Latest posts tagged with #GreilMarcus on Bluesky
"Roadrunner" is a song written by #JonathanRichman and recorded in various versions by Richman and his band, in most cases credited as #theModernLovers. Richman has described it as an ode to #MassachusettsRoute128. Critic #GreilMarcus described it as "the most obvious song in the world.
Re-upping this piece because 1) it was really fun to think about and write and 2) maybe you missed it because of all that holiday nonsense.
#booksky #peterguralnick #greilmarcus ##nicktosches #americana #robmillerwriting @illinoispress.bsky.social
Greil Marcus knows the score 🌟 Pat Blashill's TEXAS IS THE REASON & SATAWD books make the Real Life Rock Top 10 this week, as the great writer buys into "Blashill's argument is that it was different in Texas"... 👍
www.bazillionpoints.com/texas
#texasisthereason #patblashill #greilmarcus #bigboys
Took part in a fun exercise at The Shepherd. Wrote about 4 books that shaped my worldview in regards to underground music---and why it's much more interesting than the mainstream.
#greilmarcus #peterguralnick #richcohen #nicktosches @michaelazerrad.bsky.social #booksky #americana #losthighway
Rough Trade Records feature, complete with a candid shot of yours truly - ‘tidying up the kitchen sink’, with sax in hand, for Rolling Stone Magazine - Issue 322, July 24th, 1980 🫧 🎷
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#essentiallogic #mondaymemories #rollingstonemagazine #greilmarcus #roughtraderecords #wakeup #starwars #loralogic
Did we need "A New Literary History"? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #ANewLiteraryHistoryOfAmerica #GreilMarcus #WernerSollors #AJLiebling #TheSweetScience #AhabandNemesis #PopularCulture #MysteryTrain #Presliad
New on RBP: Greil Marcus' magnificent 'Mystery Train' at 50, plus an audio interview with Sex Pistols designer Jamie Reid. And we remember the great Jackie Wilson & pay tribute to Bobby Hart, Blancmange's Stephen Luscombe and Lacy Lady DJ Chris Hill. www.rocksbackpages.com #GreilMarcus #SexPistols
There was only one King! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #ElvisPresley #SunStudios #MysteryTrain #GreilMarcus #JohnNogowski #APLiterature
47 years ago today, Greil Marcus paid tribute to the late great Sandy Denny. Rolling Stone, 15 June 1978.
#SandyDenny #GreilMarcus #FairportConvention @robertrotifer.bsky.social
"And, at the same time, Brian Wilson made a comeback with the Beach Boys, and everything written about him said he's a survivor." - GREIL MARCUS, Last Words, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #LastWords #GreilMarcus
Currently Reading #Books #BookSky📚💙🦋 #Biography #Dylan #GreilMarcus
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THE BASEMENT TAPES BOOKS: (3) GREIL MARCUS
Deep analysis of the Basement Tapes, in the context of: Dylan’s journey; earlier timeless music; and America in 1967. Highly praised cultural criticism. Erudite, original. Republished (2011) as The Old, Weird America.
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#invisiblerepublic
UPDATE: THE 5 BOB DYLAN BOOKS ENDORSED BY DYLAN
Thanks to helpful Comments, I’ve added a fifth author to the list. If you know of/suspect any more, please add a Comment and I’ll check.
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#robertshelton
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ANOTHER BOB DYLAN BOOK ENDORSED BY DYLAN
Thanks to mcgrewgraham for pointing out that Dylan endorsed Greil Marcus’ stimulating Basement Tapes book, Invisible Republic - on publication as a paperback. So, that’s now a total of 5 endorsed by Dylan.
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#picadorbooks
THE 7 BEST BOB DYLAN BOOK COVERS
7 Greil Marcus, Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968-2010, Faber & Faber, 2010, pbk, 481pp.
Photo ©️ Ana Maria Velez-Wood 1993. From the shoot for World Gone Wrong.
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#GreilMarcus selected this track as one of the great vocals in rock’n’roll. He went on to describe Why as “a soul ballad so torturous, so classically structured, that it can uncover wounds of your own. Mack’s scream at the end has never been matched, God help us if anyone ever tops it”
A message from Greil Marcus 💖🎷
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↪️ tr.ee/MyYNpEg1TG + 🔗🌳 in Bio
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
#BookChallenge
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#MysteryTrain
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#GreilMarcus
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #greilmarcus #bobdylan #theband #basementtapes #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic #oldweirdamerica #invisiblerepublic
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2
#bookchallenge #booksky #lipsticktraces #GreilMarcus
Nada es cierto excepto nuestra convicción de que el mundo que se nos pide que aceptemos es falso.
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