|
 THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC TO GIRLS
By Lavinia Greenlaw
Reviewed by YENNIE CHEUNG
Lavinia, however, becomes more Patti Smith than Pattie Boyd,
growing out of pin-up disco pop to align herself with another
important movement of the 70s: punk rock, which freed Lavinia
from the stricture of acceptability and feminine beauty.
[Full
review]
MORE
BOOKS ON MUSIC
The
Adventures of Grandmaster Flash by Grandmaster Flash
Beige
by Cecil Castelucci
The
Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's by Steven Lee Beeber
|
 33
1/3: BLACK SABBATH'S MASTER OF REALITY
By John Darnielle
Reviewed by KYLE OLSON
Darnielle [taps] into the youthful, energetic part of any
music fan that doesn't care about the heady academics of music
and simply wants it to be good—or, in this case, to totally
rock (it is Sabbath, after all).
[Full
review]
MORE
BOOKS ON MUSIC
Like
a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band by
Steven Kurutz
Perfect
from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life by John Sellers
What
It Is: What It Is by Paul G. Maziar and Maust
|
|
 GOD
IS AN ATHIEST
By N. Nosirrah
Reviewed by CHRIS MACKOWSKI
"This
is a story without plot, characters, structure, or obvious
purpose," Nosirrah writes. "If a thousand monkeys typing endlessly
would eventually produce all the great works of literature,
then this is their first draft."
[Full
review]
|
 TWIN
STUDY
By Stacey Richter
Reviewed by MARIE MUNDACA
Not
satisfied with predictable plots and stereotypical characters,
Richter's stories are populated with characters who are almost
like people we know but have been thrust into highly unusual
situations.
[Full
review]
|
