From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V6 #189 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Monday, October 2 2006 Volume 06 : Number 189 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! [zoom@muppetlabs.com] Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! [2fs ] Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! [Miles Goosens ] Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! [AWeiss4338@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! ["\[The Arch-Villain\] West" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! On 10/1/06, zoom@muppetlabs.com wrote: > > Blender magazine graces us with the Top 40 Rock and Roll books ever. Isn't Blender the sort of music magazine geared at the kind of idiot who reads Maxim? (Yes, I know: published by the same company) ANyway...: > 35. The Aesthetics Of Rock I believe I read a copy of this (by R. Meltzer) in like 7th grade. I was young enough then that I can probably state, truthfully, that it changed my life. Not that my life wouldn't have changed anyhow. 32. Led Zeppelin IV Are they referring to the entry in the 33 1/3 series on this album? Cuz, uh, it's an album, not a book... At any rate, haven't read it. I will recommend, though, the 33 1/3 entry on Murmur. 27. Christgau's Record Guide -- The '70s, '80s And '90s Less a "book" than a collection, no? Anyway: I've read some earlier editions of this one - so it counts, right? 26. Hit Men: Power Brokers And The Fast Money Inside The Music Business I *should* read this... 25. Psychotic Reactions And Carburetor Dung And I have read that. 22. High Fidelity Yeah...but Hornby's overall influence is baleful, I'd say. 19. Revolution In The Head: The Beatles' Records And The Sixties > 18. Chronicles: Volume One Ian McDonald (author of the Beatles book, and no not the guy who was in King Crimson and Foreigner, I don't think) has a weird animus against John Lennon...still, an entertaining read. And Bob - well, that one's pretty funny. I think Dylan's one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. 14. Hammer Of The Gods Read this one in junior high school too. It didn't particularly change my life, though. 10. Lipstick Traces I think this was the last time Greil Marcus actually approached making sense ;-) 7. England's Dreaming Yep. So I've read 8 or 9. About half I haven't heard of. > No prizes for guessing which book everybody agrees *should* feature on the > list, Is there a prize for being utterly clueless which apparently obvious title has been omitted? (I mean, it might be obvious even to me once I see the title...but I can't think of one. Other than, of course, Will and Ariel Durant's History of Civilization. (Oh wait: rereading I see that Andy isn't implying the agreed-upon title isn't there, but that it is. Still clueless as to which book is universally acclaimed.) - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:34:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! Andy H: >Blender magazine graces us with the Top 40 Rock and Roll books ever. The >only source for the actual list, that I found on short notice, does not >include authors--but the cognoscenti hardly need those, eh? >Comments, elucidations, brickbats? > >No prizes for guessing which book everybody agrees *should* feature on the >list Why it's THE CHEESE CHRONICLES, of course! http://www.tommywomack.com/?page_id=27 later, Miles ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:57:46 -0700 (PDT) From: zoom@muppetlabs.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! > 32. Led Zeppelin IV > > > Are they referring to the entry in the 33 1/3 series on this album? Cuz, > uh, > it's an album, not a book... Begging your pardon, sir, but it's at least *four* books. Consult the Oracle of Amazon. Though the Eric Davis book, in the 33 1/3 series, is what they mean. I'm pretty sure. > 22. High Fidelity > > > > Yeah...but Hornby's overall influence is baleful, I'd say. How so? > 19. Revolution In The Head: The Beatles' Records And The Sixties > Ian McDonald (author of the Beatles book, and no not the guy who was in > King > Crimson and Foreigner, I don't think) has a weird animus against John > Lennon...still, an entertaining read. Ian *MacDonald*, the late, and no, no relation. I keep meaning to read his other books. > Is there a prize for being utterly clueless which apparently obvious title > has been omitted? (I mean, it might be obvious even to me once I see the > title...but I can't think of one. Other than, of course, Will and Ariel > Durant's History of Civilization. Try: OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE. Though I'm missing BYE BYE BABY, LOST IN MUSIC, CHEESE CHRONICLES, and maybe LOST IN THE WOODS (off the top of my head) (ooh look a new Nick Drake book--and Joe Boyd never thought he'd even see *one*...) Anybody else, any ideas? Andy Teen with medical microchip dies in