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On this episode, we talked about "Earlier," the new memoir by music journalist and musician Sasha Frere-Jones. We listened to some of his music, too.
- Added: Jun 01, 2024
- Length: 29:26
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Lit-Rock," a collection of essays that explore the many ways that literature and pop/rock music have...
- Added: May 25, 2024
- Length: 27:28
On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Mar 02, 2024
- Length: 27:45
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Feb 24, 2024
- Length: 28:27
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Jan 20, 2024
- Length: 27:45
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2023
- Length: 28:12
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...
Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Nov 18, 2023
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...
- Added: Oct 28, 2023
- Length: 28:31
On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...
- Added: Jul 15, 2023
- Length: 28:31
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter enthusiasts...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 27:43
- Purchases: 1
You're surrounded by strangers on the subway. Can you hide?
- Added: Oct 28, 2012
- Length: 01:34
Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry.
A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matte...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 02:35
An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.
- Added: Feb 20, 2005
- Length: 04:00
