20 Best nonfiction books like This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City by Jesse Rifkin

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This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

By: Jesse Rifkin

4.26

Format: None pages, ebook

A fascinating history that examines how real estate, gentrification, community and the highs and lo…

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1. How to Listen to Jazz

By: Ted Gioia

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listenin… read more

Similar categories in Ted Gioia's How to Listen to Jazz book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both."

-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz

"In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a blessing."

-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz

"When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft."

-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz

"The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exact…"

-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz

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2. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

By: Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more

Similar categories in Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • new york
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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4. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

By: Cynthia Carr

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Carr's Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more

Similar categories in Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • new york
  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

6. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

Similar categories in Warren Zanes's Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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7. 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

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life: A Memoir book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker

8. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

By: Bianca Bosker

4.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Bosker's Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • new york
  • nonfiction
  • art
  • history
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."

-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

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9. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

10. Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

By: Brad Gooch

4.39

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“It’s all  the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for … read more

Similar categories in Brad Gooch's Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture by Tricia Romano

11. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

By: Tricia Romano

4.28

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Romano's The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • new york
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne

12. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

By: Chris Payne

4.41

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more

Similar categories in Chris Payne's Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

13. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz

14. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

By: Taylor Lorenz

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Lorenz's Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

Similar categories in Willy Vlautin's The Horse book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

16. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City by Jesse Rifkin

17. This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

By: Jesse Rifkin

4.26

Format: None pages, ebook

A fascinating history that examines how real estate, gentrification, community and the highs and lo… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • new york
  • art
  • history
  • urban studies
  • nonfiction
Cover of Under a Rock: A Memoir by Chris Stein

18. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

Similar categories in Chris Stein's Under a Rock: A Memoir book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers

19. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell

By: Ann Powers

3.51

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

For decades Joni Mitchell’s life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated ar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Powers's Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

20. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

Cover of Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings by Glenn O'Brien

21. Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings

By: Glenn O'Brien

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A portrait of a keen social observer at the center of the last 50 years of cultural life, captured … read more

Similar categories in Glenn O'Brien's Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings book and Jesse Rifkin's This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

  • art
  • nonfiction

17 Best history books like This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City by Jesse Rifkin

Transform Your Habits

How to Listen to Jazz

Ted Gioia

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

4.23

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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