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NMM Bookshelf: This Is A Call by Paul Brannigan

December 6, 2011

The Foo Fighters have had a phenomenal year. Their latest album, “Wasting Light” is a return to their hard-alt-rocking roots, and (at least in my opinion) their third best album they’ve ever done, after a string of rather so-so and sedate material over the last number of years. The documentary, though some viewed it as [...]

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NMM Bookshelf: “Talking To Girls About Duran Duran” by Rob Sheffield

July 5, 2011

Before I headed down to Sled Island I kindled Rob Sheffield’s new book “Talking To Girls About Duran Duran”. I had purchased his previous book, “Love Is A Mix Tape”, for my wife, although she found it a bit too depressing at times (it’s a bit of a memoir about Sheffield’s first marriage and the [...]

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NMM Bookshelf: The Ship That Rocked the World

November 4, 2010

I just finished reading the book “The Ship That Rocked the World”, by Tom Lodge, last night. To explain what it’s all about, let me take you back in time. In the early 1960’s, rock and roll was blowing away North America – on the radio airwaves, in record stores, in live music venues. Over [...]

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NMM Bookshelf: The Alternative Hero

August 19, 2010

I just finished a book late last night that some of you might enjoy, called “The Alternative Hero” by Tim Thornton (Knopf, July 21 2009, 978-0307271099).  The book takes place in England, where the protagonist is a fan of alternative music during the middle 1990’s, in particular of a fictional band named The Thieving Magpies.  [...]

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