March 19-25, 1999


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Articles and Features

Get It While You Can

With SXSW bringing the nation's music industry to Austin, it's only appropriate to conduct our semiannual round-up of rock & roll books:

  • Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin by Alice Echols
  • Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher
  • Too Much, Too Soon: The Makeup & Breakup of the New York Dolls by Nina Antonia
  • Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
  • Go Tell the Mountain: The Stories and Lyrics of Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  • A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day With the Clash by Johnny Green and Garry Barker
  • Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure by Carol Brightman
  • The Rolling Stones: A Life on the Road interviews by Jools Holland and Dora Loewenstein
Selections by Sublett

Jesse Sublett combines his favorite subjects -- crime novels and rock & roll -- with reviews of Elmore Leonard, Ed Gorman, and Greg Kihn.


News and Author Signings

Postscripts by Clay Smith

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.


In Person by Tyler D. Johnson

Thom Jones, author of the short story collection Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine, visits UT and SWT.



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