Book Nook
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Episode 1451: Book Nook: Small Town, Big Music
We step into the book nook for a look inside “Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio on the History of Rock and Roll.”
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Episode 1377: Book Nook: I Want My MTV
Jim takes over the Book Nook today and reports on a volume he read on a recent vacation: I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution.
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Episode 1342: Book Nook – Record Guides: Rolling Stone to Trouser Press and beyond
Patrick is back with another Book Nook, this time exploring the record guides that helped him build his collection. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, The Trouser Press Record Guide and the Penguin Guide to Jazz are among the volumes he discusses.
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Episode 1341: Book Nook: The Beatles ‘Revolution in the Head’
Patrick opens up the Book Nook to discuss a “fab” piece of Beatles scholarship: “Revolution in the Head — The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties” by Ian MacDonald.
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Episode 1327: Book Nook – Impulse Records
It’s time again to visit Patrick’s Book Nook. Today, he talks about “The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records,” by Ashley Kahn, about the legendary jazz label.
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Episode 1317: Book Nook – John Peel
Patrick discusses the book “Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life” by David Cavanagh, about the legendary radio DJ.
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Episode 1124: Book Nook – North Carolina Music
Patrick interviews David Menconi, author of “Step it Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music.”
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Episode 931: Book Nook – Squeeze, Kiss
Let’s visit Patrick’s Book Nook. He has recently read: “Some Fantastic Place: My Life in and Out of Squeeze” by Chris Difford and “Gene, Ace, Peter & Paul: A Detailed Exploration of the 1978 Kiss Solo Albums” by Julian Gill.
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Book Review: ‘This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division, the Oral History’ by Jon Savage
A fascinating and incredibly well put together oral history of Joy Division.
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Book Review: ‘Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’ by Peter Doggett
Peter Doggett digs into the West Coast hippie dream and comes up with… well, not much.