The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Laurie Anderson (Editor)
70.00 NZD
Category: Music
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary ro ...Show more
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
33.00 NZD
Category: Music
A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
43.00 NZD
Category: Music
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, without any plan or agenda for ...Show more
Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock
45.00 NZD
Category: Music
The Explosive New York Times Bestseller "A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history--you'll feel like you were right there with us!" --Bret Michaels of PoisonNothin' But a Good Time is the definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, told by the musi ...Show more
Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black by Naomi Parry
65.00 NZD
Category: Music
Amy Winehouse left an indelible mark on both the music industry and pop culture with her soulful voice and bold 60s-inspired aesthetic. Featuring stories and anecdotes from a wide range of characters connected to Amy, specially commissioned photography of memorabilia, styled and dressed themed sets inco ...Show more
Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s by Dylan Jones
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
The Eighties were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Using a big narrative approach, Dylan Jones' ...Show more
One Last Song - Conversations on Life, Death, and Music by Mike Ayers; Studio Studio Muti (Illustrator); Shea Serrano (Contribution by); Jim James (Foreword by)
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your weddi ...Show more
Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars (PB) by Suzi Ronson
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying memoir taking readers behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. 'Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can offer such insight, and tel ...Show more
The Rejects: An Alternative History of Popular Music by Jamie Collinson
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best friends don't want you anymore, and you're on the outside. Perhaps they're tired of your bad habits, they think you're not good enough, or they sense ...Show more
Under A Rock by Chris Stein
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Harry carried Blondie through their many tribulations: terribly misogynistic music scenes, greasy record execs, bitter band mates, gruelling schedules, and hard drug abuse abound, and Chris lays it all bare w ...Show more
All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles - An Oral History by Those Who Were There by Steven Gaines, Peter Brown
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
All You Need is Love is a ground-breaking oral history of the Beatles and how it all came to an end. Based on never-before-published or heard interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and their families, friends, and business associates, this is a landmark book, containing ...Show more
Sound Tracks - Uncovering Our Musical Past by Graeme Lawson
65.00 NZD
Category: Music
Here is the history of humankind's relationship with music in fifty detective stories. Sound Tracks is a transporting and extraordinary voyage of discovery, each chapter a time-machine focusing on musical finds uncovered in archaeological digs around the world. From the present day all the way back to t ...Show more