Is this another revenue source for the heritage rock star I see before me? It was announced this week that Neil Young will publish his autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace, in late 2012. Young’s book should certainly be worth a read, …
There’s a great quote on the dust-jacket of Allan Brown’s new book “Nileism” about The Blue Nile which goes a little way to summing up this most perplexing of bands in a pithy line. No, not the quote from Chris …
A couple of weeks ago, in the middle of a thread about something else, an OTR reader asked could we provide some music book recommendations. I promised then that I’d get around to it and, voila, here’s a list of …
In a post a few weeks ago, I bigged up “Appetite for Self-Destruction”, the fantastic book by Steve Knopper about the rise and fall of the record business in the digital age. My interview with him about that book’s themes …
A nod and a wink to The Walkinstown Roundabout Chancer for this link to the trailer for The Damned United. Opens in cinemas on March 27, which gives you plenty of time to read David Peace’s truly wonderful book on …
It is the season to buy stuff to give to people. I think we’re fairly well covered when it comes to music – buy No Age’s awesome “Nouns” album and make sure the recipient plays it loud – DVDs – …
Thanks to Sarah for the heads-up on this. Malcolm Gladwell will be speaking at the John Hume Institute at UCD on November 27. Gladwell is the author of The Tipping Point and Blink and the lecture ties in with the …
I’ve spent the last few weeks working my way through David Simon’s excellent “Homicide: Life On The Streets” tome about 1988, the year he spent shadowing homicide detectives from the Baltimore Police Department. It formed the basis for the much …
