Post by Citroen on Jan 5, 2019 15:46:28 GMT 12
The Dust and Grooves one looks interesting.
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Post by papahemi on Jan 6, 2019 10:46:30 GMT 12
My second trip to the library, some to skim, some for a deep read ie the Billy Bragg book I'd almost forgotten that libraries exist. Just ordered the Billy Bragg. Two copies available from Auckland Public Libraries, hopefully to be delivered to my local library soon. I wouldn't be without a public library, I believe that some have even got LPs for lending. If I had to buy the books I want to read I would have nothing left for records.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 7, 2019 19:28:39 GMT 12
]https://youtu.be/IM-9OZ29L-A I had no idea that Chet Baker was still alive!!
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Post by Citroen on Jan 7, 2019 19:48:25 GMT 12
]https://youtu.be/IM-9OZ29L-A I had no idea that Chet Baker was still alive!! Chet Baker dead in 88... His incarnate does some great album reviews, with track by track needle drops. Also mixes wicked cocktails in his retro listening room.
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Post by cooksferry on Jan 8, 2019 6:36:04 GMT 12
My second trip to the library, some to skim, some for a deep read ie the Billy Bragg book Our local library has(or had) a good music section. Haven't been in there in some time as I have so many books to be read sitting on the shelf at home. Case in point, the Bragg book which I picked up at a Whitcoulls sale about a year ago and still to be read. This time of the year I usually like something light and easy so moving through my annual journey with Terry Pratchett's Discworld series which have their own (smallish) bookshelf at home.
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 8, 2019 9:11:25 GMT 12
Chet Baker dead in 88... His incarnate does some great album reviews, with track by track needle drops. Also mixes wicked cocktails in his retro listening room.
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Post by michaelw on Jan 8, 2019 12:39:26 GMT 12
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Post by michaelw on Jan 8, 2019 12:41:22 GMT 12
i got a picture book for xmas
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Post by cooksferry on Jan 8, 2019 13:21:00 GMT 12
i got a picture book for xmas 12x12 I hope
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Post by michaelw on Jan 8, 2019 14:06:55 GMT 12
no the only real complaint is that it is too small 20.5cm x 24.5 cm
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 9, 2019 16:23:23 GMT 12
I'm reminded.... A bit of a theme here. A while ago, I happened across this s/hand book of William Claxton's photographs & instinctively bought it - being a photography enthusiast more than a Jazz enthusiast
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Post by colinf on Jan 9, 2019 20:25:27 GMT 12
It’s always fascinated me that quite a few audio enthusiasts enjoy photography as well. Why?
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Post by michaelw on Jan 9, 2019 20:34:57 GMT 12
and cars watches wine women ?
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Post by Citroen on Jan 12, 2019 17:42:19 GMT 12
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Post by Citroen on Jan 12, 2019 17:44:27 GMT 12
My second trip to the library, some to skim, some for a deep read ie the Billy Bragg book Interesting read. I thought I was a newbie in terms of skiffle, so a very enlightening read.
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Post by cooksferry on Mar 22, 2019 6:48:48 GMT 12
Just finishing A Road Tour of American Song Titles , from Mendocino to Memphis by NZ writer Karl Du Fresne. Picked this up for $10 from TW and it has proved to be an entertaining read. The premise is a road tour of 23 American towns whose name occur in a popular song. The author provides snippets about the chosen tune and his thoughts on the matching town. Recommended light reading for a warm autumn evening.
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Post by Owen Y on Mar 22, 2019 9:49:58 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on May 9, 2019 17:37:10 GMT 12
Haven’t read this, but spotted in a public library in Berkhamsted, UK. cooksferry this may be worth the time reading. “ She can write. Her language is concise, as you might expect from a proto-punk-era NME writer,... “ My Pretenders albums will come out when I return.
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Post by cooksferry on May 21, 2019 11:25:30 GMT 12
Of late I've been digging back through some old Mojo magazines dating back to mid to late 90s. I sold most of my music mags several years ago but kept around 20 of the early Mojos. While most of the music reviews are pretty hum and many of the artists disappeared there're some excellent articles with real in depth research and writing.
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Post by cooksferry on Jun 27, 2019 7:35:50 GMT 12
Reading has slowed down a lot of late as I wait on a cataract op but a new arrival has prompted me to persevere via one good eye. Up Jumped The Devil, The Real Life of Robert Johnson, by Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow. The accumulation of decades of research this is likely to be the last word on Johnson's life, if not his music. A lot of detail has come to life since the first release of King Of the Delta Blues Singers and hopefully many of the myths that have surrounded Johnson will finally be put to rest.
