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WFMU Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information, Sarah Lamdan

Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information

Sarah Lamdan
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Special programs this week on WFMU and streams (1/4): Sarah Lamdan, author of “Data Cartels,” on Techtonic (6 p.m. today), Treasure Hunting & Danger! on Dimestore Radio Theater (9 p.m. today). Details: https://t.co/jLQRO46R2J

Paperback, 2022

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Dan Charnas

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Dan Charnas
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Reinventing the Myth of J Dilla: Dan Charnas, author of the new book Dilla Time, discusses the life and work of the legendary hip-hop producer: https://t.co/lo7VTTHncL https://t.co/PzfJIE5p39

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + 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
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"Corporate Rock Sucks ably explains how SST unraveled. But it’s also a case study in how principled countercultural movements, under the iron grip of capitalist realism, have again and again made themselves toothless adjuncts of the mainstream." https://newrepublic.com/article/166269/unraveling-sst-records-book-review https://t.co/NKBpOlK56b

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Book Cover for: Roadrunner: A Song by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Joshua Clover

Roadrunner: A Song by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

Joshua Clover
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Roadrunning: Joshua Clover, author of the book Roadrunner, discusses the song, Jonathan Richman, the Velvet Underground, and more with with Alex Abramovich. https://t.co/DHlXVAC8ol https://t.co/Dtyh6pfoTK

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Tyson Yunkaporta

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

Tyson Yunkaporta
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Today on WFMU: Dean Wareham talks about his new solo album on Three Chord Monte (12 noon); author Tyson Yunkaporta (Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World) joins Mark Hurst on Techtonic (6pm). More info at https://t.co/mYVBj11fGF https://t.co/QRdqC1oH7U

Paperback, 2021

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence, James Bridle

Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

James Bridle
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Guests tonight/this week on WFMU: Author James Bridle ('Ways Of Being') tonight on Techtonic with Mark Hurst (6pm); musician/producer/archivist Don Fleming chats with Station Mgr Ken and guest DJs on Ken's show this Wednesday from 9am - noon! More info: https://t.co/mYVBj11fGF https://t.co/lgzRjMPa3O

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City, Jesse Rifkin

This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

Jesse Rifkin
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Jesse Rifkin, author of "This Must Be the Place: Music, Community, and Vanished Spaces in New York City," on sixty years of NYC rock music scenes (h/t @efd). https://t.co/yoScCQRL9C)

Hardcover, 2023

$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The American Exhibition of the Arts, Inventions, Manufacturers, Products and Resources of the United States of America: London: To Be Opened May 1st,, American Exhibition

The American Exhibition of the Arts, Inventions, Manufacturers, Products and Resources of the United States of America: London: To Be Opened May 1st,

American Exhibition
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W. E. B. Du Bois and his students' hand-drawn infographics of African-American life, shown in 1900 at the First Pan-African Conference in London, and the Paris Exposition as part of a groundbreaking exhibition: https://t.co/VLPCURZ8ZY https://t.co/i9CUlRKsd0

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Book Cover for: Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice, Pauline Oliveros

Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice

Pauline Oliveros
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"“It is heartening to think that I can connect with my many friends throughout the world and strengthen our relationship with global culture.” "Deep listening to Pauline Oliveros across the internet: https://t.co/v33XtYkM7O [h/t: @dmandl] https://t.co/Yx7LTMRpYc

Paperback, 2005

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Light Pours Out of Me, Rory Sullivan-Burke

The Light Pours Out of Me

Rory Sullivan-Burke
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This week on WFMU: Paris Marx, author of 'Road To Nowhere,' on Techtonic (6pm tonight); Rory Sullivan-Burke, author of 'The Light Pours Out Of Me: The Authorized Biography of John McGeoch,' on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show (Wednesday at noon). More info: https://t.co/mYVBj11fGF https://t.co/n7IxXnRXz6

Hardcover, 2022

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