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I will not add more books to the stack…I will not add more books to the stack…I will not add more books to the stack…darn you, Kevin!

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Sorry man! 😂

On the plus side, these are all awesome.

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That Slacker book is going on my 'to-read' list.

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Same!

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Thank you Jeff!! ✊

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Right on! I wasn’t just being nice when I said I can’t wait.

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Thank you Kevin! I miss those early conversations about the music that keeps motivating us three plus decades later. Thank you for all of your support since the very beginning! I hope you and your readers enjoy the book. The pre-orders should be mailed out by late November. I’ll keep you posted!

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Please do! I’m looking forward to it.

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Thanks for the shout out, Kevin!

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Of course! I’m slowly working my way toward “Corporate Rock Sucks,” and am excited to dig into that one as well.

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Mucho gracias for pointing another book I need to read: Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio. Having depended on that community during my early music writing days in Boston, I'm thinking perhaps a nice extended one-year anniversary review may be due!

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No problema! Might be time indeed!

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As someone who has fallen on their face attempting a headstand, I'm gonna check out that yoga book. Also the Slacker one seems cool too!

Some for Your Radar:

I've been getting bombarded with ads on IG from Disco Pogo, but I'm going to get their books on Aphex Twin and Daft Punk that are a collection of interviews and profiles written on them. Looks like a cool read.

I've also been meaning to start the latest Dilla bio that's been on my shelf for two years and I need to buy the "Birth of Cool" about Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans.

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Sweet! Thanks for the recs! That Birth of Cool record sounds like something to get on my Christmas list…

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Great recommendations! I loved seeing some familiar names on there doing some very cool stuff. Gonna check them all.

By the way, am I the only one here wondering whether you’ve actually cloned yourself?

Shifts? Arse o’clock in the morning. Publishing schedule? Several times a week. Comments, notes, posts? Responds, shares, restacks. Music? Let’s not even go there. Oh, and he reads?!! 😅😅 What the hell, man!

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I should be so lucky! Mostly, I’d just use it to finally get some sleep. 😂

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Lol. If you find one, let me know. I’ll pay you half plus finder’s fee. We can share him (this sounds so wrong 😅). Wait, what’s that? A Mariah/New Order mash-up? It wasn’t us, guys. It was the clone!

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Lol. That might actually be pretty good!

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We’ll make it happen someday!

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I love book recommendations! I have a growing stack of books written by fellow Substackers, which is exciting. Thanks for including my book-in-progress! Helps to keep me on track if my fans are growing impatient! 😂

Another parenting-related book about to come out from fellow Sbstacker Shelly Mazzanoble is “How to Dungeon Master Parenting.” I’m excited to read it because I grew up Baptist in the 80s when Christians thought D&D was satanic.

https://open.substack.com/pub/shellymazzanoble/p/how-to-dungeon-master-parenting-is?r=6er4f&utm_medium=ios

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Oh, that looks like something right up my alley!

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Some great recs here, thanks Kevin!

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Of course! Maybe something to read on breaks from the trail.

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I really enjoyed the John Hiatt book. Working my way through Remember the Lightning Vol. 4 now, along with a thriller by Lee Goldberg called Ashes Never Lie.

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The Hiatt book is so good. Not exaggerating when I say I'm finding out something new on almost every page.

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Thanks for the shout! ⚡️💥📚

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You bet!

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You’re amazing and too kind and ROAD TRIP EAST immediately! I’ll even hold some foliage for you. Yes-I have that power! Seriously…you are welcome anytime! 💕

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