Books
ANDREA SWENSSON – PRINCE AND PURPLE RAIN: 40 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Prince And Purple Rain: 40 Years is the first book to emerge from author Andrea Swensson. The Minneapolis-based journalist, and host and co-producer [...]
JOE MATERA – LOUDER THAN WORDS: BEYOND THE BACKSTAGE PASS EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera has had a very diverse and interesting career in music. The Italian-Australian musician, who is based in Australia, not [...]
GILLIAN G. GAAR – SPRINGSTEEN @ 75 QUATRO PUBLISHING GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON In honour of Bruce Springsteen’s 75th birthday, Gillian Gaar and Quarto Publishing have released the commemorative book, Springsteen @ 75. At first [...]
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 [...]
MARK D. DUNN – YOU GET BIGGER AS YOU GO – BRUCE COCKBURN’S INFLUENCE AND EVOLUTION FERMATA PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON The writer, musician, and educator Mark D. Dunn has released a book which may be seen as the definitive [...]
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; [...]
