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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy
I tend to read a few titles at a time (literary ADD) Recently I've finished:
• American Minimal Music by Wim Mertens
• Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond by Michael Nyman
• Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry
• The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
• Democracy of Sound: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the Twentieth Century
• Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
• and How Music Works by David Byrne
The next two titles currently in the post -
• For the Birds: John Cage in Conversation with Daniel Charles (recommended by Frownland!)
• and Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds
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I've been trying my hand at reading Dune recently, but I'm having a hard time keeping my attention focused. I have a few nonfiction books around that I've been meaning to read more of as well, and I'm thinking tonight might be a good night to read some of Gioia's History of Jazz since you mentioned it on one of your lists.