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<title><![CDATA[The Indie Music Bestseller List]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[For the eight-week period ending September 9, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Musicophilia]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400033539</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the legendary neurologist and bestselling author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" comes a powerful and compassionate ("New York Times") book that examines the power of music and how it affects the brain.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Musicophilia]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Sacks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400033539]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From the legendary neurologist and bestselling author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" comes a powerful and compassionate ("New York Times") book that examines the power of music and how it affects the brain.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307267917]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425226001</link>
<description><![CDATA[A moving story of a remarkable bond between a journalist in search of a story and a homeless, classically trained musician, "The Soloist" is soon to be a major motion picture from DreamWorks, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.
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<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Lopez]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425226001]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A moving story of a remarkable bond between a journalist in search of a story and a homeless, classically trained musician, "The Soloist" is soon to be a major motion picture from DreamWorks, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781436211130]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[This Is Your Brain on Music]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452288522</link>
<description><![CDATA[Neuroscientist and professional musician Levitin presents a fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind--and the role of melodies in shaping our lives. Photos throughout.
]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[This Is Your Brain on Music]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel J. Levitin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Plume]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780452288522]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Neuroscientist and professional musician Levitin presents a fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind--and the role of melodies in shaping our lives. Photos throughout.
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780786584048]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452295483</link>
<description><![CDATA[The author of the "New York Times" bestseller and "Los Angeles Times" Book Award Finalist "This Is Your Brain on Music" tunes into six evolutionary musical forms that have brought about the evolution of human culture.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel J. Levitin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Plume]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780452295483]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The author of the "New York Times" bestseller and "Los Angeles Times" Book Award Finalist "This Is Your Brain on Music" tunes into six evolutionary musical forms that have brought about the evolution of human culture.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101034163]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And the Journey of a Generation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743491488</link>
<description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation -- female version -- but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliche. The history of the women of that generation has never been written -- until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs. Filled with the voices of many dozens of these women's intimates, who are speaking in these pages for the first time, this alternating biography reads like a novel -- except it's all true, and the heroines are famous and beloved. Sheila Weller captures the character of each woman and gives a balanced portrayal enriched by a wealth of new information."Girls Like Us" is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them -- confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And the Journey of a Generation]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Weller]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Washington Square]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743491488]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation -- female version -- but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliche. The history of the women of that generation has never been written -- until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs. Filled with the voices of many dozens of these women's intimates, who are speaking in these pages for the first time, this alternating biography reads like a novel -- except it's all true, and the heroines are famous and beloved. Sheila Weller captures the character of each woman and gives a balanced portrayal enriched by a wealth of new information."Girls Like Us" is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them -- confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Road to Woodstock]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061576553</link>
<description><![CDATA[August 15, 1969. Richie Havens, the first act of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, takes the stage and welcomes a crowd of several hundred thousand to the green fields of Max Yasgur's farm--which is quickly becoming the second-largest city in New York State. People are dancing, imbibing, meeting, and helping the ever-increasing stream of new neighbors set up camp. Beyond the fields, the roads are jammed with cars and people, some of whom have been traveling for days to reach the festival site. Havens enthusiastically delivers folk-blues standards and Beatles songs, then begins to improvise, riffing on the refrain "Freedom." Freedom is at the heart of the harmony of this landmark cultural event--along with brotherhood, love, and peace. The next three days are the realization of months and years of dreaming and planning, the result of miracles and crises and coincidences.  The story of the festival begins with Michael Lang, a kid out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who liked to smoke a joint and listen to jazz and who eventually found his way to Florida, where he opened a head shop and produced his first festival--Miami Pop, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and others. In the late sixties, after settling in Woodstock, he began to envision a music and arts festival where folks could come and stay for a few days amid the rural beauty of upstate New York. The idea crystallized when Lang talked it over with Artie Kornfeld, a songwriter and A & R man, and with two other young men they formed Woodstock Ventures. They booked talent, from Janis Joplin and the Who to the virtually unknown Santana and Crosby, Stills and Nash; won over agents and promoters; brought in the Hog Farm commune to set up campgrounds; hired a peacekeeping force; took on fleets of volunteers; appeased the Yippies; and were run out of one town and found another site weeks before the festival. On the ground with the talent, the townspeople, and his handpicked crew, Lang had a unique and panoramic perspective of the festival. Enhanced by interviews with others who were central to the making of the festival, "The Road to Woodstock" tells the story from inspiration to celebration, capturing all the magic, mayhem, and mud in between.