Watch our conversation with Danyel Smith
Danyel Smith joined us for our second online event on Feb. 7 and I am still feeling the good vibes. We had a wonderful time with everyone who joined us live, asked questions and brought a really happy collective energy. Check out Shine Bright if you haven’t already! As promised, you can watch the video of the conversation over at our media partner 48 Hills, where you’ll also find the recording of our first event with Dan Charnas. Thank you again, Danyel — I owe you a book about the Circle Star.
Next up: DJ Disciple on Feb. 21
World-renowned DJ Disciple is the next guest in our joyous Music Book Club author conversation series! Use this Zoom link to join us to discuss his book The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ’s Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City on Wednesday, February 21 at noon PT/3 p.m. ET. Add the Music Book Club events calendar to your Google Calendar so you always have our dates and Zoom links in advance.
Get in the mood (and get ready to Shazam) with these book-themed mixes that Disciple made for the book’s 2023 release. He’s got many more sets to check out on YouTube and SoundCloud.
New date for Shawn Reynaldo
Originally scheduled for March 3, our live Zoom conversation with Shawn Reynaldo to discuss First Floor Volume 1: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture will now take place on March 17 at 3 p.m. ET. Check out Shawn’s archive of First Floor mixes to get in the mood.
What’s your favorite bookstore for music books?
I’m writing this letter to you from Los Angeles, where my favorite bookstores for music books are Book Soup, Vroman’s, Skylight, Diesel and The Last Bookstore. Amoeba Music’s Hollywood location also has a music book selection worth browsing from time to time.
In the Bay Area, I like the music book sections at Green Apple and Booksmith in San Francisco and Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park. It’s sad that I don’t have a long list of places to share, but the truth is that we’ve lost so many wonderful independent bookstores in Northern California, like A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in SF, Cody’s in Berkeley and the loooong gone Central Park Books in San Mateo. I want to spend days in Powell’s in Portland and I loved seeing my first rap book on the shelves at The Strand in New York City, another large city where so many of our old beloved bookstores and record stores are gone.
What are your favorite bookstores anywhere in the world that have a good selection of music books? Let us all know in the comments!
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