Wikipedia defines a geek as "a person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest. Some people use this connotation in a derogatory manner that suggests social ineptitude and/or obsession, but others use it in a positive manner or as a sense of group identity". I think that would probably place me squarely in the category of "music geek" (or nerd) - see this comic called "The Music Nerd's Burden" & you'll understand what my life is like...
Anywho, as part & parcel of my geekiness, I not only enjoy listening to music, I enjoy reading about it as well. There is some great music reads out there! Some books about music I have enjoyed in the past include Nick Hornby's Songbook, Jacqueline Du Pre by Elizabeth Wilson, Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus, We Got the Neutron Bomb by Marc Spitz & Brendan Mullen, Rip It Up & Start Again by Simon Reynolds, & Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz by Michael Dregni. I am always on the lookout for more interesting titles! Here are some of the latest music reads in the library catalog:
Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color and Music edited by Chris Force and Scott Morrow
The Encyclopedia of New Wave by Daniel Bukszpan
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness by Kevin Young
Letters to Kurt by Eric Erlandson
Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt edited by Eric Weisbard
Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music by John Caps
How Music Works by David Byrne
The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie & the 1970s by Peter Doggett
When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy with David Ritz
Mick: The Wild Life & Mad Genius of Jagger by Christopher Andersen
Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones
This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music by Adam Brent Houghtaling
Have you read any books about music that you'd like to recommend? Let us know in the comments!
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