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Road to Woodstock]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Lang]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ecco]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061576553]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[August 15, 1969. Richie Havens, the first act of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, takes the stage and welcomes a crowd of several hundred thousand to the green fields of Max Yasgur's farm--which is quickly becoming the second-largest city in New York State. People are dancing, imbibing, meeting, and helping the ever-increasing stream of new neighbors set up camp. Beyond the fields, the roads are jammed with cars and people, some of whom have been traveling for days to reach the festival site. Havens enthusiastically delivers folk-blues standards and Beatles songs, then begins to improvise, riffing on the refrain "Freedom." Freedom is at the heart of the harmony of this landmark cultural event--along with brotherhood, love, and peace. The next three days are the realization of months and years of dreaming and planning, the result of miracles and crises and coincidences.  The story of the festival begins with Michael Lang, a kid out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who liked to smoke a joint and listen to jazz and who eventually found his way to Florida, where he opened a head shop and produced his first festival--Miami Pop, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and others. In the late sixties, after settling in Woodstock, he began to envision a music and arts festival where folks could come and stay for a few days amid the rural beauty of upstate New York. The idea crystallized when Lang talked it over with Artie Kornfeld, a songwriter and A & R man, and with two other young men they formed Woodstock Ventures. They booked talent, from Janis Joplin and the Who to the virtually unknown Santana and Crosby, Stills and Nash; won over agents and promoters; brought in the Hog Farm commune to set up campgrounds; hired a peacekeeping force; took on fleets of volunteers; appeased the Yippies; and were run out of one town and found another site weeks before the festival. On the ground with the talent, the townspeople, and his handpicked crew, Lang had a unique and panoramic perspective of the festival. Enhanced by interviews with others who were central to the making of the festival, "The Road to Woodstock" tells the story from inspiration to celebration, capturing all the magic, mayhem, and mud in between.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780061892264]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402766237</link>
<description><![CDATA[August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation and exemplified an era. With interviews and quotes from those who were there, along with photographs and graphic memorabilia, "Woodstock" is the ultimate celebration of a landmark in modern cultural history.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[7]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Evans (Ed.)]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sterling]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402766237]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation and exemplified an era. With interviews and quotes from those who were there, along with photographs and graphic memorabilia, "Woodstock" is the ultimate celebration of a landmark in modern cultural history.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312427719</link>
<description><![CDATA["Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle ""Award for Criticism""A "New York Times Book Review "Top Ten Book of the Year"Time "magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007"Newsweek" Favorite Books of 2007""A" Washington Post Book World "Best Book of 2007"In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for "The New Yorker," weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. "The Rest Is Noise" is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[8]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Ross]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Picador]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312427719]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle ""Award for Criticism""A "New York Times Book Review "Top Ten Book of the Year"Time "magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007"Newsweek" Favorite Books of 2007""A" Washington Post Book World "Best Book of 2007"In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for "The New Yorker," weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. "The Rest Is Noise" is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743271431</link>
<description><![CDATA[James Gavin has written about some of the most significant black musical figures of our time, including Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte, and Miriam Makeba. His 300+ CD liner note essays include Grammy-nominated article for the box set Ella Fitzgerald - The Legendary Decca Recordings. He is the author of "Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker "and" Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret."]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[9]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Gavin, III]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Atria]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743271431]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[James Gavin has written about some of the most significant black musical figures of our time, including Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte, and Miriam Makeba. His 300+ CD liner note essays include Grammy-nominated article for the box set Ella Fitzgerald - The Legendary Decca Recordings. He is the author of "Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker "and" Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret."]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home: A Memoir of My Early Years]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786884759</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many know Andrews from "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." In this memoir, she looks back on her early years with an aspiring vaudeville mom and a loving dad and her role in "Camelot" with Richard Burton at age 20. b&w photos throughout.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Home: A Memoir of My Early Years]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[10]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Andrews]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780786884759]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Many know Andrews from "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." In this memoir, she looks back on her early years with an aspiring vaudeville mom and a loving dad and her role in "Camelot" with Richard Burton at age 20. b&w photos throughout.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781401391140]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761139638</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing from classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, opera, and more, this reference is arranged alphabetically by artist to create unexpected juxtapositions. Dozens of indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions are included.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[11]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Moon]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761139638]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Drawing from classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, opera, and more, this reference is arranged alphabetically by artist to create unexpected juxtapositions. Dozens of indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions are included.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guitars: A Celebration of Pure Mojo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761138006</link>
<description><![CDATA[Marrying visual pleasure with layers of information, "Guitars" captures the soul, significance, history, magic, and the raw mojo of this most beloved--and seductive--of instruments. Color photographs throughout.
