Oh yeah. Sylvia’s book is great. Mingus’s autobiography is something else, too.

It's great book. I used to know Bill Brewster back in the day, he also worked on the early versions of WSC.

I was recommended Redemption Song about Joe Strummer yesterday. Anyone read it?

I have Black Vinyl, White Powder - are these two different books, or did I get a special version for by music execs?

Cowboys and Indies is good on the business side.

Simon Armitage, Gig

Roy Wilkinson, Do it for your Mum

Will check that out.

Ha! No - it is my memory failing me between bookshelf and laptop. Perhaps I was thinking of that not very good Bowie record?

Both brilliant books :p

My Life and The Paradise Garage by the late Mel Cheren is a good read as well

David Sheppard
On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno

I dunno if I'm more impressed that you used to know Brewster or that he was part of When Saturday Comes.

Grimsby fan.

Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and postwar pop - Charles Shaar Murray

Yep its not bad.

Guitar Zero - Gary Marcus

Jacques Brel -- The Biography by Alan Clayson

Meet Me In The Bathroom, about the New York music scene in the early 00's was really good.
Mike Skinner's autobiography is a favourite, but I struggled a bit with the audiobook version (even though I read the book twice).
How Not To Run a Night, Peter Hook. About the Hacienda club in Manchesters.
Sylvia Patterson was good too. I'm sure there are a few more but those were the ones that immediately stuck out.

Cash: The Autobiography is one of the most depressing things I've ever read.

I believe my company makes a fleeting appearance in that book, are Vampire Weekend in it?
We also feature more extensively in Dean Wareham's Black Postcards, which is well worth a read, Dean is a genuinely talented writer.

:I used to go to Palace games with Tony and some other mates in the late 70s, then I went to "uni" and we lost touch. I ended up in France and he in NY, I believe.