Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History
By: Nick Soulsby
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
‘I’m no stranger to failure, and I’m aware it can arrive at any minute—as it often has. You have to…
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1. How Music Works
By: David Byrne
4.00
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lif… read more
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"Performers try harder."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"You might say that the universe plays the blues."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?"-David Byrne, How Music Works
2. The Consumer
By: Michael Gira
4.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
This weird-press offering is both deliriously repulsive and very well-crafted. It's a collection of… read more
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- music
"Please forgive me, I didn't do anything."-Michael Gira, The Consumer
"Milk from my fat body, squeezed from my worm..."-Michael Gira, The Consumer
"The sun filters through the closed curtains like urine."-Michael Gira, The Consumer
"My cunt smells like death, because it was made to choke cocks."-Michael Gira, The Consumer
3. Going to Meet the Man
By: James Baldwin
4.37
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
This is an older edition of ISBN 9780679761792. "There's no way not to suffer. But you try all k… read more
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"There were pauses in the music for the rushing, calling, halting piano. Everything would stop except the climbing of the soloist; he would reach a height and everything would join him, the violins fi…"-James Baldwin, Going to Meet the Man
4. Crash
By: J.G. Ballard
3.59
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In Ballard's hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scie… read more
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"After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident."-J.G. Ballard, Crash
"The enormous energy of the twentieth century, enough to drive the planet into a new orbit around a happier star, was being expended to maintain this immense motionless pause."-J.G. Ballard, Crash
"As I sat with her by the airport fence in her darkened car, her white breast in my hand lit by the ascending airliners, the shape and tenderness of her nipple seemed to rape my fingers."-J.G. Ballard, Crash
"I guessed that he was one of those ambitious young physicians who more and more fill the profession, opportunists with a fashionable hoodlum image, openly hostile to their patients. My brief stay at …"-J.G. Ballard, Crash
5. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
6. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
By: Michael Azerrad
4.22
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
7. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
8. Factotum
By: Charles Bukowski
3.93
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
One of Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of as… read more
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"عشق به درد آدمهای واقعی میخورد."-Charles Bukowski, Factotum
"You bitch," I whispered, "I love you." Then I came."-Charles Bukowski, Factotum
"A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession."-Charles Bukowski, Factotum
"Моята пияна от бира душа е по-тъжна от всички мъртви коледни елхи по света"-Charles Bukowski, Factotum
9. Rip it Up and Start Again
By: Simon Reynolds
4.08
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the movement had become a parody of it… read more
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- music
- 21st century
- nonfiction
- biography
10. Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys
By: Lol Tolhurst
4.16
Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover
"On our first day of school, Robert and I stood at the designated stop at Hevers Avenue with our mo… read more
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12. The Piano Teacher
By: Joachim Neugroschel , Elfriede Jelinek
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
The Piano Teacher,the most famous novel of Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize i… read more
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13. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories
By: Denis Johnson
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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14. Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A major work in the development of critical theory in the late 20th century, ANTI-OEDIPUS is an ess… read more
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15. Returning to Reims
By: Didier Eribon , George Chauncey , None
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On thinking the matter through, it doesn't seem exaggerated to assert that my coming out of the sex… read more
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16. Under the Volcano
By: Malcolm Lowry
3.77
Format: 423 pages, Paperback
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise… read more
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"Even almost bad poetry is better than life"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"My lover. Oh come to me again as once in May."-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"The dead. Do they sleep? Why should they, when we cannot?"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
17. Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
By: Laura Jane Grace
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and … read more
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18. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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- nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
19. Infinite Jest
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' ha… read more
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20. Billy Budd, Sailor
By: Herman Melville
3.76
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
A handsome young sailor is unjustly accused of plotting mutiny in this timeless tale of the sea. read more
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21. Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
By: Peter Hook
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in th… read more
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22. Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.13
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award… read more
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"When the Papayuna is pining you need to call home."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"She looks like her face caught fire and they beat it out with a rake"-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Maybe it's like Mac says. Ever man winds up with the horse that suits him."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
"Each man is the bard of his own existence. This is how he is joined to the world."-Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
23. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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- biography
24. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
By: Quentin Tarantino
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more
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"What’s the secret?"-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
25. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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- 21st century
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26. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
27. Negative Space
By: B.R. Yeager
3.72
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope … read more
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"I don't know whether I actually did anything. Whether I was actually responsible for or had any influence on her escape. But I let her believe it, because it meant the world could be something more t…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I dreamed about a super computer that could erase anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I dreamed about a super computer that could raise anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
"I'm there now. Tell me I will succeed. That it's the world blinking out and not me, like the ones I've loved and tried to pull back. Tell me he'll never set the world afire. Tell me so I can finally …"-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space
28. The Pervert
By: Michelle Perez
3.89
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A surprisingly honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle. W… read more
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"Young dudes are probably the most pliable people in the history of people."-Michelle Perez, The Pervert
29. Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.33
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
The singer, guitarist, and songwriter—best known for his work with Wilco—opens up about his past, h… read more
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"If you were me, which I am,"-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
"The Chicago historian Studs Terkel asked Bob Dylan in the sixties about how he went about writing a song and trying to outdo himself, or at least being as good as the last song he wrote, and his resp…"-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
"As we grow, we learn to evaluate and judge, to navigate the world with some discretion, and then we turn on ourselves – creating can't just be for the sake of creating anymore. It has to be good, or …"-Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
30. Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History
By: Nick Soulsby
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
‘I’m no stranger to failure, and I’m aware it can arrive at any minute—as it often has. You have to… read more
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- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 21st century
31. The Knot
By: Michael Gira
4.49
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Library of Congress Number: 2021916918 Lyrics, stories, journal entries, archival journal images… read more
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