rock n’ roll – Cannonball Read 17

“…and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don’t understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors better left closed. “

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

December 30, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

A story about Windhollow Faire a fictional British folk band, who in the 1970’s England, rented an ancient and super creepy country house so they could lock themselves down and record an album. And oh, the text lets us know what an album Wylding Hall (named naturally after the home they were recording in) was, it was the one that made the band capital F famous. But it came at quite the cost, as the groups lead singer vanishes into the house and is just […]

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Simon and Chester V01 Super Detectives by Cale Atkinson

Rock Stars Don’t Nap by Jason Perkins

October 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back, I found a Simon and Chester book. I don’t remember what number in the series it was, but I just found volume one, Simon and Chester V01 Super Detectives. And they started as cute as they were in that first book I read. Now, I am not saying BEST BOOKS EVER, but Cale Atkinson does a cute story that has a not-so-spooky take on things. And this time the detective mystery story is tackled. Even though Simon and Cheseter are a living […]

Can’t no man play like me. Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll, by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow,

July 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Can’t no man play like me. Sister Rosetta Tharpe I know I had heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe before. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about her. But recently she was a performer I refound (see my Green Piano review) when this picture book by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll, came up on my radar. As well as Queer as All Get Out by Shelby Criswell (review to […]

“Leah, I think your sister is on illicit drugs” Bess Cohen

California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas by Penelope Bagieu

October 30, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A few of us probably had a “California Dreamin” moment or two. But a gal named Ellen Cohen had one when a little folk group called The Journeymen decided to move there. Her first dream was New York City and Broadway. But had she stayed there, California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas would not have been created, as there would have not been a little group called The Mamas & the Papas. Had a girl called Ellen not decided to make […]

It was magic, until it suddenly wasn’t: CBR Bingo – Pajiba

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

October 10, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Ever since Daisy Jones and The Six was released, it has been on my radar, in particular because it was highly praised on my two favorite pop culture websites Pajiba and Lainey Gossip . When CBR Bingo was announced, I instantly knew what my Pajiba square book would be. My first title for this review was, “What I imagined the 70s rock n’ roll scene was like”, but while Daisy Jones and The Six is a great time capsule into that era, that is not what the […]

A cavalcade of finery, from existential nihilism to haunted funeral attire.

May 22, 2016 by ingres77 7 Comments

I’ve fallen further behind in my reviews than I ever have. So, I’ve decided to do what I did for The Dresden Files: combine my reviews into one giant post. Is that cheating? I feel like that’s cheating. The longer I drag this out, though, the more I’m likely to fall behind. The Stranger, by Albert Camus (5 stars) Firstly, I read this because it’s one of the most frequently cited great novels from French literature. In my quest to read more classic novels this […]

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