]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Guitars: A Celebration of Pure Mojo]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[12]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Schiller]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761138006]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Marrying visual pleasure with layers of information, "Guitars" captures the soul, significance, history, magic, and the raw mojo of this most beloved--and seductive--of instruments. Color photographs throughout.
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<title><![CDATA[Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416591191</link>
<description><![CDATA[On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, renowned author and disc jockey Fornatale brings the iconic rock concert to vivid life through original interviews with Roger Daltry, David Crosby, and dozens of headliners, organizers, and fans. b&w photos.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[13]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Fornatale]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Touchstone]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416591191]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, renowned author and disc jockey Fornatale brings the iconic rock concert to vivid life through original interviews with Roger Daltry, David Crosby, and dozens of headliners, organizers, and fans. b&w photos.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781416596776]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780767927086</link>
<description><![CDATA[With his trademark growl, carnival madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. Hoskyns delivers the first serious biography to make sense of the life and career of this beloved icon.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[14]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barney Hoskyns]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Broadway]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780767927086]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With his trademark growl, carnival madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. Hoskyns delivers the first serious biography to make sense of the life and career of this beloved icon.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780767931465]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[Scar Tissue]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401307455</link>
<description><![CDATA[This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the world of rock.
]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Scar Tissue]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[15]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Kiedis]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781401307455]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the world of rock.
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9785551389897]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307269959</link>
<description><![CDATA[A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a form of peaceful protest.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[16]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alec Wilkinson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Knopf]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307269959]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a form of peaceful protest.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307272379]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425220931</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Wooten comes the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great.
]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[17]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor L. Wooten]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berkley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780425220931]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Wooten comes the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great.
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<title><![CDATA[Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416559290</link>
<description><![CDATA[Based on extensive access to one of the world's most celebrated and reclusive singer-songwriters, this revealing book uses Joni Mitchell's landmark album "Blue" to explore the development of an extraordinary artist against the musical landscape of the early 1970s.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[18]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Mercer]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Free Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416559290]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Based on extensive access to one of the world's most celebrated and reclusive singer-songwriters, this revealing book uses Joni Mitchell's landmark album "Blue" to explore the development of an extraordinary artist against the musical landscape of the early 1970s.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781416566557]]></dc:relation>
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<title><![CDATA[How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780195341546</link>
<description><![CDATA["There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and hiphop.  As its blasphemous title suggests, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television --to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century. Wald revisits original sources--recordings, period articles, memoirs, and interviews--to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. And in a refreshing departure from more typical histories, he focuses on the world of working musicians and ordinary listeners rather than stars and specialists. He looks for example at the evolution of jazz as dance music, and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the screaming, twisting teenage girls who made up the bulk of its early audience. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles are all here, but Wald also discusses less familiar names like Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, and the Shirelles, who in some cases were far more popular than those bright stars we all know today, and who more accurately represent the mainstream of their times.  Written with verve and style, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll shakes up our staid notions of music history and helps us hear American popular music with new ears.]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elijah Wald]]></dc:creator>
