Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me by Bernard Sumner My rating: 4 of 5 stars A frank ...
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BOOK REVIEW | FIRE AND FURY : INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE [GOODREADS]BOOK REVIEW | FIRE AND FURY : INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE [GOODREADS]
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Fire and Fury” ...
BOOK REVIEW | PoP LEGENDS : BILLY JOEL BY FRED SCHRUERS [GOODREADS]BOOK REVIEW | PoP LEGENDS : BILLY JOEL BY FRED SCHRUERS [GOODREADS]
Billy Joel by Fred Schruers My rating: 3 of 5 stars The biggest question when thinking of Billy Joel is ...
PoP20 | PoP LEGENDS : BOWIE – A BIOGRAPHY BY MARC SPITZ [REVIEW]PoP20 | PoP LEGENDS : BOWIE – A BIOGRAPHY BY MARC SPITZ [REVIEW]
BOWIE: A BIOGRAPHY by Marc Spitz An assertion that David Bowie (nee Jones) has been the biggest influence on new ...
BOOK REVIEW : TIFFANY HADDISH – THE LAST BLACK UNICORN [GOODREADS]BOOK REVIEW : TIFFANY HADDISH – THE LAST BLACK UNICORN [GOODREADS]
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish My rating: 3 of 5 stars Quite an easy read. Tiffany’s personality shines ...
ROCK HISTORY | 1971 – NEVER A DULL MOMENT BY DAVID HEPWORTHROCK HISTORY | 1971 – NEVER A DULL MOMENT BY DAVID HEPWORTH
1971 – Never a Dull Moment: Rock’s Golden Year by David Hepworth My rating: 3 of 5 stars The story ...
GEEK OUT!!! | COMIC BOOKS : MOVING TARGET – THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF GREEN ARROWGEEK OUT!!! | COMIC BOOKS : MOVING TARGET – THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF GREEN ARROW
300+ paged book on Green Arrow? You have got to hand it to writer Richard Gray and publisher Sequart Organization ...
GEEK OUT! NEIL GAIMAN – NORSE MYTHOLOGYGEEK OUT! NEIL GAIMAN – NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Not quite sure what to make of this. Basically with Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman “reaches back through time to the ...
ROCK HISTORY : ELVIS COSTELLO – UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INKROCK HISTORY : ELVIS COSTELLO – UNFAITHFUL MUSIC & DISAPPEARING INK
Like most artists that emerged during the post-punk/new wave era, Elvis Costello suffers from the same dilemma, that is, of ...
ROCK HISTORY : BORN TO RUN BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEENROCK HISTORY : BORN TO RUN BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Considering that rock legend Bruce Springsteen is famous for his lyrical genius, the very idea of a Springsteen memoir is ...
ROCK HISTORY: NOT DEAD YET BY PHIL COLLINSROCK HISTORY: NOT DEAD YET BY PHIL COLLINS
As the title of his autobiography Not Dead Yet suggests, singer/drummer/producer/actor/film composer Phil Collins is a bit of a joker. ...
ROCK HISTORY: TESTIMONY BY ROBBIE ROBERTSONROCK HISTORY: TESTIMONY BY ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Robbie Robertson (real name: Jaime Royal Robertson) is perhaps best known for being the guitarist/principal songwriter of The Band, a ...
POPINIONS: REMAKE, REMODEL. REPEAT.POPINIONS: REMAKE, REMODEL. REPEAT.
2016 is almost done with. And what have we learnt from modern pop culture? That rock ’n’ roll is dead? ...
ROCK HISTORY – RAY DAVIES: A COMPLICATED LIFE BY JOHNNY ROGANROCK HISTORY – RAY DAVIES: A COMPLICATED LIFE BY JOHNNY ROGAN
The Kinks is a band that deserve more recognition than they have received. Although never quite valued in the same ...
BOOK REVIEW: GRAFT BY MATT HILL (ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS)BOOK REVIEW: GRAFT BY MATT HILL (ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS)
Synopsis Manchester, 2025. Local mechanic Sol steals old vehicles to meet the demand for spares. But when Sol’s partner impulsively ...
KEVIN SAYS …KEVIN SAYS …
I have been a fan of the Canadian singer-songwriter since the early 80s when a friend of mine (who was ...
BOOK REVIEW: TROUBLE BOYS – THE TRUE STORY OF THE REPLACEMENTS (BY BOB MEHR)BOOK REVIEW: TROUBLE BOYS – THE TRUE STORY OF THE REPLACEMENTS (BY BOB MEHR)
Synopsis Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements is the ...
BOOK REVIEW: UNITED STATES OF JAPAN (BY PETER TIERYAS)BOOK REVIEW: UNITED STATES OF JAPAN (BY PETER TIERYAS)
Synopsis Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody believes that Japan’s conduct ...
BOOK REVIEW: CHRISSIE HYNDE – RECKLESSBOOK REVIEW: CHRISSIE HYNDE – RECKLESS
To be absolutely honest, Chrissie Hynde was one of the first female rock ’n’ rollers I seriously got into at ...
BOOK REVIEW: IF THEN (BY MATTHEW DE ABAITUA)BOOK REVIEW: IF THEN (BY MATTHEW DE ABAITUA)
Superficially, If Then, English author Matthew De Abaitua’s 2nd novel, appears to be about the singularity. In scifi lore, that ...
BOOK REVIEW: READY PLAYER ONE (BY ERNEST CLINE)BOOK REVIEW: READY PLAYER ONE (BY ERNEST CLINE)
Published in 2011, Ernest Cline’s story about a teen’s quest to win the ultimate prize in a virtual reality universe ...
GEEK OUT! PHILIP K DICK’S THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH REMAINS RELEVANT 50 YEARS AFTER PUBLICATIONGEEK OUT! PHILIP K DICK’S THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH REMAINS RELEVANT 50 YEARS AFTER PUBLICATION
2015 is the 50th anniversary of many critical events – as we are often reminded. However, as a fan of ...
THE WORD: MINISTRY OF MORAL PANIC – SINGAPORE STORIES FOR THE MILLENIALSTHE WORD: MINISTRY OF MORAL PANIC – SINGAPORE STORIES FOR THE MILLENIALS
I must confess that the only prose I read nowadays are rock bios. Even back when I did read fiction, ...
PLAY ON: POWER POP HEROES BY KEN SHARPPLAY ON: POWER POP HEROES BY KEN SHARP
Writer Ken Sharp’s new book Play On!: Power Pop Heroes Volume One is available for pre-orders for 1 month with a ...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAZZ ROCK BY MIKE BARONA BRIEF HISTORY OF JAZZ ROCK BY MIKE BARON
Writer Mike Baron makes an interesting point about how marginalized the Jazz Rock ‘genre’ has become since its heyday in ...