You will find the list with the arguments for why the book is on it right here; you should not miss the explantations. How many have you read? How many do you what to read? Hell, I'll just list them for you. The one's in bold--7 out of 50 or .140 (which is a crappy batting average, period. Plus everything I've read on this list seem rather staid compared to some of the other titles.)--are the ones I've read. But, there are a lotta books on this list I would like to read . . . does that count? There are a number of them I will read. I wonder if that counts. For those of you paying attention: you will note a plenitude of books about music and pop culture. Which, I suppose, if you're a weirdo is up your alley.
Update I: I cannot figure out how the obliteration of the titles happened, and I cannot fix it. But the link in the above paragraph will get you to the book list, and the links to the individual books actually work even behind all that clutter. Sorry.
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
- American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
- Columbine by Dave Cullen
- Commodify Your Dissent by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland, Editors
- Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll by Nick Tosches
- Critical Path by Buckminster Fuller
- Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams by Nick Tosches
- Ego Trip’s Book of Rap Lists by Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabriel Alvarez and Brent Rollins
- England’s Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond by Jon Savage
- Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
- From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock by Clinton Heylin
- Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
- Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis
- Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
- Jesse James: The Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig
- Life by Keith Richards
- Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century by Greil Marcus
- Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- Nobrow by John Seabrook
- Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991by Michael Azerrad
- Permanent Midnight by Jerry Stahl:
- Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
- Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
- Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs
- Raging Bull: My Story by Jake LaMotta
- Rock and the Pop Narcotic by Joe Carducci
- Role Models by John Waters
- Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe by Chuck Eddy
- Subculture: The Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige
- Tales of Times Square by JA Friedman
- The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
- The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan
- The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner
- The Dark Stuff by Nick Kent
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- The Essential Chomsky by Noam Chomsky:
- The Ralph Nader Reader by Ralph Nader
- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
- The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
- Unsung Heroes Of Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis by Nick Tosches
- Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins
- Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
- What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank
- Within the Context of No Context by George W.S. Trow
- You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths by Russ Kick
2 comments:
The titles are illegible for me. The background drowns out the text of the title.
(By the way, looking at the Word Verification box, why is there a handicap icon next to it?)
Sorry about that. If you click the link in the lead-in paragraph the web site where I got these will come up and you should be able to ready easily.
I cannot see the word verification box, but I think the handicap sign can be clicked on in case somebody cannot verify by typing.
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