Archive for the 'Books' Category


The Record Plant Book

“Buzz Me In: Inside Record Plant Studios”: https://shorturl.at/CkwqG Just when you think every story’s been told… I couldn’t put this book down. I started it yesterday and finished it today. And I’m a slow reader. I want to devour every word. I’m memorizing without even realizing it. Because that’s just how much I care. The […]

The Facebook Book

“Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by Sarah Wynn-Williams https://rb.gy/a3qb2x Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are scumbags. But you already knew this. So do you have to read this book? Well, the shark story is almost worth it unto itself. Then again, I borrowed this book from the library, should […]

Paul Rappaport’s Book

“Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion”: https://rb.gy/l4m82v This is the best book about how it used to be. And it certainly ain’t that way anymore. Sometime early in this century everybody started to say the record business was no longer fun. This book tells the story of when it was […]

Deep Cuts

https://rb.gy/1mvqok “‘You’re so smart!’ she said accusingly, ‘I never understood it! Why would someone so smart be fixated on pop music?’” That’s what Percy’s mother tells her. My mother went to see my shrink to complain all I wanted to do was buy records and go to concerts, couldn’t I get on the right track? […]