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by Sasha Frere-Jones

ISBN: 9781635901962

Publisher: Semiotext(e)

Pub Date: October 24, 2023

Sasha Frere-Jones's evolution as a writer and musician with the deceptively casual intelligence that marks all of his work.
Two-Headed Doctor

Two-Headed Doctor

Two-Headed Doctor

Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John's Gris-Gris

by David Toop

ISBN: 9781913689605

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: July 25, 2023

A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris.
The Shrine Thief

The Shrine Thief

The Shrine Thief

by W. A. Mathieu

ISBN: 9781949597295

Publisher: Terra Nova Press

Pub Date: April 25, 2023

A renowned musician in his 85th year explores the nature of wisdom, how we learn to recognize it, and how we pass it forward.
69 Exhibition Road

69 Exhibition Road

69 Exhibition Road

Twelve True-Life Tales from the Fag End of Punk, Porn & Performance

by Dorothy Max Prior

ISBN: 9781913689636

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: February 14, 2023

A vibrant, wry, and engaging account of life as an adventurous, queer young person in late 1970s London discovering themselves as an artist, and an individual.
Harry Smith

Harry Smith, revised and expanded edition

Harry Smith

American Magus

Edited by Paola Igliori

ISBN: 9781635901641

Publisher: Semiotext(e)

Pub Date: November 29, 2022

A privileged look into the life and artistic practice of the experimental filmmaker, music anthologist, and enigmatic polymath Harry Smith.
Foreground Music

Foreground Music

Foreground Music

A Life in Fifteen Gigs

by Graham Duff

Introduction by Mark Gatiss

ISBN: 9781907222825

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: December 31, 2019

A chronicle of a lifetime's passion for gig-going, by one of British television's most respected writers.
To Be Nothing

To Be Nothing

To Be Nothing

Conversations with Knut Hamre, Hardanger Fiddle Master

by Benedicte Maurseth

Foreword by Jon Fosse

Translated by Bruce Thomson

ISBN: 9781949597059

Publisher: Terra Nova Press

Pub Date: October 8, 2019

Dialogues between student and master about music, learning, teaching, the healing power of art, and the art of life itself.
IrRational Music

IrRational Music

IrRational Music

by Elliott Sharp

ISBN: 9781949597004

Publisher: Terra Nova Press

Pub Date: February 12, 2019

A memoir and manifesto by a pivotal figure at the junction of rock, the avant-garde, and an ever-widening spiral of art, theater, film, and dance.
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