Tag: Book Nook
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Episode 2158: Book Nook: A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz
It’s back-to-back visits to the Book Nook this week on Rockin’ the Suburbs. In this episode, Patrick discusses a recent read, A Chance to Harmonize by Sheryl Kaskowitz. The book’s details the work of a little-known but influential part of FDR’s New Deal: The Music Unit. Learn how this project played a part in America’s musical history and the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s.
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Episode 2157: Book Nook: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down and Too Late to Stop Now by Allan Jones
It’s Book Nook time again, listener! Patrick takes you into the rock and roll literary world today with two hilarious, sharply written and observed volumes by Allan Jones. Jones wrote for Melody Maker starting in 1974 and went on to have a long career as a music writer and editor. These two volumes collect his best “Rock and Roll War Stories” and are both wonderfully entertaining.
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Episode 2107: Book Nook: The Golden Age of Rock Instrumentals
It’s time to dive into Patrick’s Book Nook, peoples! Today, the spotlight is on a volume published in 1997: The Golden Age of Rock Instrumentals by Steve Otfinoski. Come explore the world of songs with no vocals, twangy guitars, honking sax and wicked piano.
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Episode 1936: Book Nook: Alex Chilton: A Man Called Destruction
Patrick recently rediscovered a fantastic book by Holly George-Warren about Alex Chilton. “A Man Called Destruction” takes you beyond Big Star and the Box Tops and puts you inside Alex’s world.
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Episode 1836: Book Nook: Zip it Up! The Best of Trouser Press
Patrick discusses a brand new book that was published to mark the 50th anniversary of Trouser Press magazine, which covered classic rock, punk, new wave and many other genres from 1974-1984.
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Episode 1835: Book Nook: Southwest Shuffle: Pioneers of Honky-Tonk, Western Swing and Country Jazz
It’s been too long since we’ve slipped into Patrick’s Book Nook, so here’s one for everyone to enjoy. It’s a look at a book published in 2003 by Rich Kienzle that examines the great artists who worked in the Southwest in the 1940s and 1950s, including Hank Thompson, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant and Hank Thompson, among many others.
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Episode 1751: Book Nook Interview Part 2: Marc Masters – ‘Hi Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape’
On this episode, we conclude our two-part interview with Marc Masters, author of “Hi Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape.” Harris King joins Patrick and they discuss, among other things, Marc’s book tour.
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Episode 1750: Book Nook Interview Part 1: Marc Masters – ‘Hi Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape’
Talk about a book that’s right up our alley! Author Marc Masters joins Patrick and Harris King to discuss his recently published book about the history of cassettes. This is the first of two-part interview.
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Episode 1575: Book Nook: Rocklopedia Fakebandica
We open up the Book Nook to investigate Rocklopedia Fakebandica by T. Mike Childs, “the comprehensive reference guide to fictional bands and singers from television and movies from the 1950s to today.”
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Episode 1552: Book Nook: A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with The Clash
A bookend episode to our Book Nook on the Clash from last year, today’s episode examines a book by the band’s former roadies, Johnny Green and Garry Barker.