MARK MOTHERSBAUGH – APOTROPAIC BEATNIK GRAFFITI BLANK INDUSTRIES BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Mark Mothersbaugh’s latest book, Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti, is subtitled “A Collection of Neo-Dada Stream of Conscious Visual Poetry”, which [...]
AARON BADGLEY – DARK HORSE RECORDS: THE STORY OF GEORGE HARRISON’S POST-BEATLES RECORD LABEL SONICBOND PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS The post-Beatles life of George Harrison is often sensationalised for his stellar solo career; [...]
DEN BROWNE – PADLOCKS: LIVING WITH SID AND NANCY BACKSTAGE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW Padlocks: Living with Sid and Nancy is a unique glimpse into the intimate relationship of Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious through the eyes [...]
ADAM STEINER – DARKER WITH THE DAWN: NICK CAVE’S SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW “There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” Aristotle. Adam Steiner’s Darker with [...]
PETER JESPERSON – EUPHORIC RECALL MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER If the old idiom that “we all have a book in us” is indeed true, then it must be truer for Peter Jesperson than most. Jesperson, after all, [...]
KENNETH WOMACK – LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MAL EVANS DEY STREET BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s leading authorities on The Beatles. He has written several books (Long And Winding [...]
GILLIAN G. GEAR, MARTIN POPOFF, RICHIE UNTERBERGER, MATT ANNISS, KEN MICALLEF – IN THE GROOVE: THE VINYL RECORD AND TURNTABLE REVOLUTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Vinyl records are back in a big way, and in many ways they [...]
JOE MATERA – BACKSTAGE PASS: THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera is an Italian-Australian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. He has released a number of well-received solo [...]