Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives
Language: English
Published by Harper Perennial, 2009
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First Edition, 1st printing. 300pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Colm Tóibín on Joni Mitchell, James Wood on The Who, Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush, Daniel Handler on Eurythmics, Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders,Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives. [] In HEAVY ROTATION, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' Queen Is Dead transformed him into an adolescent Anglophile. Pankaj Mishra describes how a bootleg cassette of ABBA's Super Trouper evoked a world far from his small Indian village. Kate Christensen relives her years as an aspiring novelist in Brooklyn listening to Rickie Lee Jones's Flying Cowboys. And Joshua Ferris recalls his head-banging passion for Pearl Jam's Ten. [] Exploring music from the Talking Heads to the Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack, this extraordinary anthology is a moving, funny, uplifting, and unforgettable celebration of the unique and essential relationship between life and music." [publisher copy] Also includes essays by Sheila Yeti, Mark Greif, Claire Dederer, John Jeremiah Sullivan. . . "Albums may be going the way of the telegraph [& coming back], but music still makes us cry, think, lust, worry, shout for joy. Thanks to the writers of HEAVY ROTATION for reminding us of that central fact."--Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable. …
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- Title
- Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives
- Author
- Peter Terzian, editor
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0061579742
- ISBN 13
- 9780061579745
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Colm Tóibín on Joni Mitchell - James Wood on The Who - Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush - Daniel Handler on Eurythmics - Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders - Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives
In Heavy Rotation, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' Queen Is Dead transformed him into an adolescent Anglophile. Pankaj Mishra describes how a bootleg cassette of ABBA's Super Trouper evoked a world far from his small Indian village. Kate Christensen relives her years as an aspiring novelist in Brooklyn listening to Rickie Lee Jones's Flying Cowboys. And Joshua Ferris recalls his head-banging passion for Pearl Jam's Ten.
Exploring music from the Talking Heads to the Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack, this extraordinary anthology is a moving, funny, uplifting, and unforgettable celebration of the unique and essential relationship between life and music.
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About the Author
Peter Terzian has written for the New York Times, Slate, the Believer, Print, the National, Columbia Journalism Review, Bookforum, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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