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ROCK AND ROLL ALWAYS FORGETS by Chuck Eddy
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

ROCK AND ROLL ALWAYS FORGETS by Chuck Eddy

Duke University Press, 368 pages, trade paperback, $24.95 Chuck Eddy is opinionated. At times he comes across as stubborn and uncompromising, but he is not [...]

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Duke University Press, 226 pages, paperback, $21.95 When we think of independent music in our local city, we think [...]

LISTEN AGAIN: A MOMENTARY HISTORY OF POP MUSIC ed. by Eric Weisberg
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

LISTEN AGAIN: A MOMENTARY HISTORY OF POP MUSIC ed. by Eric Weisberg

Originally published in Verbicide issue #23 Duke Press, 323 pages, trade paperback, $22.95 Nietzsche once said, without music, life would be a mistake, and without [...]

PRETEND WE’RE DEAD by Annalee Newitz
reviewed by Kristian Williams

PRETEND WE’RE DEAD by Annalee Newitz

Duke University Press, 232 pages, trade paperback, $21.95 Annalee Newitz takes horror seriously. Her new book, Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture, [...]

STEEL CHAIR TO THE HEAD: THE PLEASURE AND PAIN OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ed. by Nicholas Sammond
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

STEEL CHAIR TO THE HEAD: THE PLEASURE AND PAIN OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ed. by Nicholas Sammond

Originally published in Verbicide issue #16 Duke University Press, 384 pages, paperback, $23.95 Long has it been argued and bemoaned by the world that pro [...]