books about: indie

books about: indie

books:

Indie

Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom

Blink-182

MTV, 2001

Pure Awesomeness.
A must-have for any true blink182 fan. If i could only have 1 item from blink182 itd probably be this book.

Antarktos Rising - A Novel

Jeremy Robinson

Breakneck Books, 2007

Engaging
Very well written and quite enjoyable. The combination of fact and fantasy, science and science fiction, make for a delightful page-turner. I look forward to reading more from Jeremy and am already planning my next purchases!

The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician

Randy Chertkow, Jason Feehan

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

I'm a competing author and I dig this book
I'm the author of a book that competes (in a way) with this book and I have to say I am totally into "The Indie Band Survival Guide." It has a very fresh view of what it's like to be in an indie band -- so fresh that it should be called "Indie Band 2.0." It throughly ...

When I Grow up: A Memoir

Juliana Hatfield

Wiley, 2008

A Pleasurable Read
When I Grow Up is a pleasure to read, mostly because it offers the opportunity to spend some time in the mind of a thoughtful, passionate musician who has reached a crossroads in which she must decide whether and why to continue to make music, years past her big hit. ...

Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides

Ariel Meadow Stallings

Seal Press, 2006

How to not go completely crazy planning your wedding
Ariel Meadow Stallings, you are a goddess. My partner and I are planning our wedding and throwing 99% of tradition out the window. For starters, there isn't going to be a groom (thanks, inclusive Canadian laws!!). Planning a same-sex wedding seemed like a daunting ...

Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing (The Self Healing Series)

Andrew Weil

Sounds True, 1999

You would think we know how to do this!
I thought I was pretty good at breathing; after all I've made it to 60 years old quite well with what I knew ;-) but this opens up a completely different way of approaching the subject and one I have really enjoyed. I have just started on my learning journey, but I ...

Elliott Smith

Autumn de Wilde

Chronicle Books, 2007

The Elliott Smith that we will never know....
Elliott Smith was perhaps the greatest Indie singer/songwriter of his generation. His unresolved murder/suicide at the age of 34 in 2003 catapulted him into iconic status. It abruptly ended a career that had begun to take off. Autumn DeWilde shared a personal ...

Hairstyles of the Damned (Punk Planet Books)

Joe Meno

Akashic Books, 2004

An incredibly honest look at what goes on inside the head of a teenager.
In short, this book is fantastic. As I don't have time for a long review, and I also don't think I would do the book justice by stretching this out, but I'll say this - you won't regret reading this at all. Hairstyles of the Damned can be rude and unflinchingly ...

Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance

Dean Wareham

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste...Dean Wareham's Cathartic Black Postcards
Andy Warhol said that in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. If one is lucky enough to land a recording contract with a name record company, write brilliantly crafted rock songs, and tour endlessly, then one might get to be 'almost famous' for 15 years. ...

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

Back Bay Books, 2002

Underground Punk
Read this book when I was in highschool, got it from the library, but never finished it. A couple years later I decided to read it again but couldn't find it in ANY libraries. At Borders it was too expensive. Found it on Amazon, used and cheap. Recieved it within a ...

Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth

David Browne

Da Capo Press, 2008

At Last: Sonic Pleasure Transfers Well To Print ! !
I've been waiting a long time for a big, in-depth bio of one of music's most interesting,enduring and influential bands, and Browne's book certainly delivered the goods. He covers all aspects of the band--childhoods, early days and apartments in New York, recording ...

Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture

Trevor Kelley, Leslie Simon

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

So Funny!
(daughter of user) I finished this book in 3-4 hours. Totally hilarious! It had me cracking up every couple of pages, and I totally agree with the thing about wearing belts so that the buckle is on the side, rather than the front of your pants. AWESOME!!!

Indie Producers Handbook : Creative Producing From A to Z

Myrl A. Schreibman

Lone Eagle, 2001

No-nonsense bullet-proof advice
I recently finished producing my own independent film and found this book right at the beginning of my post-production period. I wish I had found it earlier. It is full of no-nonsense advice and information that is practically bullet-proof, and I ended up agreeing ...

Ok Computer: Radiohead : Guitar, Tablature, Vocal (Guitar Tab Edition)

Radiohead

Alfred Publishing Company, 2001

A great companion for all fans of OK Computer
If you play guitar and dig Radiohead, get this book. It's got the music and arrangements for all the songs on OK computer in a fairly legible tab format. It's a bit different from other tab books I have, but it's fairly easy to get the hang of. The album's guitar ...

Joy Division: Piece by Piece

Paul Morley

Plexus Publishing, 2008

"the past is now part of my future, the present is well out of hand."
A cerebral, spectacular look inside the Manchester scene from one of the best writers in rock history. The book takes you back to the post punk era then to the present for Morley's feelings, and inspirations for his writings, which are very poignant, especially his ...