Music in a Word Volume 1
Fifty Years on a Rock and Roll Soapbox
Published on 11. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
406 pages
978-0-9842539-7-5 (ISBN)
Description
If you've ever wondered how or why anyone becomes a critic, some of the answers are in Music in a Word Volume 1, an anthology-cum-memoir by veteran music journalist and Trouser Press magazine co-founder Ira Robbins.
The first of three volumes collects articles, essays, album and concert reviews, previously unpublished interviews and other writing mingled with colorful recollections of 50 years spent on a musical soapbox. Profusely illustrated with images from the author's archive.
The first of three volumes collects articles, essays, album and concert reviews, previously unpublished interviews and other writing mingled with colorful recollections of 50 years spent on a musical soapbox. Profusely illustrated with images from the author's archive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
867 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9842539-7-5 (9780984253975)
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Person
A lifelong New Yorker, Ira Robbins studied to be an electrical engineer but became a music journalist instead. He co-founded Trouser Press magazine in 1974 and ran it until the end, in 1984. He was subsequently an editor at Video magazine, pop music critic for New York Newsday and editorial director in syndicated radio. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books and contributed to many more. He now runs Trouser Press Books.
Content
Preface
A Few Memories
Starting Out (1954 - 1974)
Rocked by the Radio
Where It All Began
Good Times and Bad Takes
The Start of Something Big
Creem and Before
My Circus Act
Trouser It to Me! (1974 - 1984)
Karen Rose
The Speedies
Early Interviews
John Lydon Lunches
Alex Harvey
Undertones
The New Wave Washes Out
Taking Stock, 1978 - 1979
Marc Bolan's Brief Blaze of Glory
Remember those Fabulous '70s?
The End of the Line
VIDEO Magazine (1985 - 1989)
Entertainment Weekly (1989 - 1999)
Record Reviews
Vic Chesnutt
Vulgar Boatmen
Sparks
50,000,000 Backstreet Boys fans can be wrong
Shlock Europop, From ABBA to ZZZZZ
Shoes
Through the Past Lightly: The 1980s
Got Live (If You Want It or Not)
Newsday (1993 - 1995)
Woodstock '94
Rolling Stones
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
Phil Collins
Linda Ronstadt
Busting the Boys Club
Holly Beth Vincent
Ice Cube
Marianne Faithfull
Isaac Hayes
Fucking Up
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Pogues
R.E.M.
The New Mainstream?
Pavement
Strolling Down Punk-Rock Lane
Kirsty MacColl
Ian McCulloch
Julian Cope
Tears for Fears
The Queers
The B-52's
Elvis Presley, Milton Berle and Steve Allen
Birth of the Blues
My Greatest Hits
Grand Funk Railroad
Joan Jett
Second Thoughts (Bruce Springsteen)
Where Were They Then?
J. Geils Band
A Few Memories
Starting Out (1954 - 1974)
Rocked by the Radio
Where It All Began
Good Times and Bad Takes
The Start of Something Big
Creem and Before
My Circus Act
Trouser It to Me! (1974 - 1984)
Karen Rose
The Speedies
Early Interviews
John Lydon Lunches
Alex Harvey
Undertones
The New Wave Washes Out
Taking Stock, 1978 - 1979
Marc Bolan's Brief Blaze of Glory
Remember those Fabulous '70s?
The End of the Line
VIDEO Magazine (1985 - 1989)
Entertainment Weekly (1989 - 1999)
Record Reviews
Vic Chesnutt
Vulgar Boatmen
Sparks
50,000,000 Backstreet Boys fans can be wrong
Shlock Europop, From ABBA to ZZZZZ
Shoes
Through the Past Lightly: The 1980s
Got Live (If You Want It or Not)
Newsday (1993 - 1995)
Woodstock '94
Rolling Stones
Michael Jackson
Billy Joel
Phil Collins
Linda Ronstadt
Busting the Boys Club
Holly Beth Vincent
Ice Cube
Marianne Faithfull
Isaac Hayes
Fucking Up
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Pogues
R.E.M.
The New Mainstream?
Pavement
Strolling Down Punk-Rock Lane
Kirsty MacColl
Ian McCulloch
Julian Cope
Tears for Fears
The Queers
The B-52's
Elvis Presley, Milton Berle and Steve Allen
Birth of the Blues
My Greatest Hits
Grand Funk Railroad
Joan Jett
Second Thoughts (Bruce Springsteen)
Where Were They Then?
J. Geils Band