![]() ![]() ![]() The text is enhanced by the book's amazing design, courtesy of Julian House, including a clever dust jacket with a well-placed cut-out. Cocker refers to the book as an inventory, with each piece of ephemera, ranging from an empty tin pencil box to his childhood band manifesto, documented via a photograph and musings that are microhistories of obscure moments in his life or popular culture in general. The conceit of the book is that Cocker, founder of the band Pulp, is finally emptying a loft full of forgotten boxes and garbage bags and deciding what to keep and what to toss. The cringe and the joy and the weirdness of exploring one's past through ephemera is why the book I most enjoyed reading this year is musician Jarvis Cocker's unusual memoir, Good Pop Bad Pop. Then stumbling upon the horrifying and irrefutable evidence that I was into Care Bears as a kid. ![]() Opening the suitcases now is so peculiar, as I had items in there that I have no recollection of ever acquiring, yet somehow are on brand for me, like a monkey carved out of a coconut (when and why?). Old Lady Baltimore suitcases that I used to buy back when junk shops were a thing, which I then filled with my own junk whenever I had to clean my room. Over the past few months, I've been dealing with the baggage of my childhood. Paul Ferraroīloomberg Distinguished Professor of Human Behavior and Public Policy | Carey Business School and the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering When your brother-in-law announces, in the middle of a festive dinner, that the COVID vaccine has harmed more people than it has helped, take a deep breath and put into action what you learned from reading these profoundly relevant books. At the heart of both books is an argument for human connection, intellectual humility, and empathy. David Brooks' How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen has much in common with Wrong. In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young brings us her own research and that of others to explain the forces that drive us, at one time or another, to want to embrace untruths. Jennifer BakerĪssociate vice provost | Director, Athletics and Recreationīefore we gather this holiday season with family and friends, I recommend that you read these insightful, evidence-filled new books. Look how bright his eyes are! Paul is good people, who also happens to be a genius, which is pretty inspiring these days. The photo on the book cover is worth the price of admission alone. In THE LYRICS: 1956 to the Present, he tells stories about the lyrics, which are set alongside reminiscences of his family, friends, and bandmates, especially John Lennon. I had to ration the chapters, I loved this book so much and didn't want it to end.Īnother great music book of the year is Paul McCartney's reflections on 150 of his songs. From the Velvet Underground to 10cc to Mavis Staples, he helps us understands which music and musicians move him personally and professionally. He has so far published a memoir, another manuscript about writing lyrics, and now World Within a Song, a book about songs he loves and why he loves them. Jeff Tweedy is the front man of the exceptionally wonderful band Wilco, and, because life is unfair to us mere mortals, he is also a great writer. When isn't it a good time to read about good people making great art? Toward the end of 2023, I've been gravitating toward authors who help me understand the creative process. ![]()
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