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<dc:description><![CDATA["There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and hiphop.  As its blasphemous title suggests, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television --to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century. Wald revisits original sources--recordings, period articles, memoirs, and interviews--to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. And in a refreshing departure from more typical histories, he focuses on the world of working musicians and ordinary listeners rather than stars and specialists. He looks for example at the evolution of jazz as dance music, and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the screaming, twisting teenage girls who made up the bulk of its early audience. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles are all here, but Wald also discusses less familiar names like Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, and the Shirelles, who in some cases were far more popular than those bright stars we all know today, and who more accurately represent the mainstream of their times.  Written with verve and style, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll shakes up our staid notions of music history and helps us hear American popular music with new ears.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hip Hop Speaks to Children]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA["This collection -- with an accompanying CD -- truly has the potential to change the way young children see poetry, as the intrinsic relationship between words and rhythm is amplified in a new groove. We can't wait to share this with our neighborhood educators." -- Angela Sherrill, 57th Street Books, Chicago, IL]]></description>
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<dc:title><![CDATA[Hip Hop Speaks to Children]]></dc:title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristen Balouch (Illus.)]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks Jabberwocky]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402210488]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This collection -- with an accompanying CD -- truly has the potential to change the way young children see poetry, as the intrinsic relationship between words and rhythm is amplified in a new groove. We can't wait to share this with our neighborhood educators.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends  Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure in the world of rock and roll. He did PR for Led Zeppelin; he managed the career of Nirvana; he ran Atlantic, Mercury, and Warner Brothers; he launched Stevie Nickas solo career. In "Bumping into Geniuses," Goldberg grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of forty years spent working with legends, including Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Hole, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, the Eagles, Susan Blond, Michael Des Barres, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin, and more.  But thereas more to this story than just Goldbergas varied career. Itas also a look at the industry itself: a business that was complex and chaotic a a mixture of art and commerce, idealism and selfishness a and sometimes, rockas most gifted and influential musicians were able to transcend it all. ]]></description>
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<dc:title><![CDATA[Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business]]></dc:title>
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<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Gotham]]></dc:publisher>
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<dc:description><![CDATA[A giant of the music industry grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of thirty0five years spent working with legends  Danny Goldberg has been a hugely influential figure in the world of rock and roll. He did PR for Led Zeppelin; he managed the career of Nirvana; he ran Atlantic, Mercury, and Warner Brothers; he launched Stevie Nickas solo career. In "Bumping into Geniuses," Goldberg grants an all-access pass to the world of rock and roll, with mesmerizing stories of forty years spent working with legends, including Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Hole, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, the Eagles, Susan Blond, Michael Des Barres, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin, and more.  But thereas more to this story than just Goldbergas varied career. Itas also a look at the industry itself: a business that was complex and chaotic a a mixture of art and commerce, idealism and selfishness a and sometimes, rockas most gifted and influential musicians were able to transcend it all. ]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743276399</link>
<description><![CDATA["A fascinating, lyrical memoir about one woman's obsessive search for the perfect piano-and about finding and pursuing passion at any age"How can a particular piano be so seductive that someone would turn her life upside down to answer its call? How does music change human consciousness and transport us to rapture? What makes it beautiful? In this elegantly written and heartfelt account, Perri Knize explores these questions with a music lover's ardor, a poet's inspiration, and a reporter's thirst for knowledge. The daughter of a professional musician, Knize was raised in a home saturated in classical music, but years have passed since she last played the instrument that mesmerized her most: the piano. Surprised by a sudden, belated realization that she is meant to devote her life to the instrument, she finds a teacher and soon decides to buy a piano of her own.What begins as a search for a modestly priced upright leads Knize through dozens of piano stores all over the country, and eventually ends in a New York City showroom where she falls madly in love with the sound of a rare and pricey German grand."At the touch of the keys, I am swept away by powerful waves of sound," Knize writes. "The middle section is smoky and mysterious, as if rising from the larynx of a great contralto. The treble is bell-like and sparkling, full of color, a shimmering northern lights. A soul seems to reside in the belly of this piano, and it reaches out to touch mine, igniting a spark of desire that quickly catches fire." The seduction is complete. But the piano far exceeds Knize's budget. After a long and painful dalliance, she refinances her house to purchase the instrument that has transfixed her. The dealer ships it to her home in Montana, and she counts the days until its arrival. When at last she sits down to play, almost delirious with anticipation, the magical sound is gone and the tone is dead and dull. Devastated, she calls in one piano technician after another to "fix" it, but no one can. So begins the author's epic quest to restore her piano to its rightful sound, and to understand its elusive power. This journey leads her into an international subculture of piano aficionados -- concert artists, passionate amateurs, dealers, technicians, composers, and builders -- intriguing characters all, whose lives have also been transformed by the spell of a piano. Along the way she plays hundreds of pianos, new and vintage, rare and common, always listening for the bewitching tone she once heard from her own grand, a sound she cannot forget. In New York, she visits the high-strung technician who prepared her piano for the showroom, and learns how a wire tightened just so, or an artfully softened hammer can transform an unremarkable instrument into one that touches listeners to their core. In Germany, she watches the workers who built her piano shape wood, iron, wool, and steel into musical instruments, and learns why each has its own unique voice. In Austria, she hikes the Alps to learn how trees are selected to build pianos, and how they are grown and harvested. With each step of her journey, Knize draws ever-closer to uncovering the reason her piano's sound vanished, how to get it back, and the deeper secret of how music leads us to a direct experience of the nature of reality.Beautifully composed, passionately performed, "Grand Obsession" is itself a musical masterpiece.]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Perri Knize]]></dc:creator>
