Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS by Ken Sharp My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow, this was a fascinating book! It's a behind the scenes look at the creation of KISS and their rise to fame, circa 1972-1975. It's co-authored by two band members, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, so you see a …
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Last night, we went to Atlanta to see Barry Manilow in concert. Yeah, not someone I would normally see, but my wife's a lifelong fan and has never seen him, so I got her tickets for Christmas. It's been agonizing waiting a half year to see him, but she said it was worth it. We …
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Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones by Everett True My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read and wrote a review of a book called Ramones on November 26, 2013, so much of this is overlapping. With that in mind, I'm going to reprint some of that review here: "Let me begin …
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Two nights ago, we traveled from Chattanooga to Atlanta to see Joan Jett and The Who in concert and we had a blast! They were actually playing north of Atlanta in Duluth, in a place called the Gwinnett Center, where I'd been before. It's pretty nice. It's The Who's 50th anniversary tour and we'd never …
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Praying To The Aliens by Gary Numan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ever since I heard "Cars" on the radio in 1979 at the age of 14, I've been a Gary Numan fan. He was different. He was strange. He made good music. I enjoyed his first few albums and then lost track of …
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