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Chelsea Spear

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (October Entry)

Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Los Tigres Del Norte, Santana, Gentle Giant, Sparks, and T-Rex.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Acquiring the Taste, Alexander Szeptycki, Allen Michie, Chelsea Spear, Cuquita, Electric Warrior, Gentle Giant, halfnelson, Jason M. Rubin, Jeremy Ray Jewell, Los Tigres Del Norte, Paul Robicheau, Santana, Santana III, Sparks, T. Rex

Film Review: “The War Is Never Over” — Lydia Lunch, Punk Goddess of Destruction and Rebirth

The War Is Never Over is a compelling way to appreciate the importance of a music icon, to understand why Lydia Lunch’s work matters.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Beth B, Chelsea Spear, Linda Lunch, The War Is Never Over

Book Review: “Seeing Sideways” — Parenting on the Edge

Those who have followed Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh’s career over the past three decades are the target audience for this memoir. But she is a good enough writer to interest people who may never have listened to her music.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Chelsea Spear, Kristin Hersh, Seeing Sideways, Throwing Muses

Book Review: Nashville Songwriter Aimee Mayo is “Talking to the Sky”

Nashville songwriter Aimee Mayo’s memoir offers an eye-opening perspective on the problematic treatment of women in the country music industry.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Aimee Mayo, Chelsea Spear, memoir, Talking to the Sky

Book Review: “How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year”

Music fans who miss, or missed, the long party that was mainstream music in the mid-’80s will be skillfully taken back to fast times in Can’t Slow Down.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year, Chelsea Spear, Michael Jackson, Michaelangelo Matos

Book Review: “Buy Me Boston, Volume 2” — Celebration of Advertisements Past

Flipping through this volume will help readers understand just how much the internet and consumer technology has changed the world of arts and culture.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Brian Coleman, Buy Me Boston Volume 2, Chelsea Spear

Book Review: “Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls” — A Disappointing Look at Women, Music, and Fame

Journalist Lisa Robinson deconstructed the idea of the girl who could hang with the guys (and laugh off their casual misogyny) long before Gillian Flynn immortalized the Cool Girl in Gone Girl.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Chelsea Spear, Lisa Robinson, Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls

Book Review: “Fangirls” — In Praise of Fanatics

Fangirls is a funny and poignant survey of an essential coming-of-age experience.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Chelsea Spear, Fangirls, Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture, Hannah Ewens, University of Texas Press

Book Review: “Remain in Love” — The Story of the Talking Heads, Told with Charm

With the beguiling Remain in Love, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz puts a refreshing spin on a familiar genre.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Chelsea Spear, Chris Frantz, Remain in Love, Talking Heads

Book Review: Kathy Valentine — Life Before and After the Go-Go’s

In this satisfying memoir, Go-Go’s bassist and quintessential rock chick Kathy Valentine shares her experiences as a member of the most successful all-girl rock band of all time.

By: Chelsea Spear Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir, Chelsea Spear, Kathy Valentine, the Go-Go’s

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