49/57 tracks). And lo and behold, I am hooked yet again. It's so good! https://t.co/JOAXhXfy49

Paperback, 2019

$146.00$121.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Powers That Be, David Halberstam

The Powers That Be

David Halberstam
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

@DigitalHistory_ David Halberstam, The Powers That Be, if you want to go mega. Marc Weingarten, The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight, for profiles of the New Journalists

Paperback, 2000

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hollywood: The Oral History, Jeanine Basinger

Hollywood: The Oral History

Jeanine Basinger
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

“PETER BOGDANOVICH: Charlie Chaplin said, “Just when we were getting it right, it was over.” Excerpt From Hollywood: The Oral History Jeanine Basinger & Sam Wasson https://t.co/GXElJKzZuj This material may be protected by copyright.

Paperback, 2023

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound, Louis Niebur

Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound

Louis Niebur
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

@RobLives4Love @craigspoplife I'm in the middle of reading Menergy by Louis Niebur, much of which is _about_ Sylvester, and I wouldn't have guessed.

Paperback, 2022

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day, Joel Selvin

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

Joel Selvin
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

@CharlesLHughes2 I do wish he'd pronounced Joel Selvin's name right--not "Silver"--but he's right about the Altamont book, too. It's great.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nicholson: A Biography, Marc Eliot

Nicholson: A Biography

Marc Eliot
Michaelangelo MatosMichaelangelo Matos

from Marc Eliot's Nicholson: A Biography (2013) https://t.co/a4HZKKRWjt

Paperback, 2014

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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