GUZMAN (INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL AZERRAD) – FAMILY VALUES: KURT, COURTNEY & FRANCES BEAN POWERHOUSE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW Opening with the iconic figures Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, the essay, written by Michael [...]
PHIL MANZANERA – REVOLUCIÓN TO ROXY A WAY WITH MEDIA BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Phil Manzanera made his name by being an original member of Roxy Music and a key player in a revised Pink Floyd. But there is so much more to his story than [...]
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; [...]
RICHIE UNTERBERGER – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS: THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS It is challenging to pinpoint Bob Marley’s influence over pop culture. Interest in the reggae pioneer seems to be [...]
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, [...]
