Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 12/14 - Music

At the moment everything seems insignificant in comparison to the horrific events in Connecticut. All words seem empty. Cruelly, life goes on.
 
Here's a review of Bill Brown's You Should've Heard Just What I Seen, which I posted to Amazon. I rated it four stars out of five:

From 1980-1984 Bill Brown wrote hundreds of articles on music, film and literature from his base in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has compiled them all into this valuable book. His writing is clear and concise. Errors are few and far between, no more than those in books by big literary houses. Each piece takes no longer than five or so minutes to read. His knowledge of the historical, business and technical aspects of music is most impressive. The content is both informative and fun. He covers all genres, including jazz and classical, and sub-genres, several of which were unfamiliar to me. The period in question coincided with the death of punk and rise of new wave. I was won over by the second review, which profiled synth-pop band Our Daughter's Wedding, whose Lawn Chairs was a popular track in Manhattan dance venues. I visited youtube many times to see if the artists mentioned in the book have songs posted there. Even the most obscure do. It was so enjoyable. Of course, the reader is likely to disagree with Brown's opinions, but it was interesting to see how right or wrong he was, which artists endure, which faded, which only scratched the surface.
The first half of the book is devoted to the national scene, the next quarter to the local, and the last to books and film. There are articles on Prince, Iggy Pop, the Bush Tetras, Talking Heads, Haircut 100, Gang of Four, Laurie Anderson and many, many more. The pieces on the local scene may try the reader's patience, but there are valuable nuggets in them. There is one aspect that could have been improved, although it would have involved a lot of work. Since the articles are completely intact, all contain ticket prices, show times and venues where the artists performed. The work would have been even more concise had most been eliminated. Still, this is a wonderful compilation fans of any era, particularly the one in question, would savor. I downloaded several of the songs mentioned.

There wasn't much action today at the floating book shop, despite the beautiful weather. I thank the two women who made purchases.
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