Re: (TV) Re:fave rock bios/books

[SCOTT ALDRICH <scott.aldrich@worldnet.att.net>]

I just got Let It Blurt for Christmas and read it in two days. I loved
it/devoured it. After just having seen "Almost Famous" , read "Psychotic
Reactions" and researching Lester Bangs on my own on the internet (I got
quite a few cool articles saved), it was a fascinating and honest read. He
obviously loves him but showed him warts and all. I find myself contrinually
referring back to it. Highly recommended reading.

Please Kill Me was fun, if trashy and gossipy.

That's it for rock and roll literature I've read lately except of course
liner notes which can be great or awful. I got the new Love bootleg, The
Last Wall Of The Castle, which is great fidelity and has SEVEN takes of 7&7
Is, as well as all of the bonus tracks found on the Forever Changes reissue.
The liner notes (and COMPLETE LYRICS!!) are superbly done. Cool.

Also some good rock fanzines: The Ugly Things and Black To Comm. Also, I'm
writing for a paper here in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Rail, just published my
first rock review of local bands. You can find it in stores and clubs
throughout North Brooklyn, all you New Yorkers out there, I know you're
dying to check out the Brooklyn scene, right?

Scott

> From: "sam matthews" <fangsdaddy@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 20:37:43
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) Re:fave rock bios/books
> 
> hey, i'm new around here & have been lurking for the past few weeks, but i
> have to tell you this IS an entertaining list.
> 
> my fave music books that haven't been mentioned :
> bootleg, a history of the other record industry: clinton heylin
> space is the place-the lives and times of sun ra:john szwed
> john coltrane: lewis porter
> bad seed - bio of nick cave: ian johnston
> as serious as your life: valerie wilmer
> uptight: victor brokis bio of the velvets
> 
> any comments on
> please kill me
> or
> the lester bangs bio, let it blurt?
> 
> also, sometimes i find out more than i need to know about my favorite
> musicians by reading about them. then it makes it hard for me to listen to
> their work if i know they've been a real jerk.
> 
> sam matthews
> 
> 
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