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Adam Steiner is a lifeguard, journalist and author. When not saving lives he sits dreaming about all the books he will never write. In 2020 his book Into The Never, a deep dive into the Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral album, was published by Rowman and Littlefield, his first novel, Politics Of The Asylum about a cleaner in a collapsing hospital was published in 2018

He created the Disappear Here poetry film project – 27 x collaborative poetry-films about Coventry Ringroad – and now curates the Living With Buildings series, screening experimental films about people, poetry and place.

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	Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral 3.87 avg rating — 175 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
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	Milk and Honey Siren by Kallima Hamilton, Roger Kees, Kristen Berger 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	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
	Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death 3.85 avg rating — 13 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
	Politics of the Asylum 3.67 avg rating — 6 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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I have long been a fan of the Bowie Book Club Podcast, a show which delivers deep insights and wild speculation on David Bowie’s reading habits. The podcast started with reading Bowie’s 100 books list (in no particular order) a series of titles which Bowie selected that he had enjoyed or had an impact on his creative life.

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The Stories of John Cheever

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International Freak shows us that the real Sixties was not just Carnaby Street media slop, the Rolling Stones’ self-obsession and the technicolour daydream that would later be swallowed up whole, real people with real lives were happening and making ...more
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Adam Steiner liked Paul Stanley's review of Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral: "I love NIN, but this felt more like I was reading someone’s academic thesis. Found it incredibly boring. Which was spectacularly disappointing considering how exciting NIN are, and what a groundbreaking piece of art this album was "
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In Another World is a great exploration of what makes Talk Talk so unique, and does much to reveal the man behind the genius image of Mark Hollis. Reviewed for Louder Than War https://louderthanwar.com/in-another-... ...more
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Adam Steiner liked Alexander's review of Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral: "A thoroughly researched book on the creation of The Downward Spiral. The author does do a lot of subjective analysis of the songs, but what can you do. The author does paint a really descriptive picture of the songs that immerses you in the recountin" Read more of this review »
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Adam Steiner and 1 other person liked Todd Thorstenson's review of Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral: "Extremely dense, so many facts about NiN and Trent Reznor you can kind of get bogged down. But it's a great literature to accompany one of seminal albums of all-time. The only disappointment was that Steiner wasn't able to get Reznor too interview fo" Read more of this review »
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A deep and insightful look into the psychological operations behind fandom, how we are inspired by artists we love, and aspire to love them, for all of their faults, which are often legion. Te authors tackloe lots of 'problematic' musicians and celeb ...more
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