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The Music Book Podcast

A podcast about music books, talking to authors about how they wrote their books about music! Hosted by music writer Marc Masters.

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037 Tom Maxwell on 90s Chapel Hill Music

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2024/06/18

On this episode, Marc talks with Tom Maxwell, author of “A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999,” published in April of 2024. It's the story of a community where musicians played in each other’s bands, toured with each other, produced each other’s records, and supported each other’s work regardless of style or pedigree. Tom also shows what it was like to be in a place where major labels descended, boosting some bands and discarding others. He experienced i...

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036 Tara Lopez on Chuco Punk

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2024/06/04

On this episode, Marc talks with Tara Lopez, author of “Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso,” published today, June 4th, 2024. It’s a fascinating history of how punk rock developed and grew in the Texas city of El Paso, and the way this opened punk up to marginalized groups. It’s a story about community and self-reliance that adds a new chapter to the history of punk rock.As Tara writes, “While punk is known for its daring subversion, so too is El Paso. Indeed, in the nineteenth century, ...

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035 Bill Sassenberger on Toxic Shock Records

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2024/05/21

On this episode, Marc talks to Bill Sassenberger, author of “Toxic Shock Records - Assassin of Mediocrity: A Story of Love, Loss, and Loud Music,” published in the spring of 2024 by Fluke Publishing. Bill and his wife Julianna ran Toxic Shock Records from 1980 up until about 2014 - it was a store, a label, a distributor, and tour booker, and much more.Bill’s book is both a personal memoir and a history of his business, as well as a diary of his time with Julianna after she had a stroke in the...

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034 Laina Dawes on Black Women in Heavy Metal

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2024/05/07

On this episode, Marc talks to Laina Dawes, author of “What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal,” first published in 2013 by Bazillion Points books, then republished in a new edition in 2020. It’s a combination of memoir, oral history, and highly-researched documentation of the roles black women have played in heavy metal, both as artists and as fans, and by extension in all kinds of music scenes.As she writes, “What are you Doing Here? reveals the common t...

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51:36

033 Michael Veal on John Coltrane and Miles Davis

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2024/04/23

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032 Jon Fine on Indie Rock's Failed Revolution

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2024/04/09

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031 Ira Robbins on Trouser Press

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2024/03/26

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030 Will York on San Francisco Post-Punk

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2024/03/12

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029 Michael Azerrad on Amplifiying Nirvana

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2024/02/27

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028 Marshall Gu on Krautrock

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2024/02/13

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027 Simon Price on The Cure

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2024/01/30

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026 Paul Steinbeck on the AACM

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2024/01/16

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025 Steven Jones on Murder Ballads

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2024/01/02

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024 Ben Apatoff on Body Count

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2023/12/19

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45:48

023 Nate Patrin on Music in Movies

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2023/12/05

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022 Amy Coddington on Rap and Radio

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2023/11/21

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021 Will Hermes on Lou Reed

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2023/11/07

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61:23

020 Thurston Moore on Thurston Moore

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2023/10/24

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42:49

019 Marc Masters on Cassette Tapes (w/guest host...

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2023/10/10

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018 Lior Phillips on South African Pop Music

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2023/09/26

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