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BOOK REVIEW: Radiohead: Life in a Glasshouse - John Aizlewood
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BOOK REVIEW: Radiohead: Life in a Glasshouse - John Aizlewood

May 18, 2022 Michael Barron 0

Consistency, work ethic, teamwork, innovation and the ability to evolve musically by defying trends have made Radiohead an international success story. After all, how many bands that found their footing in the early nineties still...

BOOK REVIEW: Leonard Cohen: On A Wire - Philippe Girard 1
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BOOK REVIEW: Leonard Cohen: On A Wire - Philippe Girard

May 3, 2022 Michael Barron 0

There are several milestones including being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and winning copious awards (including a BRIT) which define the success of an artist. Leonard Cohen not only achieved these,...

BOOK REVIEW: George Orwell’s 1984 - Adapted by Matyáš Namai 1
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BOOK REVIEW: George Orwell’s 1984 - Adapted by Matyáš Namai

April 7, 2022 Michael Barron 0

Whilst it’s been over 70 years since George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) died, his legacy appears to be eternal. We are barely in the first quarter of 2022, and Orwell has already been referenced copious...

BOOK REVIEW: DJANGO, Hand on Fire - The Great Django Reinhardt by Efa & Rubio
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BOOK REVIEW: DJANGO, Hand on Fire - The Great Django Reinhardt by Efa & Rubio

February 6, 2022 Michael Barron 0

DJANGO, Hand on Fire, kills two birds with one stone by having a separate mini-biography and a graphic novel. Other comic biographies by nbm have had biographies in between the chapters of the graphic novels,...

BOOK REVIEW: Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavla
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BOOK REVIEW: Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavla

January 11, 2022 Michael Barron 0

The year is 1997, the setting is France in the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, and a young lady seeks out an elderly gentleman living in what she describes as a “museum-like mansion”. What does...

BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles - Get Back 1
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BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles - Get Back

December 1, 2021 Michael Barron 0

In January 1969, Michael Lindsay-Hogg and his crew filmed The Beatles whilst they recorded in Twickenham Film Studios, Apple Studios on Saville Row in the West End of London and their live performance on top...

BOOK REVIEW: Decades: Joy Division + New Order By John Aizlewood
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BOOK REVIEW: Decades: Joy Division + New Order By John Aizlewood

October 31, 2021 Michael Barron 0

The beginning of Decades: Joy Division + New Order started 45 years ago on 4th June 1976. The venue is the Lesser Free Trade Hall, and the bands playing are the Buzzcocks and the Sex...

BOOK REVIEW: Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel: Women in Jazz By Ebony Gilbert and David Calcano
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BOOK REVIEW: Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel: Women in Jazz By Ebony Gilbert and David Calcano

August 2, 2021 Michael Barron 0

In a creative foreword, Keith Knight shows a teacher educating her pupils about Billie Holiday and how her life is an opportunity to value “the contributions of blacks, Jews, women….” Her biggest hit, “Strange Fruit,...

BOOK REVIEW: Love Me Please: The Story of Janis Joplin  By Nicolas Finet, Christopher and Degreff
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BOOK REVIEW: Love Me Please: The Story of Janis Joplin By Nicolas Finet, Christopher and Degreff

July 14, 2021 Michael Barron 1

Affectionately known as Pearl, this outsider who was bullied and abused for being different was able to rise above the cultural barriers of her hometown and period she lived in to become an international star...

BOOK REVIEW: TOPP: Promotor Gary Topp Brought Us the World
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BOOK REVIEW: TOPP: Promotor Gary Topp Brought Us the World

July 5, 2021 Michael Barron 0

You will have almost definitely heard of the artists that Gary Topp first brought to Canada, including The Police and The Ramones. Author David Collier who worked with Gary believes Gary’s cultural impact in opening...

