Tag: Book Nook
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Episode 1359: Book Nook: The Real Story of the Clash
Today we turn the tables as Jim opens up the Book Nook to give his take on a volume he recently finished: Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash by Pat Gilbert.
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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 1101: Book Nook – Dean Martin
We take a trip to Patrick’s Book Nook. Patrick recently read the 1992 Dean Martin biography “Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams” by Nick Tosches.
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Episode 981: Book Nook – The History of Rock and Roll
Patrick discusses two books he has read recently – “The History of Rock & Roll,” volumes 1 and 2, by Ed Ward. They span the years 1920 to 1977.
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Episode 889: Book Nook – 1966, Iron Maiden, Steve Forbert
Patrick talks about three rock books he recently read: “1966: The Year the Decade Exploded” by Jon Savage and two autobiographies, “What Does This Button Do?” by Bruce Dickinson “Big City Cat: My Life in Folk-Rock” by Steve Forbert.
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Episode 805: Book Nook – Janis Joplin, DJs
Come spend some time in Patrick’s Book Nook. Today’s selections are “Janis: Her Life and Music” by Holly George-Warren and “Last Night a DJ Saved my Life” by Bill Brewster.