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The history of popular music can be traced not just in the evolution of the songs themselves, but in the nomenclature of the individuals and collectives who created them. Often these were simply utilitarian designations adequate for a marquee or the label on a disc: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, the Miles Davis Quintet, the […]

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	Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography 3.72 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2007 — 10 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
	Here's to My Sweet Satan: How the Occult Haunted Music, Movies and Pop Culture, 1966-1980 3.43 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Led Zeppelin FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Hard Rock Band of All Time 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Out of Our Heads: Rock 'n' Roll Before the Drugs Wore Off 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Silence Descends: The End of the Information Age, 2000-2500 (Commentary; 93; Pension Papers) 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1997	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
	Calling Dr. Strangelove: The Anatomy and Influence of the Kubrick Masterpiece 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1940 — 5 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
	Takin' Care of Business: A History of Working People's Rock 'n' Roll really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Arcadia Borealis: Childhood and Youth in Northern Ontario 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	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
	Dumbing down dissent: Fads and Fallacies in Political Discourse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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 truth is out there ... way out there: three major patterns of conspiratorial thinking.: An article from: Skeptic 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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George Case rated a book liked it Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics by Ronald Brownstein	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
Not bad, but one of many books based on a similar formula. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2023/06/23/... ...more
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George Case rated a book did not like it This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich by Daniel Rachel (Goodreads Author)	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
An exercise in pedantry and moral purism. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2026/04/24/... ...more
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George Case rated a book liked it When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Graydon Carter	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
Entertaining, though a bit self-serving. No doubt there's more to this story. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2026/01/16/... ...more
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George Case rated a book really liked it Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America by Michael M. Grynbaum	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
Thorough and engaging history of the influential (for better and worse) publishing titan. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2026/03/27/... ...more
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George Case rated a book really liked it The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon	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
Should stand as the definitive account of the 1975 Great Lakes tragedy. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2026/01/30/... ...more
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George Case rated a book liked it The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster by Shelley Puhak (Goodreads Author)	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
Pretty dry - though likely more historically accurate than more lurid accounts of "Countess Dracula." Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2026/04/17/... ...more
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Necessary and timely history of a very sensitive topic. Reviewed at my blog: https://georgecaseblog.ca/2025/11/21/... ...more
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