Barney Hoskyns
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Geoffrey O'Brien - Sonata For Jukebox

Posted almost 5 years ago
Fantastic book recommended by my friend Tom Nolan (the first great LA rock writer and author of brilliant Ross McDonald biography): Geoffrey O'Brien's Sonata for Jukebox: Pop Music, Memory & the Imagined Life (Counterpoint, 2004), especially the beautiful second essay "House Music" but also the hymn to the Beach Boys that is "The Lonely Sea". Some of the best prose I've ever read about how we hear and experience music and sound - as good as Evan Eisenberg's all-but-forgotten The Recording Angel.
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Comments (4)

  1. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says My God Barney, 3 book recommendations in one paragraph! Along with Jon Savage's 'Teenage' this fills my reading for the year.
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  2. Barney Hoskyns
    Barney Hoskyns says I've got another one - the oral biog of Warren Zevon, compiled by his long-suffering second wife Crystal. Hefty and unputdownable. Did you ever meet Tom Nolan in LA, by the way? You'd have liked him if so.
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  3. PopeyePete
    PopeyePete says Hey Barney! I just wanted to say that Waiting For The Sun is one of my favorite books about music. I found out about so many great artists from reading it. One of the bands was: LOVE. Been a huge fan ever since! Welcome to MOG. Cheers!
    Permalink posted 07/29/2007
  4. ivylander
    ivylander says Anyone who has spent much time on MOG is acquainted with the term EMCD, but this is my first run-in with EPCDs (Evil Print Crack Dealers). So much for my plans to read the complete George Gissing by Christmas....
    Permalink posted 07/30/2007

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