/mu/tant here seeking interesting biographies of musicians (especially ones who aren't household names), good histories of record labels, or anything else about music. I'm personally most interested in stuff from the 50's/60's/70's and don't give a rat's ass about classical, but let's say anything goes for the sake of discussion. The best musician biography I've read so far is Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim. The man was absurd, tragic, and an inspiration to weirdo autists everywhere.
>>25264765picrel on the dead is very good
>>25264801Thanks anon, something I would never have expected a book about
>>25264806No worries, I wouldn't expect someone who doesn't read to know what kinds of things books can be about
>>25264811RUDEI read... sometimes...
>"Professor Wunsch went to the houses of his other pupils to give them their lessons, but one morning he told Mrs. Kronborg that Thea had talent, and that if she came to him he could teach her in his slippers, and that would be better. Mrs. Kronborg was a strange woman. That word “talent,” which no one else in Moonstone, not even Dr. Archie, would have understood, she comprehended perfectly. To any other woman there, it would have meant that a child must have her hair curled every day and must play in public. Mrs. Kronborg knew it meant that Thea must practice four hours a day. A child with talent must be kept at the piano, just as a child with measles must be kept under the blankets. Mrs. Kronborg and her three sisters had all studied piano, and all sang well, but none of them had talent. Their father had played the oboe in an orchestra in Sweden, before he came to America to better his fortunes. He had even known Jenny Lind. A child with talent had to be kept at the piano; so twice a week in summer and once a week in winter Thea went over the gulch to the Kohlers’, though the Ladies’ Aid Society thought it was not proper for their preacher’s daughter to go “where there was so much drinking.” Not that the Kohler sons ever so much as looked at a glass of beer. They were ashamed of their old folks and got out into the world as fast as possible; had their clothes made by a Denver tailor and their necks shaved up under their hair and forgot the past. Old Fritz and Wunsch, however, indulged in a friendly bottle pretty often. The two men were like comrades; perhaps the bond between them was the glass wherein lost hopes are found; perhaps it was common memories of another country; perhaps it was the grapevine in the garden—knotty, fibrous shrub, full of homesickness and sentiment, which the Germans have carried around the world with them."From "Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather.
>>25264765more 80s, but these might be cool+ American Hardcore by Steven Blush. I'd also recommend Sound Of The Beast by Ian Christie if you like metal too.
>>25264765the simon reynolds and mark fisher stuff is good if you're interested in a bit more contemporary music, that's all I can really speak to. I also loved "Our Band Could Be Your Life" but not sure if any of the bands it talks about are appealing to you
>>25264940>>25264943Thanks again fellas, taking notes
>>25264943NTA but God I hate Fisher so much
>>25264765lexicon devil: the story of darby crash and please kill me
>>25264811kek
LA MEJOR MÚSICA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, DESPUÉS DE LA BARROCA, ES LA BALADA BOLERO, Y EL SAMBA CANCIÓN,EL PERIODO DE LAS DÉCADAS DE LOS 1950 A LOS 1970 CONSTITUYEN LA ÚLTIMA ÉPOCA EN QUE, UNIVERSALMENTE, LA MÚSICA FUE GENIAL Y NO PASTICHE COMO LO FUE POR LOS DOSCIENTOS AÑOS ANTERIORES, Y LO HA SIDO DESDE ENTONCES.SIN DUDA, LO PEOR QUE VINO DESPUÉS DE AQUELLA ILUSTRE ÉPOCA FUE LA DÉCADA DE LOS 1980; QUÉ DÉCADA TAN HÓRRIDA EN TODO SENTIDO, Y CUYA SIMULACIÓN NOSTÁLGICA MANTIENE VIGENTE COMO UNA ESPECIE DE MALDICIÓN.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8FwtJThfmwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKbIfB1e8Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhKg2YvjexYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_CEYaUErwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GytaKTQsmdwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPcfJMNiEoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6Fe7BLlUEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNG_PSmfIo
>>25264811Kek, dickhead
>>25264943I actually owned Our Band Could Be Your Life on paperback years ago. I liked reading about Big Black and Husker Du the most.
>>25265501And I actually own a Husker Du shirt but its buried under loads of clothes.
>>25265344i figured fisher would get some hate on here. I don't care about his marxist shit but he writes about music on terms I like which is pretty few and far between>>25265501hell yeah same. Husker Du was the reason I got the book, definitely one of my favorite punk bands
>>25264801always been so curious what the wall of sound actually sounded like. I haven't read that book but it must have been an actual rigging/wiring/mixing nightmare. I've been told they had to send a crew to set it up a day or more before the gigs. So fuckin sick though.Maybe sacrilege to you but I'm a big phish head, seen close to 100 shows. I like the dead too but I was born too late to see Jerry so I've only seen a few further/darkstar/jrad shows, JRAD is my favorite out of the fake dead bands. Would love to have seen a real dead show but Phish actually exists in my timeline so I've naturally ended up there. Can only imagine something like the wall of sound in that environment, I bet you could walk around the venue and get completely different mixes just from standing in different spots.Didn't know that book existed though, gonna order it now. Ty anon
>>25265508I'm the same anon for both posts, btw. I've actually written polemics on the guy. I used to play in a band years ago but we sucked ass. Drum machine propelled garage punk nonsense. A mix of Big Black and GG Allin & The Murder Junkies.
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>>25265501https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3yF5xKXaQ
>>25265583>I've actually written polemics on the guy.hell yeah, I'd love to read that if it's online somewhere. I'm not attached to him in any way and it's been years since I've read anything by him so some crit would be fun.yeah i've played in a bunch of bands that suck ass too lol, still do. My main project is ambient music but I don't let myself share it on here
>>25264765>don't give a rat's ass about classicalOh, never mind then. For a second there I thought you were genuinely actually interested in music and not just popular/mass culture like a retard.
>>25264765Not a book, but here's a radio program you should like.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSF3FJIHopI&t=3326s
>>25265594Lol wtf >>25265591I want this real bad
