Books: Entertainment
Currently listing articles 695-651:
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Book Review: Life on the Run by Bill Bradley— Coupling his views on basketball with his foreword, Bradley's book acts as an important critique on sports culture.
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Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash - The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz— For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.
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Interview with Lou Aronica, Publisher of New Publishing House The Story Plant— "Some would suggest that starting a new publishing house in this environment is confirmation that I’ve lost my mind."
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Book Review: The Roswell Legacy - The Untold Story of the First Military Officer at the 1947 Crash Site by Jesse Marcel, Jr. and Linda Marcel— Do extraterrestrials exist? Are the otherworldly visiting earth now? Do we have alien craft invading our airspace?
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Impress Your Scandinavian Friends With Your Knowledge Of Thor— Liberal Arts students looking for paper topics, this column is for you!
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Book Review - The New York Dolls: Photographs by Bob Gruen— For a band that's too big for one medium, Bob Gruen's photography at least captures the New York Dolls' glamorous side.
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Book Review: Duck Duck Wally: A Novel by Gabe Rotter— As a humorist, debut author Gabe Rotter has made a comedic grand entrance on the pop culture sha-zeeny!
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The New Canon: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem— Jonathan Lethem mixes superheroes and magical realism with a stark coming-of-age story.
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Book Review: Manual by Daren King— Two London sex industry workers and their stuffed owl are one day paid by a wealthy client to take care of his love interest
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Book Review: The Indie Band Survival Guide - The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan— You're an independent musician struggling to gain an audience. This book can help.
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Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose— Life at the infamous Chelsea Hotel and beyond.
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Book Review: The Alfred Hitchcock Story (New Edition) by Ken Mogg— One of the most exemplary and concise books about the Master of Suspense available today.
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Book Review: On the Road with the Ramones by Monte A. Melnick and Frank Meyer— Monte Melnick's classic oral history of the Ramones is updated and worth another read.
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Book Review: No Wave - Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980 by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley— A fascinating look at the New York No Wave scene of the late 1970s.
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Book Review: Vampyres of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott— Actress Barbeau and her collaborator Scott serve a fast-paced blend of modified vampire lore and entertaining cinema cynicism.
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Book Review: Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards - Memoirs of a Rock ‘N’ Roll Survivor by Al Kooper— Al Kooper's classic memoir is updated and reissued.
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Book Review: Tearing Down The Wall of Sound - The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown— A seminal music icon is extensively depicted, including the dark side of genius and the madness of a wounded soul.
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Book Review: The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made by David Hughes— A fascinating glimpse into the world of the motion picture industry.
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Book Review: Sing Like An American Idol! Women's Edition Vol. 1: Top Hits— A great song book of American Idol hits for any aspiring singer.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 7, 2008— New fiction this week by Robert Crais, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Nora Roberts, Stephen L. Carter, and others.
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Interview with Tom Samuels, Author of Stop Making Music— "Editing takes away from the spontaneity of the work," states Samuels.
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Book Review: Doo Wop by "Cousin Brucie" Morrow— Watching the submarine races with doo wop.
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Book Review: Lady Lazarus by Andrew Foster Altschul— This debut novel reads like a rock biography but ends up questioning the importance of art in a postmodern world.
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Interview with Michael Ian Black - Comedian, Actor and Author of My Custom Van...— Cult comedy hero Michael Ian Black talks about his new book... and the other 739 projects he's working on right now.
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Book Review: Charles Fort - The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer— The life of Charles Fort, the man who brought you teleportation and all kinds of "damned" weirdness.
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Book Review: Crystal Bay by Brandon Ford— An isolated writer is seduced by a bloodthirsty temptress.
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Book Review: Let's Spend the Night Together - Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies by Pamela Des Barres — "No excuses offered anyway": Groupie extraordinaire Pamela Des Barres interviews 24 backstage babes in this sexy and often poignant collection.
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Book Review: Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything by The Editors Of Discover Magazine and Dean Christopher— Finally, a book that will help you answer that trivia question to get a dollar off your latte.
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Book Review: Janeology by Karen Harrington— In Janeology a father is put on trial for allowing his wife to kill one of their children.
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Book Review: Bad Moon Rising - The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival by Hank Bordowitz— "It ain't me, it ain't me": Hank Bordowitz's bio of one of the most dysfunctional bands in music.
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Book Review: Taken By Storm – The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson by Storm Thorgerson— "I was in that half-sleep, half-awake stage and I was dreaming of a red desert, and a bunch of balls sitting on the sand.”
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Book Review: When We Get to Surf City - A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams by Bob Greene— A nostalgic journey into the life of a 1960s rock and roll touring band.
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Book Review: You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem— Jonathan Lethem presents another indictment of consumer culture in his latest novel.
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Book Review: Three Dog Nightmare - The Continuing Chuck Negron Story by Chuck Negron— Behind the music, a cycle of detox and re-tox, (excessive) sex, (staggering amounts of) drugs, and, incidentally, rock and roll.
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Book Review: Steely Dan: Reelin’ In The Years (Updated Edition) by Brian Sweet— “This is music, music we care about. We don’t make records to find girls. We already have girls.”
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Book Review: The Lucky Strike Papers by Andrew Lee Fielding— Early TV was a fascinating world, and reading about it is the next best thing to having been there.
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Book Review: Pot Culture - The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language & Life by Shirley Halperin & Steve Bloom— A fun book that every toker should get their sticky green fingers on.
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Book Review: 33 1/3 - Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones by David Smay— One blogger's 33 1/3 series rampage continues, this time with Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones.
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Book Review: Psychic Confusion - The Sonic Youth Story by Steve Chick— This exhaustive biography reveals the many influences Sonic Youth have had over the years.
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Book Review: To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt by John Kruth— Townes Van Zandt chose to pursue a life of wine, women, and most importantly, his unwavering dedication to song.
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Book Review: Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica (33 1/3) by Kevin Courrier— Eric Whelchel tackles Kevin Courrier's informative if uneven take on Trout Mask Replica, one of music’s most challenging albums.
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Book Review: Hoi Polloi edited by Robert McNulty— The real value comes not from its bite-size musings but instead from its author profiles and interviews.
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Book Review: Hollywood Be Thy Name - An Inside Look at Hollywood Actors and Extras by Shirley and Jeff Lawrence— Extras are privy to a lot of information about stars and the inner workings of Hollywood.
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Book Review: Doolittle by Ben Sisario— Sisario examines and discusses Doolittle's themes of violence, death, and the horizontal tango - and the dark sense of humor resting just below the surface.
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Book Review: Winner Takes All by Christina Binkley— Christina Binkley’s fly-on-the-wall viewpoint of the second coming of Vegas is an educational and entertaining read.
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