From: Michael Greenleaf (mikey_at_suntzusound.com)
Date: 2005-06-07 07:23:05
Last Night a Dj Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
> I would also add (for music):
> But Beautiful by Geoff Dyer
> A fictional and existential portrait of jazz and musicians
> Black Noise by Tricia Rose
> Probably the best serious book written on Hip Hop
>
> my 2 cents
> caleb
>
> On 6/2/05, Padilla, John E. <jpadilla_at_utep.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Last summer I read a ton and so now I'm lacking in ideas about what or
>> who to read about.
>> What should I be reading?
>> Here are some of my recommendations.
>> Beneath the Underdog- Charles Mingus
>> Love Saves the Day- Tim Lawrence
>> Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway- Trever Schoonmaker
>> John Coltrane- Bill Cole
>> Performing "Out there" -David G. Such
>> Black, blanc, beur : rap music and hip-hop culture in the francophone
>> world- Alain-Philippe Durand
>>
>