Fla. Sun Oct 1, 2:33 PM ET BOCA RATON, Fla. - A teen engineering prodigy who gained national attention in 2002 when he and his family received identification chip implants on live television was killed in a motorcycle accident, authorities said. Derek Jacobs, 18, lost control of his motorcycle early Saturday and crashed into a guardrail and a pole, the Palm Beach County sheriff's office said. He was wearing a helmet. "It was just a crazy accident of a bump or something, and he was catapulted," said his mother, Leslie Jacobs. "He had, of course, potential, because he was brilliant, and he was just a wonderful son. He wanted to make a difference in the world." Derek was set to get his engineering degree this year after only two years at Florida International University. He wanted to be a neurosurgeon, his mother said. At age 12, Derek became certified by Microsoft as a systems engineer. He was qualified to run corporate computer networks. Two years later, he and his family had identity chips implanted on live television. They were the first family to get VeriChip IDs, made by Applied Digital Solutions. Derek pushed his parents to look into the chips as a way to help store medical information for his father, who suffered a host of health problems, including cancer. - --from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_on_hi_te/microchip_family ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:12:24 -0700 From: Tim Walters Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! On Oct 1, 2006, at 6:57 PM, zoom@muppetlabs.com wrote: > > Anybody else, any ideas? Al Kooper, Backstage Passes Iain Banks, Espedair Street The aforementioned Cheese Chronicles Harlan Ellison, Spider Kiss (OK, probably not, but it's pretty impressive for a 1961 rock novel) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:58:06 EDT From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! In a message dated 10/1/2006 10:02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, outdoorminer@mindspring.com writes: No prizes for guessing which book everybody agrees *should* feature on the >list Why it's THE CHEESE CHRONICLES, of course! That and Dave Menconi's Off The Record. _http://www.offtherecordbook.com_ (http://www.offtherecordbook.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "\[The Arch-Villain\] West" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Wuxtry, wuxtry! Yikes. This list only makes me feel like I've fallen further behind in my reading. Has anyone read "Waiting For The Sun", by Barney Hoskyns? It's about music in Los Angeles from the 40's through the 90's; it's really good. Clinton Heylin's "Bootleg: The Rise & Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry" is a fascinating account of exactly what the title says it's about. And I will always be partial to "The Real Frank Zappa Book". Must we rock, West. - --- zoom@muppetlabs.com wrote: > Blender magazine graces us with the Top 40 Rock and > Roll books ever. The > only source for the actual list, that I found on > short notice, does not > include authors--but the cognoscenti hardly need > those, eh? > > 40. Yes Yes Y'All: The Experience Music Project Oral > History Of Hip-Hop's > First Decade > 39. Stairway To Hell: The 500 Best Heavy-Metal > Albums In The Universe 38. > Dreaming Out Loud > 37. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History Of > Punk > 36. Nowhere To Run: The Story Of Soul Music > 35. The Aesthetics Of Rock > 34. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography Of Kurt Cobain > 33. Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise And > Violent Fall Of Death > Row Records > 32. Led Zeppelin IV > 31. The Dark Stuff: Selecting Writings On Rock Music > 30. The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, And The > Culture Of The Night 29. > Great Jones Street > 28. Yes I Can > 27. Christgau's Record Guide -- The '70s, '80s And > '90s > 26. Hit Men: Power Brokers And The Fast Money Inside > The Music Business > 25. Psychotic Reactions And Carburetor Dung > 24. Divided Soul > 23. Rip It Up And Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 > 22. High Fidelity > 21. Sound Effects > 20. Can't Stop We Won't > 19. Revolution In The Head: The Beatles' Records And > The Sixties > 18. Chronicles: Volume One > 17. The Sound Of The City: The Rise Of Rock And Roll > 16. Fargo Rock City > 15. The Life And Times Of Little Richard > 14. Hammer Of The Gods > 13. Hellfire > 12. A Wop Bop A Loo Bop A Lop Bam Boom > 11. The Commitments > > 10. Lipstick Traces > 9. The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones > 8. The Dirt > 7. England's Dreaming > 6. Deep Blues > 5. Starlust > 4. I'm With The Band: Confessions Of A Groupie > 3. Ego Trip"s Book Of Rap Lists > 2. Last Train To Memphis/Careless Love > 1. Dino: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V6 #189 *******************************