Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Books mentioned on A Writing Career Among Trailblazing Music Stars

8 books · With Peter Guralnick, Alex Ross, Alexandra Alter, Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Da Capo best music writing 2000

    Peter Guralnick · at 21:02 · mentioned 3 times

    Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 edited by Peter Guralnick is a celebrated anthology capturing the finest music journalism and storytelling of its time.

    Recommended
    “if they want a sense of hanging out with you they will find more of that Vibe as they say in looking to get lost adventures in music and writing”
    Where to get it
  2. Careless Love

    Peter Guralnick · at 0:55

    Discussed
    “brilliant and I think it's safe to say definitive two volume life of Elvis Presley last train to Memphis and careless love”
    Where to get it
  3. Last Train to Memphis

    Peter Guralnick · at 0:55

    Discussed
    “brilliant and I think it's safe to say definitive two volume life of Elvis Presley last train to Memphis and careless love”
    Where to get it
  4. Ulysses

    James Joyce · at 31:19

    Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.

    Discussed
    “and then Joyce retreated from it somewhat and kind of questioned undermined even mocked Vagner ISM so in ulses you know Steven Deus very much the kind of image of the young James Joyce”
    Where to get it
  5. The Song of the Lark

    Willa Cather · at 35:55

    Discussed
    “one of her great novels the song of the Lark is entirely the biography of a of a Vagner soprano”
    Where to get it
  6. My Ántonia

    Willa Cather · at 36:02

    My Ántonia by Willa Cather is a celebrated 1918 novel that captures the immigrant experience and the sweeping landscape of the American Nebraska frontier.

    Discussed
    “and O pioneers and and my Antonia you can sort of see her fondness for the figure of Brun Hilda especially vogner's powerful female figures”
    Where to get it
  7. O Pioneers!

    Willa Cather · at 36:02

    Discussed
    “and O pioneers and and my Antonia you can sort of see her fondness for the figure of Brun Hilda especially vogner's powerful female figures”
    Where to get it
  8. What Becomes a Legend Most

    Philip Gefter · at 47:56

    Discussed
    “I reviewed a new biography of Richard avidon the photographer it's called um what becomes a legend most and it's from Philip gter who's a photography writer”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing What Becomes a Legend Most
“I reviewed what becomes a legend most a biography of Richard avidon written by Philip gefter”