books: texts, rocks ...     books:       Food For the Masses: Michael Franti-Portraits and Lyrics5 reviews Michael Franti Insight Editions, 2006 A definite "MUST HAVE" for all Michael Franti fans. A definite "MUST HAVE" for all Michael Franti fans. This treasure gives you an inside look at where Michael has come from and where he is going. Loaded with beautiful images and inspiring and thought provoking word, this book will give you an closer glimpse of Michael Franti. I loved seeing samples of his hand written lyric sheets.             Elephant Rocks: Poems4 reviews Kay Ryan Grove Press, 1997 Kay Ryan is the best poet now at work in America. Once every couple of generations, an original thinker manages to refresh an art form that had seemed exhausted. Kay Ryan has done this with poetry. Her poems rhyme--but not in the ways and places you expect. They're metrical--but only according to the author's own quirky standard. They're short, tight, and disciplined--and yet they allow language to sprawl and luxuriate. Best of all, they're ...             The Cure: Songwords, 1978-19896 reviews Robert Smith Omnibus Press, 1989 "Songwords" is pure poetry. Robert Smith is undoubtably one of the most gifted songwriters of our time. His lyrics are full of unique imagery, with emotions that range from the highs of elation to the depths of dispair... The words are sometimes soothing-- other times bordering on disturbing and bizarre-- but always honest and thought-provoking. His lyrics stand alone beautifully as modern poetry.             Jim Morrison: Lords and New Creatures5 reviews James Morrison Music Sales Corporation, 1970 Summary of James' thoughts, notes, and poetry Read this book and free yourself from simple common thought and perception. Jim was a pioneer, he took all the pre-concieved orthodox of poetry and smashed through with fresh insights and challenging, even offensive, material. This is the best of all his published works.             The Doors: The Complete Lyrics18 reviews Danny Sugerman, Doors Delta, 1992 My review of The Doors: The Complete Lyrics I absolutely love this book. The introduction and the photographs are worth the price alone. This book has the lyrics to all your favorite Doors songs plus poetry (lyrics) from Jim Morrisons' spoken word album "An American Prayer." It has also got interviews and a behind the scenes look at what went on during some of the recording sessions as well as definitions as to just what Jim meant in some ...             Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections, and Notes for the Future8 reviews Patti Smith Anchor, 1999 THE LYRICS AT LAST! Through the years I have always been frustrated by the lack of a lyric sheet with Patti Smith's albums. I thought her marriage of poetry and rock deserved better. And there were many parts of her songs that I just couldn't make out, what with her broad NY drawl, so this book came as a godsend. And yes, I was invariably wrong in my guessing! So to the book: excellent photographs, insightful ...             Motown in Love: Lyrics from the Golden Era5 reviews Pantheon, 2006 many memories everyone i shared this book with loved it and everyone wants a copy             The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics24 reviews Free Press, 2005 Great book! This was an excellent gift for a Grateful Dead fanatic. He loved it and uses it all the time!             A Box of Rain: Lyrics: 1965-199311 reviews Robert Hunter Viking Adult, 1990 'If My Words Did Glow With The Gold Of Sunshine........ ...and my tunes were played on the harp unstrung would you hear my voice come through the music would you hold it near as it were your own?' Part of the experience of a Grateful Dead concert (and now The Other Ones, Ratdog, Phil Lesh and friends, and Mickey Hart's band) was listening to the words of Robert Hunter dance and twirl in your head. Hunter probably isn't the greatest American poet of ...             I Stole a Rock: Poems of Love and Romance5 reviews Sara King iUniverse, Inc., 2003 The hope and despair of love and romance Sara King is so insightful and fearless in her examination of the full range of modern love. One can feel her heart race at the thought of full surrender to a love while at the same time her ear is cocked for the first sign of withdrawal. Her ability to balance on the knife blade between hope and despair is extraordinary. Her sense of romance is almost medieval in that there is always a ...             Headcleaner: Text Fur Einsturzende Neubauten/Text for Collapsing New Buildings4 reviews Blixa Bargeld Gestalten Verlag, 1997 A must have for fans of Einstuerzende Neubauten Headcleaner contains nearly all of Bargeld's lyrics, an interesting interview by Harry Lachner, partial discography, "net of tracks," and a nifty glow-in-the-dark cover. Aside from the lyrics themselves, possibly the most interesting thing in the book is the "net of tracks," which looks rather like a subway map, charting Bargeld's songs. The lyrics themselves, while enhanced by Neubauten's ...             Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature)3 reviews Matsuo Basho Stone Bridge Press, 1996 A Japanese journey during the 17th century Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/06) Matsuo Basho (1644-94) was a famous Japanese haiku poet. In 1689, he took a 1,233 mile journey across Japan. His travels lasted five months. He was joined by his friend Kawai Sora. Basho wrote about this trip. He titled it, "Oku No Hosomichi," which translates to "Narrow Road to the Interior." This story is considered to be a masterpiece of ...             Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll4 reviews Eric Bogosian Theatre Communications Group, 2008 Save Your Sanity, Read This Book Eric Bogosian is one of those writers, like J.D. Salinger or Raymond Carver, who makes me feel like I am not alone. I'm not the only detached observer wondering why the current state of humanity is so absurd. Bogosian always writes about junkies, losers, and heartless bastards. But they always have something that is perceptive and interesting to say. As the last charcter in the book, a ...             jrnls80s - Poems, Lyrics, Letters, Observations, Wordplay and Postcards from the Early Days of Sonic Youth3 reviews Lee Ranaldo Soft Skull Press, 2001 notorious rockin' lee dismounts with deadly guile, oncemore! fans of lee and fans of leah alike will always remember those rocket screaming, headcase creaming, psycho reaming, and convulsion dreaming days of volcanic glory. hey, don't we all? even still, lee's acounts easily rile old ghosts thought long dead and trampled on. go lee! (goalie! heh-heh.) so anyway. any fan of lee, leah, or SONIC YOUTH will enjoy this book gluttonously. lee's ...             Time Flies When You're in a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods3 reviews Mike Daly Plume, 2008 More than Chicken Soup for the Soul This book is amazing! The first time I looked at it I quickly skimmed through. Then I stopped on Anthrax, "Talking to you is like clapping with one hand". That can relate to various people in my life! I immediately started flipping through each and every page as if my day could not continue until I had read each and every affirmation, mantra and meditation. Before reading this book I didn't ...             Elton John and Bernie Taupin: The Complete Lyrics2 reviews Elton John, Bernie Taupin Hyperion Books, 1994 How wonderful life is while they're in the world. . . A crowning achievement, The Complete Lyrics wraps Taupin's lyrics (and the -- thankfully -- lingering haunts of Elton's melodies) with some of the most beautiful art ever to accompany pop and rock writing. The only flaw lies in the editors' failure to check the accuracy of certain lyrics. Nevertheless, The Complete Lyrics reminds fans and critics alike of the indelible mark John and Taupin have ...             Justin's Rock: and other poetic reflections on growing up in Jordan, Montana4 reviews Lawrence Leuschen AuthorHouse, 2000 Justin's Rock I recommend this book of poems to everyone, especially the folks that grew up in the rural ares of this country. I guarentee that any one who has spent time in a small town in the thirties and forties in rural America will find many things in these poems that will bring back fond memories. These poems are so descriptive, I am sure the writer must have lived them.             Charity: True Stories of Giving and Receiving (Virtue Victorious)2 reviews Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Red Rock Press, 2001 really touching, truly humane stories It's so a cold world out there. you are amid crowds of people who are blunt and icy. But in them are warm-heated people, who are willing to give their hands to you when you are in rainy days. This book Charity shows the deep and warm hearts in other persons. There are so many perons who have tears in their eyes. Charity illustrates the integrity of human spirits. Victories of man, victories of ...             Other Side River: Free Verse (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature)4 reviews Stone Bridge Press, 1995 op From an editor, poet and reader There are no Madam Butterflys in this book. Leza Lowitz and Miyuki Aoyama have gathered together, edited and translated an amazing collection of contemporary Japanese women's poetry in other side river. Very prominent on the cover and title page are the words FREE VERSE, and free it is. No one is singing "Un bel di.." in this group. Until now my view of ...             A Long Rainy Season: Haiku and Tanka (Contemporary Japanese Women's Poetry, Vol 1)4 reviews Stone Bridge Press, 1994 Required reading for Japanese poetry If you've been finding haiku and tanka either stuffy, obscure, or dreary and are wondering why so many people seem to like it, this book will set the matter straight. Contained within its pages are dozens of truly excellent poems that engage the reader with surprising, eloquent, original, and evocative images and sensations. Covering far more than the usual range of expression, they touch on ...              search for books 1965-1993, 1978-1989, annotated, buildings, collapsing, collection, complete, contemporary, creatures, einsturzende, elephant, franti-portraits, grateful, growing, headcleaner, japanese, jrnls80s, letters, literature, morrison, neubauten, observations, passages, portraits, postcards, receiving, reflections, songwords, victorious, wordplay books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Trouble With Perfect : How Parents Can Avoid the Overachievement Trap ... we recommend Great book! leave a comment home  impressum - about us