[78-L] "Appetite for Self-Destruction" reviewed^

[David Jessup]

Fascinating how several books will appear on the same subject at (nearly) the same time. But from the same publishing conglomerate...?

Forthcoming in May '09 (and an advance reader in my hands now, as I'm a bookstore manager) is...

"Ripped: How The Wired Generation Revolutionized Music" - by Greg Kot; a Scribner hardcover. (Free Press, below, is an imprint distributed by Simon and Schuster, like Scribner.)

With chapters like "Payola Blues," "'George Bush Doesn't Like Black People'," "Steve Jobs And The iPod 'Burglary Kit'," "'Steal, Steal, And Steal Some More'"... who could resist? 

So far this one's a fast & fun read - but sounds an awful lot like the tome reviewed by Garner (as brought to our notice by Dave W).

All best - Dave Jessup

Previously, on 78-L:

Message: 15
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:10:44 -0500
From: "David Weiner" 
Subject: [78-L] "Appetite for Self-Destruction" reviewed
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 
When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won 
 
"Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry
in the Digital Age." By Steve Knopper. 301 pages. Free Press. $26. 
 
by Dwight Garner
New York Times, January 7, 2009
 
"You can't roll a joint on an iPod," the singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne told
The New York Times Magazine early last year. And, O.K., I suppose that's
among the iPod's drawbacks. But it's hard to think of an electronic device
released in recent decades that's brought more pleasure to more people.
(snip)


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