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Crispin Kott

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Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

October 02

Website

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/new...

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Music, History, Travel

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Legs McNeil, Lester Bangs, Mark Lewisohn, Will Hermes

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June 2008

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Crispin Kott was born in Chicago, raised in New York, and has called everywhere from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Atlanta home. A music historian and failed drummer, he’s written for numerous print and online publications, and has shared with his son Ian and daughter Marguerite a love of reading, writing, and record collecting. As a longtime Brooklyn resident and recent returnee to the Bay Area, Crispin has been able to indulge in his love of Rock & Roll of the past, present, and future.

Crispin Kott is the co-author of Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene (and Beyond) (BenBella Books, September 2026), the Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City (Globe Pequot Press, June 2018), the Litt ...more

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Bond, James Bond - Mapping the Chronology

A few months ago I read Forever and a Day, a novel written by Anthony Horowitz with the approval of the Ian Fleming estate in which James Bond earns his "00" status. Set just prior to Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale, Forever and a Day did a splendid job of setting the table, and it also reminded me that I hadn't read any of the series since I was a teenager. Less concerned with sticking Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.08 · 63 ratings · 17 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City by Mike Katz (Goodreads Author), Crispin Kott (Goodreads Author), Legs McNeil (Foreword) 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Book of Rock and Roll Wisdom by Mike Katz (Goodreads Author), Crispin Kott (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area by Mike Katz (Goodreads Author), Crispin Kott (Goodreads Author), Joel Gion (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene by Legs McNeil, Crispin Kott (Goodreads Author) (Other) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene by Legs McNeil, Crispin Kott (Goodreads Author) (Other) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Crispin Kott and 1 other person liked Rob's review of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk: "Let’s get the easy part out of the way: Please Kill Me is every bit the landmark account of the punk era that its reputation suggests. I’ll stop short of saying it’s exhaustive because there are many pivotal names that don’t appear in its pages. To gi" Read more of this review »
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Crispin Kott rated a book liked it Thunderball (James Bond, #9) by Ian Fleming	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Continuing my journey through the James Bond chronology, I listened to this audiobook edition of Thunderball during a cross-country journey covering the distance between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Salt Lake City, Utah. The book itself is boilerplate Bond, ...more
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Crispin Kott entered a giveaway Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense by Elliott Kalan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.
Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
― Tennessee Williams

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message 3: by Crispin

Nov 17, 2017 05:37AM

Tara wrote: "'Everybody Poops' is my favorite book, too!"

Just read this to Marguerite last night. Still a favorite in the Kott-Levine house.

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message 2: by Schmacko

Aug 26, 2008 04:34AM

Do you want to vote on the September book?

The Liars Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

The Spirit Catches You and Then You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

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message 1: by Tara

Jun 12, 2008 06:21AM