BOOK REVIEW: Gods, Gangsters & Honor: A rock ‘n’ roll odyssey by Steven Machat
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BOOK REVIEW: Gods, Gangsters & Honor: A rock ‘n’ roll odyssey by Steven Machat

June 8, 2021 Randall Radic 0

Sans any pretentiousness about his profession or any claim to being a choirboy himself, lawyer Steven Machat has written a captivating tell-all of his life in the entertainment industry, entitled Gods, Gangsters & Honor: A...

BOOK REVIEW: Orwell - by Pierre Christin & Sébastien Verdier
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BOOK REVIEW: Orwell - by Pierre Christin & Sébastien Verdier

June 7, 2021 Michael Barron 0

With this graphic novel being divided into three parts, just like George Orwell’s most resound novel 1984; one may expect that Verdier’s effort may disproportionately focus on 1984 and Orwell’s previous offering Animal Farm; the...

BOOK REVIEW: Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal By Ed Luce
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BOOK REVIEW: Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal By Ed Luce

May 21, 2021 Michael Barron 0

Who is Wuvable Oaf? He goes by the name of Goteblud, is extremely hairy and a wrestler. Goteblud is no ordinary wrestler; he dresses up as the devil and uncontrollably shoots blood at his opponents...

BOOK REVIEW: Zebedee And The Valentines by Abs Bailey
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BOOK REVIEW: Zebedee And The Valentines by Abs Bailey

April 27, 2021 Michael Barron 0

The year is 1982, and the setting is a small suburban town in the South West of England. The specific town name itself was irrelevant, as was the name of the pub this four-piece punk-ish...

BOOK REVIEW: Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Revised illustrated edition) By Robert Shelton 1
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BOOK REVIEW: Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Revised illustrated edition) By Robert Shelton

April 9, 2021 Michael Barron 0

Initially proposed by the author in 1965 and finally released in 1986, an expanded edition followed in 2011 for Dylan’s 70th birthday.  An expanded hardback illustrated edition with 150 images “aimed at a younger audience”...

BOOK REVIEW: Tenacious D - Post Apocalypto
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BOOK REVIEW: Tenacious D - Post Apocalypto

February 26, 2021 Michael Barron 0

Festooned with copious cartoon dicks and nudity, where full anatomies are exposed where even the robot has a fully functioning “pussy”,; one would hardly think that Post Apocalypto would contain an Aesop style fable. Nonetheless,...

BOOK REVIEW: Albion’s Secret History - Guy Mankowski
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BOOK REVIEW: Albion’s Secret History - Guy Mankowski

February 18, 2021 Michael Barron 0

For Guy, the places where important cultural changes and new ideas emerged (such as a new style of music in venues and clubs) are just as important as the cultural changes themselves.  For instance, Mankowski...

BOOK REVIEW: Michael Jackson in Comics By Céka
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BOOK REVIEW: Michael Jackson in Comics By Céka

February 4, 2021 Michael Barron 0

Who would have thought that the eighth child to a crane operator living in a two-bedroom house would one day go on to be the biggest selling artist of all time? Was this due to...

BOOK REVIEW: Willie Nelson: A Graphic History - T.J. Kirsch
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BOOK REVIEW: Willie Nelson: A Graphic History - T.J. Kirsch

January 29, 2021 Michael Barron 0

It’s hard to imagine a “wild” kid nicknamed “booger red” by his peers because he picked his “nose out of nervousness” rising to international acclaim in the music industry the way Willie Nelson did. Told...

BOOK REVIEW: Life in the Stocks: Various Conversations with Musicians & Creatives By Matt Stocks
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BOOK REVIEW: Life in the Stocks: Various Conversations with Musicians & Creatives By Matt Stocks

January 7, 2021 Michael Barron 0

With his Life in the Stocks podcast now entering its fourth year and notching 180 shows at the time of publication; Stocks decided to celebrate the impressive motley of musicians and comedians featured with their...

BOOK REVIEW: Cliff Richard - The Dreamer
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BOOK REVIEW: Cliff Richard - The Dreamer

January 7, 2021 Michael Barron 0

In this chronological autobiography, Sir Cliff positively reflects over his life (80 years) and music career (over 60 years) stating that except for the “sex allegations” made against him, his “life has been a dream!”...

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