Amanda Palmer’s five favorite music books of all time
By AMANDA PALMER | May 29, 2007
The Dresden Dolls |
Amanda Palmer’s five favorite music books of all time:
1_Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 [Little, Brown]
2_Charles R. Cross, Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain [Hyperion]
3_Paul Zollo, Songwriters on Songwriting [Da Capo]
4_Fred Goodman, The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and The Head-On Collision of Rock and Commerce [Vintage]
5_Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession [Dutton Adult]
Amanda Palmer sings and plays piano in the Dresden Dolls
Related:
All dolled up, Boston music news: June 23, 2006, Boston music news: August 10, 2007, More 
- All dolled up
We have seen the face of Boston rock and roll, and it’s got painted-on eyebrows.
- Boston music news: June 23, 2006
Local cabaret-punk duo the Dresden Dolls are unveiling a multimedia spectacular called “F#%k the Back Row” at the Brattle Theatre this Sunday. Watch the trailer for Unearth's "Giles" (QuickTime)
- Boston music news: August 10, 2007
The Dresden Dolls played Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” tour this summer.
- Avant gardening
A Web site that’s hosted everyone from the Dresden Dolls to Diamanda Galás and Tortoise brings an international festival to Arlington.
- Tracks of her tears
There are tears but no onions in The Onion Cellar. But who needs emotionally catalytic root vegetables when you have the Dresden Dolls?
- Growing pains
So much has happened for the Dresden Dolls over the past year that it’s no surprise the duo fared so well in this year’s Best Music Poll.
- Life is a cabaret
The Dresden Dolls have been crazy busy since the release, earlier this year, of Yes, Virginia (Roadrunner), and their autumn itinerary ensures they’ll be applying the pancake make-up well into winter.
- All Dolled up
Last night, Amanda Palmer kicked off this season of the Boston Pops EdgeFest.
- Video: Our 10 most popular videos from 2009
The most popular videos from the Phoenix in 2009
- The Sound and the fury
It was a little disconcerting to enter Avalon against a tidal flow of people heading for the exits prior to the start of last Wednesday night’s performance by . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.
- NEMO and the Boston Music Awards
It all started a week ago Wednesday at Avalon, where bands played, the audience mingled and schmoozed, a guy in a bear suit turned out to be Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Viglione (I think), and the NEMO music festival kicked off with the 2006 Boston Music Awards.
- Less
Topics:
New England Music News
, Entertainment, Music, Media, More
, Entertainment, Music, Media, Dresden Dolls, Books, Kurt Cobain, Da Capo, Less
