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Taschen: 1000 Tattoos

Taschen: 1000 Tattoos Edited by Burkhard Riemschneider and Henk Schiffmacher (Taschen) Once again Taschen hits it out of the park with a great book. It’s new 1000 Tattoos is a little hardcover of thrilling pictures and history about ‘wearable art’. We get 19th century engravings here, tribal body art, biker designs and infamous tattoo artists More...

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By Tim Needles On Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
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Thomas Card’s Tokyo Adorned

Tokyo Adorned by Thomas C Card (Booth-Clibborn Editions) Tokyo is a city like none other with its unique spirit, electricity, and style and Thomas C. Card’s new photo book Tokyo Adorned looks at a range More...

By Ralph Greco On Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
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This Music Leaves Stains: The Complete Story Of the Misfits

This Music Leaves Stains: The Complete Story Of the Misfits By James Greene Jr. (Scarecrow Press) Ever heard of, want to know about, or even have a passing interest in the Misfits? Want to enjoy a brisk fun read More...

By Ralph Greco On Friday, January 3rd, 2014
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Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012 by Debra L. Rothenberg

Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012 By Debra L. Rothenberg (Turn the Page Publishing) Bruce Springsteen fan or not, you’re bound to enjoy Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012 by Debra L. Rothenberg. Like More...

By Ralph Greco On Friday, December 13th, 2013
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Running with Monsters by Bob Forrest and Michael Albo

Running with Monsters By Bob Forrest and Michael Albo (Crown Archetype) Bob Forrest (the guy with the hat and glasses on Celebrity Rehab) has written a blisteringly honest account of his life, loves, career, More...

By Ralph Greco On Friday, November 1st, 2013
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What You Want Is In The Limo by Michael Walker

What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born By Michael Walker (Spiegel & Graus) You may have not been More...

By Ralph Greco On Thursday, October 17th, 2013
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Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter

Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter By Alyn Shipton (Oxford University Press) Alyn Shipton has written what has to be the definitive biography of John Lennon’s favorite “group,” the singer/songwriter/world More...

By Ralph Greco On Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
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Popology: The Music of the Era in the Lives of Four Icons of the 1960s

Popology: The Music of the Era in the Lives of Four Icons of the 1960s By Timothy English (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) I must say, Timothy English’s new soft cover book Popology: The Music of More...

By Ralph Greco On Friday, August 30th, 2013
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Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘N’ Roll

Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘N’ Roll By Larry Birnbaum (Scarecrow Press) Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘N’ Roll is an encyclopedic romp through the recent, but mostly the yesterday (pre- More...

By Ralph Greco On Friday, July 19th, 2013
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Yes Is The Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales)

Yes Is The Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales) Edited by Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell (Rare Bird Books) Yes Is The Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales) is a compilation of essays about progressive rock More...