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Post by cooksferry on Jul 8, 2019 7:27:53 GMT 12
Finished the Johnson biog, very comprehensive and added a lot of detail that I wasn't aware of despite decades of reading about the man. Now onto Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll. This one comes as a loaner from my son's collection. Had a bit of a tidy up on the book shelves over the weekend and a rough and ready count and found around 350 books, probably 90% of them music related. Unfortunately I've been banned from adding any overflow to the large bookshelf in the lounge so rather like my vinyl purchases, books to will be called to a halt. Still well short of my son's thousand plus collection in Dunedin. Having assisted in a few moves over the last few years I know all about the weight of knowledge, especially when you're carting it up 98 stairs in carrier bags and plastic crates.
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Post by Owen Y on Jul 8, 2019 9:46:06 GMT 12
Hahaha my son is staying this year & his 10 or so crates of records are cluttered alongside my record shelves & the floor
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Post by cooksferry on Sept 20, 2019 7:41:00 GMT 12
Just finished My Years With Townes Van Zandt. Quite a sobering read although I have at least one other book on Van Zandt and am quite familiar with his story. This book was written by Harold Eggers who for 20 years was Van Zandts road manager, live recording producer and baby sitter. Not a biography as such as it is almost solely concerned with their time together from the late 70s until TVZ's death. Hard to imagine any other artist with so much talent who was hell bent on sabotaging any success. If there is such a thing as a perfect song to go with this book ......
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Post by Owen Y on Sept 20, 2019 9:54:25 GMT 12
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Post by Citroen on Sept 20, 2019 18:39:07 GMT 12
Have You Checked The Children - Punk and post punk music in NZ 1977 - 81 A great read so far
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Post by cooksferry on Oct 19, 2019 6:30:59 GMT 12
Some holiday reading as I tiki tour parts of the south island. Drawn Out, Tom Scott's autobiography. First book in ages that has me close to tears of laughter. Reminds me a little of Clive James's book detailing his early life but with a lovely kiwi flavour. How much is the absolute truth may be open to debate but who cares with such wonderful story telling.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 22, 2020 10:58:57 GMT 12
Update time. Got some reading in on our recent tour of the North Island and the fact that I only purchased two cds in 3 weeks but managed to fill a plastic milk crate with books maybe a sad commentary on my listening habits of late. Paul McGowan- 99% True, almost a National Best Seller. Good read with a lot of focus on his early life and army years. A recommended read but don't expect lots of technical detail on the PS Audio products.
Richard Goldstein-Another piece of my heart. Goldstein was a very early critic on rock music, starting with the Village Voice in 1966.
Nick Kent. Apathy for the Devil: A Seventies Memoir. I was a big fan of Kent's writing in NME through the mid 70s and his book, The Dark Stuff, a collection of several pieces that appeared in that magazine(and others) is a regular reread. From touring with the Stones, doing drugs with Keith Richards to playing guitar in an early version of the Sex Pistols and getting chain whipped by Sid Vicious the 1970s were a full ahead ride into darkness for Kent . Perhaps not to all tastes but a personal favourite.
Julian Vignoles . Rory Gallagher: The Man Behind the Guitar. Had this one on my to buy list for months and couldn't resist it when Amazon USA offered it on a sweet deal for the Kindle edition. Rather glad that I didn't stump up for a book version as I felt this one is a disappointment. Much of the content is just regurgitation of various magazine interviews and rather a lot of supposition. Gallagher comes across as a bit of a cypher and maybe there just isn't much to tell. Hopefully Gallagher's brother and former manager will finally get round to his long promised biography.
Richie Unterberger. Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s Kindle edition. Purchased this back in 2015 and finally getting around to reading it. This version is basically an updated edition of two previous books, Turn Turn Turn( The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution) and Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock combined into one book . I have both these in book form and would have happily purchased this upgrade in the same format but it's Kindle only for this one. I find Unterberger quite readable and his depth of knowledge and research on the topic is both wide and deep. The Kindle version is listed as 2054 pages so there's some serious reading involved.
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Post by foveaux on Jul 27, 2020 17:38:13 GMT 12
Legend...(and recommended )
"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
"Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young" [Paul Rodgers]
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Post by papahemi on Jul 27, 2020 17:44:45 GMT 12
Legend...(and recommended ) Tautoko, having grown up in Dunedin at the same(ish) time Shane captures the feel of the place well and is not shy about the warts'n'all.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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Post by cooksferry on Jul 29, 2020 17:01:46 GMT 12
Legend...(and recommended ) Sad commentary on my knowledge of NZ music that i'd never heard of Mr Carter. Found a copy at my local library and a couple of chapters in finding it quite engrossing. Not long finished Hellraiser, Ginger Bakers autobiography. Safe to say Baker didn't suffer anyone who got on his wrong side, in particular Jack Bruce. I was hoping for a bit more depth on his years with Cream and Blind Faith . Rather too much polo but a lot of honesty about his drug addictions and numerous infidelities. Filled in about his various journeys through North Africa and his ill fated recording studio in Nigeria. All in all not a bad read as long as you're not expecting a lot of technical depth on the music.
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