Yeeeeah, this was so much better than a silly little show-biz book like this had any right to be.
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Arts grantmaker living in Austin, TX. Jazz, museums, pre-Kurtzman Star Trek, so forth and such as. Also in the fediverse at @5easypieces@social.coop.
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15% complete! Koven Smith has read 3 of 20 books.
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Koven Smith finished reading Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Various Authors
Koven Smith rated Binti: 4 stars
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
Koven Smith finished reading Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
Koven Smith finished reading Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
Koven Smith rated Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life: 5 stars
Koven Smith started reading Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
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When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he secludes himself in the mountain home …
Koven Smith started reading The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the …
Koven Smith quoted Playing changes by Nate Chinen
One of jazzs leading critics gives us an invigorating, richly detailed portrait of the artists …
If it was youthful idealism that had [Brad] Mehldau determined to plant his flag on the right side of history, maybe it was youthful arrogance that led him to toss around words like "fascism" when peering over at the other side. In any case, he was painfully self-aware about the meager contribution he and his generation would be able to make within the given constraints of the art form.
— Playing changes by Nate Chinen (Page 40)
Koven Smith started reading A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer
Koven Smith finished reading The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes …
Koven Smith reviewed Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of …
Wish all music books were like this
5 stars
This book was fabulous. Well-researched and compelling, it doubles as a history of Detroit in addition to a study of both the musical and social importance of Dilla himself.
Koven Smith finished reading Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius …
Koven Smith commented on Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of …
Quick update: this book rules.
Koven Smith wants to read Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Frustrated by her current relationship, trans lesbian Maria Griffiths decides to change her life by …
Adding this to my queue based on this article: www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/nevada-imogen-binnie-reissue-bookselling-labor/661482/