Brock @ Motormouthmedia (@)
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:49:00 +0800
> So this got me thinking .... what do people on this list read about music?
> Not just magazines, but what books, which writers? I know that lots of us
> have found Straight No Chaser invaluable (and for me, that's despite the
> fact that it always arrives in Canberra about three months after it's been
> published!) ... but what else?
David Toop is one I'd recommend, "Ocean of Sound" is incredibly dense,
name-dropping galore, and traces the connections between a lot of
experimental and electronic music. Completely academic but an interesting
read. Aside from that, he also wrote "Rap Attack" (Vol. One and Two) that's
one of the most accessible and easy to read books on the history of hip-hop
I've ever seen. Dope photos as well. Vol. 3 is s'posed to come out,
eventually. Blows my mind that he can write on both levels like that,
usually people are way on the arcane Wire journalism tip or totally
down-to-earth...Brock
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