Songbook

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• Songbook

  Review-a-Day Saturday, January 25th, 2003 Songbook by Nick Hornby A review by Dave Weich Midway through Songbook, Nick Hornby riffs on the topic of what song should be played at his funeral. The live version of Van Morrison's classic "Caravan" from I ... (read full critics)

  powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

• Disco Dreams

  Over the last twenty-five years the mix tape has become a paradigmatic form of popular expression. It is one part Victorian flower album, one part commonplace book, one part collage, and one part recital. The maker dubs onto cassette or burns onto CD ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

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  Jonas Nockert said on Jan 25, 2009 | Add your feedback

• " "We are all Frankies"

  , Suicide concluded at the end of their magnum opus, but they didn't mean it, really, unless they were dafter than they let on. (In what sense have we killed our families and then turned the gun on ourselves, even metaphorically?) And if we were all Frankies, what would we rather listen to? Blood-cu ... (continue)

  , Suicide concluded at the end of their magnum opus, but they didn't mean it, really, unless they were dafter than they let on. (In what sense have we killed our families and then turned the gun on ourselves, even metaphorically?) And if we were all Frankies, what would we rather listen to? Blood-curdling re-creations of our miserable and unbearable existence, or something that offered a brief but precious temporary respite? That's the real con of shock-art: it makes out that it's democratic, but it's actually only for those who can afford it. And some of us, as we get older, simply find that we don't have that much courage to spare any more. Good luck to you if you have, because it means that you have managed to avoid more or less everything that life has to throw at you, but don't try to make me feel morally or intellectually inferior. "

  Surely not the best Hornby ever, but it has very good moments.

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  Emanuele said on Jul 23, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 224 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 1573223565
• ISBN-13: 9781573223560
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Pub date: Oct 07, 2003
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover

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