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Zip It Up! Too

by Ira Robbins ...

Variety called Trouser Press "one of the greatest music magazines in history" and described Zip It Up! (2024) as "practically a real-time history of some of the best rock music of that era."Zip It Up! Too is packed with more enthusiastic, in-depth coverage of a diverse collection of artists. Vintage interviews with Paul McCartney... ... Read more

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Variety called Trouser Press "one of the greatest music magazines in history" and described Zip It Up! (2024) as "practically a real-time history of some of the best rock music of that era."Zip It Up! Too is packed with more enthusiastic, in-depth coverage of a diverse collection of artists. Vintage interviews with Paul McCartney...
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Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974 - 1984

by Ira A. Robbins ...

Published for a decade, from 1974 to 1984, Trouser Press — once billed as "America's Only British Rock Magazine" but later called by some "the bible of alternative rock" — provided enthusiastic and knowledgeable coverage of independently made and released music as well as artists from many genres: classic rock, glam, pub rock, art rock and prog, punk, new wave, reggae, techno-pop and post-punk, ... Read more

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Published for a decade, from 1974 to 1984, Trouser Press — once billed as "America's Only British Rock Magazine" but later called by some "the bible of alternative rock" — provided enthusiastic and knowledgeable coverage of independently made and released music as well as artists from many genres: classic rock, glam, pub rock, art rock and prog, punk, new wave, reggae, techno-pop and post-punk,
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Marc Bolan Killed in Crash

by Ira Robbins ...

Laila Russell is an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl living in London with her father, who is morose over his wife's accidental death.In the spring of 1972, Laila spots a lost pocketbook on the Underground and returns it to Amanda Charles, a fashionable young woman employed by an aging rock star. With glam music on the rise, Chaz Bonapart is going out of style. His manager, Francis Guy, comes up ... Read more

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Laila Russell is an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl living in London with her father, who is morose over his wife's accidental death.In the spring of 1972, Laila spots a lost pocketbook on the Underground and returns it to Amanda Charles, a fashionable young woman employed by an aging rock star. With glam music on the rise, Chaz Bonapart is going out of style. His manager, Francis Guy, comes up
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Kick It Till It Breaks

by Ira Robbins ...

In his first novel, music journalist Ira Robbins satirizes the foibles and fanaticism of '60s radicalism. The dark humor of Kick It Till It Breaks is tempered by affection and respect for those who devoted themselves to ending the war in Viet Nam. Ydinia Ochreman is the leader of the Plumbers, a pre-Watergate organization engaged in watery terrorism; her travels and exploits shape the story, which ... Read more

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In his first novel, music journalist Ira Robbins satirizes the foibles and fanaticism of '60s radicalism. The dark humor of Kick It Till It Breaks is tempered by affection and respect for those who devoted themselves to ending the war in Viet Nam. Ydinia Ochreman is the leader of the Plumbers, a pre-Watergate organization engaged in watery terrorism; her travels and exploits shape the story, which
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Music in a Word

Music in a Word, #3

by Ira Robbins ...

Series Book 3 - Music in a Word
The final volume of veteran music journalist Ira Robbins' anthology-cum-memoir, Music in a Word Volume 3 contains complete transcripts of archival interviews with David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey, Radiohead, Nick Lowe and others, magazine features about Television, CBGB, They Might Be Giants, OMD and others, liner notes (ELO, Blondie, T. Rex, Yardbirds, Johnny Thunders, Humble Pie), obituaries, ... Read more

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The final volume of veteran music journalist Ira Robbins' anthology-cum-memoir, Music in a Word Volume 3 contains complete transcripts of archival interviews with David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey, Radiohead, Nick Lowe and others, magazine features about Television, CBGB, They Might Be Giants, OMD and others, liner notes (ELO, Blondie, T. Rex, Yardbirds, Johnny Thunders, Humble Pie), obituaries,
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Music in a Word

Music in a Word, #2

by Ira Robbins ...

