book Archive
06 Feb 2025
Book Review: Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music
Busking has a long, storied and often proud history. The practice of performing music in public spaces – ostensibly for free, presumably for tips – has been part of the […]
31 Dec 2024
Book Review: An Ideal for Living
In 2021, Sal Maida edited (and did some fine writing for) a book called The White Label Promo Preservation Society. The book’s conceit was straightforward enough, and quite compelling: a […]
26 Dec 2024
Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: Books
I write a lot. And I read a lot. In both cases, mostly (but not exclusively) about music. This year, two books really stood out among those I read. One […]
17 Dec 2024
Mark Webber is With Pulp, Are you?
This feature appeared previously in SPIN. Mark Webber’s musical and life journey has taken some unusual turns. Growing up in the north of England, he became an ardent fan of […]
28 Oct 2024
Steve Wynn Does Everything at Once
This feature first appeared in SPIN. Influential indie rocker debuts a fascinating memoir and a new album Steve Wynn is an alt-rock hero. He launched The Dream Syndicate in 1981, […]
10 Oct 2024
Book Review: ‘Euphoric Recall’ by Peter Jesperson
Along with the other ways in which they can function, memoirs often serve as score-settling endeavors. A memoir can represent an opportunity for its author to say I-told-you-so, run a […]
05 Jun 2024
Book Review: Zip it Up! The Best of Trouser Press
Trouser Press looms large in my life. As a teen, I consumed as much music journalism writing – features, interviews, reviews — as possible. By that point I had long […]
23 May 2024
Book Excerpt: The Red Rockers’ ‘Condition Red’
As a companion to my previous post – a three-part feature on The Red Rockers’ debut album – here’s an excerpt from my second book, Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records […]
31 Mar 2024
Book Review: They Said It
There was a time when daily newspapers had reporters covering the “entertainment beat.” Hell, I remember a time when concerts got reviewed in the paper. Those days are mostly gone, […]
29 Mar 2024
Book Review: All Over the Place
The Rise of The Bangles from the L.A. Underground For a time, The Bangles were ubiquitous. The all-woman foursome from Los Angeles earned the right to be all over the […]