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<dc:description><![CDATA["A fascinating, lyrical memoir about one woman's obsessive search for the perfect piano-and about finding and pursuing passion at any age"How can a particular piano be so seductive that someone would turn her life upside down to answer its call? How does music change human consciousness and transport us to rapture? What makes it beautiful? In this elegantly written and heartfelt account, Perri Knize explores these questions with a music lover's ardor, a poet's inspiration, and a reporter's thirst for knowledge. The daughter of a professional musician, Knize was raised in a home saturated in classical music, but years have passed since she last played the instrument that mesmerized her most: the piano. Surprised by a sudden, belated realization that she is meant to devote her life to the instrument, she finds a teacher and soon decides to buy a piano of her own.What begins as a search for a modestly priced upright leads Knize through dozens of piano stores all over the country, and eventually ends in a New York City showroom where she falls madly in love with the sound of a rare and pricey German grand."At the touch of the keys, I am swept away by powerful waves of sound," Knize writes. "The middle section is smoky and mysterious, as if rising from the larynx of a great contralto. The treble is bell-like and sparkling, full of color, a shimmering northern lights. A soul seems to reside in the belly of this piano, and it reaches out to touch mine, igniting a spark of desire that quickly catches fire." The seduction is complete. But the piano far exceeds Knize's budget. After a long and painful dalliance, she refinances her house to purchase the instrument that has transfixed her. The dealer ships it to her home in Montana, and she counts the days until its arrival. When at last she sits down to play, almost delirious with anticipation, the magical sound is gone and the tone is dead and dull. Devastated, she calls in one piano technician after another to "fix" it, but no one can. So begins the author's epic quest to restore her piano to its rightful sound, and to understand its elusive power. This journey leads her into an international subculture of piano aficionados -- concert artists, passionate amateurs, dealers, technicians, composers, and builders -- intriguing characters all, whose lives have also been transformed by the spell of a piano. Along the way she plays hundreds of pianos, new and vintage, rare and common, always listening for the bewitching tone she once heard from her own grand, a sound she cannot forget. In New York, she visits the high-strung technician who prepared her piano for the showroom, and learns how a wire tightened just so, or an artfully softened hammer can transform an unremarkable instrument into one that touches listeners to their core. In Germany, she watches the workers who built her piano shape wood, iron, wool, and steel into musical instruments, and learns why each has its own unique voice. In Austria, she hikes the Alps to learn how trees are selected to build pianos, and how they are grown and harvested. With each step of her journey, Knize draws ever-closer to uncovering the reason her piano's sound vanished, how to get it back, and the deeper secret of how music leads us to a direct experience of the nature of reality.Beautifully composed, passionately performed, "Grand Obsession" is itself a musical masterpiece.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061579745</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Colm TOibIn 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.]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Terzian (Ed.)]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Perennial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061579745]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ Colm TOibIn 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.]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead]]></title>
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<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Da Capo]]></dc:publisher>
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<dc:description><![CDATA[A colorful journey from straight-laced suburban kid to "Deadhead" nomad to mid-thirties dad, against the backdrop of the late '80s and mid-'90s]]></dc:description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375758621</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier's oddest hangout, where locals -- from university professors to pipefitters -- gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine. Luc, the atelier's master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer's hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. And the modest piano "with the heart of a lion" that was to become Thad's own. What emerges is a warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris -- one closed to all but a knowing few. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect book for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.
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<dc:title><![CDATA[The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier]]></dc:title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thaddeus Carhart]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Random House]]></dc:publisher>
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<dc:description><![CDATA[Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier's oddest hangout, where locals -- from university professors to pipefitters -- gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine. Luc, the atelier's master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer's hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. And the modest piano "with the heart of a lion" that was to become Thad's own. What emerges is a warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris -- one closed to all but a knowing few. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect book for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.
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