Series Book 2 - Music in a Word
The second volume of veteran rock critic Ira Robbins' anthology-and-memoir Music in a Word trilogy compiles his extensive writing about nine artists: The Who, Cheap Trick, Ramones, Nirvana, Clash, Kinks, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and the Replacements.This large-format paperback includes features, reviews and previously unpublished interviews as well as commentary and memories from a half ... Read more

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The second volume of veteran rock critic Ira Robbins' anthology-and-memoir Music in a Word trilogy compiles his extensive writing about nine artists: The Who, Cheap Trick, Ramones, Nirvana, Clash, Kinks, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and the Replacements.This large-format paperback includes features, reviews and previously unpublished interviews as well as commentary and memories from a half
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Music in a Word

Music in a Word, #1

by Ira A. Robbins ...

Series Book 1 - Music in a Word
If you've ever wondered how or why anyone becomes a critic, some of the answers are in Music in a Word Volume 1**, an anthology-cum-memoir by veteran music journalist and** Trouser Press magazine co-founder Ira Robbins.The first of three volumes collects articles, essays, album and concert reviews, previously unpublished interviews and other writing mingled with colorful recollections of 50 years ... Read more

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If you've ever wondered how or why anyone becomes a critic, some of the answers are in Music in a Word Volume 1**, an anthology-cum-memoir by veteran music journalist and** Trouser Press magazine co-founder Ira Robbins.The first of three volumes collects articles, essays, album and concert reviews, previously unpublished interviews and other writing mingled with colorful recollections of 50 years
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Victorian Literary Cultures

Studies in Textual Subversion

by Nancy Henry, Martin Bidney, Ruth Robbins, Ira Nadel, Jeanette Shumaker, Joseph Lennon, Troy Bassett, Alexis Weedon, Joseph Wiesenfarth ...

Victorian Literary Cultures: Studies in Textual Subversion provides readers with close textual analyses regarding the role of subversive acts or tendencies in Victorian literature. By drawing clear cultural contexts for the works under review—including such canonical texts as Dracula, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes—the critics in this anthology offer groundbreaking ... Read more

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Victorian Literary Cultures: Studies in Textual Subversion provides readers with close textual analyses regarding the role of subversive acts or tendencies in Victorian literature. By drawing clear cultural contexts for the works under review—including such canonical texts as Dracula, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes—the critics in this anthology offer groundbreaking
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Your Song Changed My Life

From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

by Bob Boilen ...

"NPR's music guru asks dozens of artists about songs that inspired them. The answers are surprising and illuminating." — Billboard MagazineFrom the beloved host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians.Is there an unforgettable song that changed your life?NPR's renowned ... Read more

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"NPR's music guru asks dozens of artists about songs that inspired them. The answers are surprising and illuminating." — Billboard MagazineFrom the beloved host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians.Is there an unforgettable song that changed your life?NPR's renowned
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Mad World

An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s

by Lori Majewski, Jonathan Bernstein, Moby ...

A "hugely entertaining" history of the 1980s New Wave music scene told through new interviews with its biggest artists ( Rolling Stone).Mad World is a compelling oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song and leads to stories of their ... Read more

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A "hugely entertaining" history of the 1980s New Wave music scene told through new interviews with its biggest artists ( Rolling Stone).Mad World is a compelling oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song and leads to stories of their
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé

by Bob Stanley ...

"[Stanley is] as clear-eyed about music as he is crazy in love with it." —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles TimesA monumental work of musical history, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets’ “Rock around the Clock” (1954) to Beyoncé’s first megahit, “Crazy in Love” (2003). Bob Stanley—himself a musician, music critic, ... Read more

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"[Stanley is] as clear-eyed about music as he is crazy in love with it." —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles TimesA monumental work of musical history, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets’ “Rock around the Clock” (1954) to Beyoncé’s first megahit, “Crazy in Love” (2003). Bob Stanley—himself a musician, music critic,
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Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

by Ray Padgett ...

Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interviews, Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members is the first look at Bob Dylan's career entirely from the perspective of the musicians standing a few feet away from him on stage – from his earliest days in the '60s all the way through the 21st century Never Ending Tour. With a few exceptions, these artists are not household names, but ... Read more

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Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interviews, Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members is the first look at Bob Dylan's career entirely from the perspective of the musicians standing a few feet away from him on stage – from his earliest days in the '60s all the way through the 21st century Never Ending Tour. With a few exceptions, these artists are not household names, but
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