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Just Kids by Patti Smith Staff Pick In her memoir Just Kids, Smith chronicles her lifelong friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. A gifted wordsmith, she's vividly observant and sometimes painfully self-aware, with a voice possessed not only of yearning but also of experience.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross Staff Pick Among its many other innovations, the 20th century was the first to truly have its own soundtrack. New Yorker music critic Alex Ross is nothing if not ambitious, and, as he tracks the history of 20th-century music (and the music of 20th-century history... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness by Reinhard Kleist Staff Pick Reinhard Kleist gives us a dark and nuanced portrait of the Man in Black, with stunning black-and-white artwork that perfectly complements the retelling of Johnny Cash's life. Interspersed among the narrative are short selections of illustrated song... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin Staff Pick Too often rock biographies seek to canonize their subjects, offering up for consecration the revelatory details of sexual conquests, pharmacological overindulgences, and distended egos. In an art awash with tragic figures and truncated careers, perhaps... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life by Keith Richards and James Fox Staff Pick This riveting autobiography by celebrated (and famously hard-living) guitar legend Keith Richards reads with the unforgettable hook and crisp ferocity of the best Rolling Stones songs — most of which you'll rush to replay after learning about their... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks — and all the better if you happen to be both. How do memory and music work together? What makes timbre? How do writers like Lennon and McCartney, or John Coltrane and Miles Davis, manipulate our... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" by Alan Light Staff Pick In the nearly 30 years since Leonard Cohen first recorded "Hallelujah," it has gone from a largely overlooked album track to one of the most covered songs in recent history. Rock editor and journalist Alan Light traces the improbable trajectory of this... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash Staff Pick "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine, I keep my eyes wide open all the time..." Johnny Cash, born John R. Cash (and never given a middle name), was unquestionably one of America's most prolific songwriters and musicians. Born in the farmland of... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross Staff Pick Published to coincide with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, Room Full of Mirrors gives full voice to the music that continues to enthrall each successive generation of rock fans. Hendrix's colorful, tumultuous life is brilliantly... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono Staff Pick Hand this book to any Yoko-hater and watch as the corners of their mouth tremble, resisting a disarmed smile. This work (originally published in 1970) is probably, properly, "Fluxist," though it takes that project even further from the gallery than any... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Hardcover
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Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader by Lester Bangs Staff Pick "Simply put, Lester Bangs is the Charles Bukowski of rock criticism. He may have been deranged and obnoxious, but he was honest. Main Lines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste provides a wealth of previously uncollected material sure to amuse, annoy, and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Just Kids 1st Edition by Patti Smith Staff Pick In her memoir Just Kids, Smith chronicles her lifelong friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. A gifted wordsmith, she's vividly observant and sometimes painfully self-aware, with a voice possessed not only of yearning but also of experience.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Holiday: A Memoir by Gil Scott-heron Staff Pick Before his death in 2011, the great Gil Scott-Heron was enjoying somewhat of a resurgence in popularity and success. His 2010 album, I'm New Here (his first in 16 years), was released to wide acclaim from fans and critics alike, and both of his novels... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book?... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Never Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays by Toure Staff Pick Wildly entertaining, Touré's profiles of some of pop culture's superstars penetrate the glitzy veneer offering insight into their truer selves. Fast paced, thoughtful, and often times laugh-out-loud funny, this enjoyable collection successfully captures... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Labyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal by Randall Sullivan Staff Pick Who killed Tupac and Biggie? Randall Sullivan has the answer in this compelling true tale of political corruption and gangsta rap. Labyrinth follows Detective Russell Poole as he uncovers the dark morass within the LAPD and its connection to the death of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh Staff Pick If you're a fan of Throwing Muses or Kristin Hersh, you must absolutely read this book. If you don't know her music, introduce yourself here to Hersh's writing. Her voice is unlike any other: hopeful, poetic, and brimming with razor-sharp intelligence... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster Staff Pick The authors of this book attempt a grand feat of music history revisionism by positioning the figure of the disc jockey at the center of music development and technology throughout the course of the 20th century. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life presents a... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us (with Bitchin' Soundtrack) by Steve Almond Staff Pick Steve Almond loves rock and roll. That love exudes from every page of this hilarious book. Sometimes outrageous, sometimes agonizing, but always painfully honest, this is a memoir for anyone who thrills to a crunchy riff, big hair, and leather pants.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Hardcover
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