Bar Yarns and Manic-Depressive Mixtapes Jim Walsh on Music from Minneapolis to the Outer Limits |
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Author:
| Walsh, Jim |
Series title: | Posthumanities Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0181-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Bar Yarns and Manic-Depressive Mixtapesdistills thirty delirious, jam-packed yearsof some of the best music writing ever tocome out of the Twin Cities. As a writer andmusician, the ever-curious Jim Walsh haslived a life immersed in music, and it all makesits way into his columns and feature articles,interviews and reviews--including personalessays on life, love, music, family, death, andyes, the manic-depressive highs and lows thatcome with being an obsessive music loverand...
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Bar Yarns and Manic-Depressive Mixtapesdistills thirty delirious, jam-packed yearsof some of the best music writing ever tocome out of the Twin Cities. As a writer andmusician, the ever-curious Jim Walsh haslived a life immersed in music, and it all makesits way into his columns and feature articles,interviews and reviews--including personalessays on life, love, music, family, death, andyes, the manic-depressive highs and lows thatcome with being an obsessive music loverand listener.From Minneapolis's own Prince to such farflungacts as David Bowie, the Waterboys,Lucinda Williams, Parliament-Funkadelic, L7,the Rolling Stones, the Ramones, U2, HankWilliams, Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, andNirvana, Walsh's work treats us to a chorusof the voices and sounds that have made themusic scene over the past three decades.Whether he's dishing dirt with Yoko Ono ordigging the Replacements' roots, giving anold rocker a spin or offering a mic to the latestupstart, Jim Walsh reminds us that in the landof ten thousand lakes there are a thousanddances, and the music never dies.