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The Ties That Bind
Rock & Roll books, bound but ungagged
Reviewed by Zoe Cordes Selbin, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons
Reviewed by Melanie Haupt, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
Ken Caillat and Steven Stiefel
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown
David Menconi
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
How Music Works
Talking Head gets wonky
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Oct. 4, 2012
Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
How celebrity worship has metastasized into the defining American obsession
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Screens, Sep. 20, 2012
Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Inscrutable indie songwriter in conversation
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, Sep. 13, 2012
FilmCraft: Directing
'FilmCraft: Directing' is fun reading for future filmmakers
Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten, Screens, Aug. 23, 2012
Never Heard of 'Em: Austin's Music Explosion 1994-2000
Tall tales of Texas and beyond
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans
Ben Sandmel
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
Charlie Louvin and Benjamin Whitmer
Reviewed by Kevin Curtin, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins
Diane Diekman
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
Don McLeese
Reviewed by Abby Johnston, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
Billy Bob Thornton and Kinky Friedman
Reviewed by Marc Savlov, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
To Selena, With Love
Chris Perez
Reviewed by Melanie Haupt, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Stalking the Red Headed Stranger
Randy Poe
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Dance All Night – Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands, Past and Present
Jean Boyd
Reviewed by Adam Schragin, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
When I Left Home: My Story
Buddy Guy and David Ritz
Reviewed by Chase Hoffberger, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
KD: A Jazz Biography
Dave Oliphant
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone
Reviewed by Greg Beets, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground
Rob Jovanovic
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
No Regrets
Ace Frehley, Joe Layden and John Ostrosky
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl
Paul Brannigan
Reviewed by Luke Winkie, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock
Jesse Jarnow
Reviewed by Zoe Cordes Selbin, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday to Green Day
Dorian Lynskey
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Too High To Die: Meet the Meat Puppets
Greg Prato
Reviewed by Austin Powell, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
Diamond in the Rough: A Memoir
Shawn Colvin
Reviewed by Abby Johnston, Music, Jun. 14, 2012
The Age of Miracles
Hackers, heretics, and spies, oh my
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
Alif the Unseen
G. Willow Wilson
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
In the Kingdom of Men
Kim Barnes
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
Bellringer: A St-Cyr and Kohler Mystery
J. Robert Janes
Reviewed by Jesse Sublett, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
Mission to Paris
Alan Furst
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' to Shakespeare to 'Dangerous Liaisons'
Russ Kick
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Books, Jun. 14, 2012
My Extraordinary Ordinary Life
Sissy Spacek's memoir is as easy to read as it is a pleasure to digest
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Screens, May. 3, 2012
Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass
How to explain the genius of Werner Herzog?
Reviewed by Marc Savlov, Screens, May. 3, 2012
Richard Linklater (Contemporary Film Directors)
Richard Linklater is a man with time on his mind
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Screens, May. 3, 2012
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design
Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Screens, Dec. 1, 2011
Steve McQueen: The Actor and His Films
Andrew Antoniades and Mike Siegel
Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten, Screens, Dec. 1, 2011
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design
Gift Guide: Coffeetable Saul Bass
