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2) Rat girl
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English
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"One of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time” —Rolling Stone Magazine (#8)
“Sensitive and emotionally raw… it’s also wildly funny”—The New York Times Book ReviewA powerfully original memoir of pregnancy and mental illness by the legendary founder of the seminal rock band Throwing Muses, 'a magnificently charged union of Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith' - The...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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In the years since their first release, Belle and Sebastian have grown from a secretive cult concern into one of the most beloved and revered pop'n'roll bands in the world. Intelligent and sensitive, witty and original, beautiful and bold, their music inspires the kind of devotion not seen since The Smiths. Their continuing desire to push the boundaries of their vision has resulted in some of the most essential and idiosyncratic records of recent...
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University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Kristin Hersh is a musician and the mother of four boys. In this book she offers a reflection on the wonder and chaos that devoting one's life to both roles can bring. This book begins just a few years after Rat Girl, Hersh's first memoir, ends"--
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English
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"An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty-plus songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives?...
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2020.
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English
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"The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator"--
"Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated...
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Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth of the Seattle grunge scene--from amateur skate parks and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon--as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney"--
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M plus albums, performed for hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and have even been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack Of A Generation, music critic and journalist Steven Hyden celebrates the life, career, and music of this legendary group, widely considered...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
Description
"Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's singer, songwriter, and guiding light: Jeff Tweedy. But while his songs and music have been endlessly discussed and analyzed, Jeff has rarely talked so directly about himself, his life, and his artistic process. Until now. In his long-awaited memoir, Jeff will tell stories about his childhood in Belleville, Illinois; the St. Louis...
12) England is mine
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Cleopatra Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths." --
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
Description
"Jon Fine spent nearly thirty years performing and recording with bands that played various forms of aggressive and challenging underground rock music, and, as he writes in this memoir, at no point were any of those bands 'ever threatened, even distantly, by actual fame.' Yet when members of his first band, Bitch Magnet, reunited after twenty-one years to tour ... diehard longtime fans traveled from far and wide to attend those shows, despite creeping...
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Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
(500) days of Summer: A young greeting card writer is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams, and his new co-worker, Summer Finn, may just be 'the one.' But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable, and unbelievably funny!
The big sick: Pakistan-born...
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Interscope
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Includes fourteen poems performed by Lana Del Rey accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff. Del Rey's poems are eclectic and honest. They don't try to be anything other than what they are." --