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Archive for November 30th, 2009

Remembering Paul Nelson

Posted by s woods on November 30, 2009

“Author Jonathan Lethem has created a fictionalized Paul Nelson character in his new book Chronic City. And writer Kevin Avery has gone a step further, writing an actual biography. They both join [WNYC] to share the legend and tragedy of Paul Nelson.”

Good podcast – listen here.

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Steven Ward’s bookshelf

Posted by s woods on November 30, 2009

Rockcritics.com contributing editor, Steven Ward, chatted with me recently about a few of his favourite music books, including:

  • Kurt Loder’s Bat Chain Puller: Rock and Roll in the Age of Celebrity
  • Timothy White’s Rock Lives: Profiles and Interviews
  • Chuck Eddy’s Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe
  • Stephen Davis’s Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
  • Mick Wall’s When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin

We also share thoughts on critics vs. journalists, Albert Goldman, Martin Popoff,  James Wolcott, and current music mags. As well, Steven enthuses about his favourite non-music read of the last few years, Gwendolyn Bounds’s Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town and the Search for What Matters Most.

Listen to a stream of our conversation below:

PART ONE:


PART TWO:

Or download the mp3s here.

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