I
finished reading Bruce
by Peter Ames Carlin over a month ago, but with paternity leave, the NCAA
Tournament, my lack of new books to read, and general laziness, I haven't
started reading a new book until today.
The Springsteen biography was great, and it sounded like the author had
a lot of access to Springsteen himself and his friends, family, band mates, and
others. It's a must-read for any
Springsteen fan, and the book makes you appreciate how huge he is now, knowing
his relatively poor upbringing, hard work in the music business before making
it big, and general unwavering commitment to being awesome.
Today,
I started reading Any
Questions?: The Complete Art Brut 2003-2013 by Eddie Argos, which is a
crowd-funded book by Art Brut lead singer and songwriter Eddie Argos. If you don't know Art Brut, they are a
fantastic punkish indie band from England with bitingly clever lyrics. I discovered them when they opened for The
Hold Steady 7 or 8 years ago, and I have seen them multiple times on their own
since then (and suggest you do the same if you have the chance). The book is a complete volume of Art Brut's
lyrics, with commentary from Argos. I
don't think it's even possible to get the book anymore, now that the
crowd-funding campaign is over, but who knows, there may be subsequent editions
released.
This
looks like it will be a quick read, so if you have any book recommendations,
let me know.
Books
read in 2014:
Bruce
by Peter Ames Carlin
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