Book Recommendations
posted by Lang'uid Squal'or, a student of transexual arts on November 14, 2001
Incredibly Strange Music Vols 1 & 2
Ok I know these have both been out for awhile, but I just got into reading the second one this week, especially the LONG "interview with" (more a rant from) Jello Biafra, and this is some great stuff! (Vol 1 has the Cramps, also great) The only frustrating thing is knowing there's no way you'll ever hear all the stuff they talk about that interests you!
Here's the link to Re/Search: http://www.vsearchmedia.com/books/ismprod.shtml
But check your local Half-Price books because they've both been remaindered.
Ok this brings up a related topic that I've tried to generate interest here before, sharing WANT LISTS, so we can all scour our regions for things not found locally (does that sentence even make sense?).
Top on my want/search list now are any "belly dancing" records, which I have found scan anywhere from the 50s to the 70s. These sometimes have hot chicks in belly-dancing garb on them, or sometimes are "instrustional" la "how to belly dance for your husband" etc. But the music is often really good, with neo-traditional big bands from Asia, Turkey, Isreal, even Greece (Greek belly dancing?). So if you see some of these, and they're in decent condition, buy them, I'll pay yall back. (These types of records are usually in the miscallaneous or "instructional" bins and are cheap!)
POST YOUR WANT LISTS!, I go used record/book shopping about once a week...