Johnny Ramone’s Autobiography Set For April Release
After years of delays, Johnny Ramone’s memoir, _Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone_ will be released on April 2 by Abrams Image. read more
Found in: Books, NewsJ.J. Abrams to Collaborate on First Novel
J.J. Abrams seems to be conquering one medium after another — first with television (Alias, Lost), then film (Star Trek, Cloverfield). Now, the writer/director/producer is moving on to literature.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWhere The Wild Things Are Author To Publish New Picture Book
The Caldecott-winning author of Where The Wild Things Are is set to publish a new picture book from HarperCollins. Bumble-Ardy will serve as the first book from Maurice Sendak since 1981’s Outside Over There. The book first saw life in the early 1970s as an animated segment for Sesame Street.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsMoby Announces New Album, Photography Book
Moby has announced the details of his new album, Destroyed, which drops May 17 via Mute records. Coinciding with the album, he’ll also publish a book of photography.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAria Releases 420-page, 16-pound, $300 Rap Book
Calling all hip-hop fans: Aria, a multimedia entertainment company, is publishing its first book, Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day"Weird Al" Yankovic has a Book and an Album on the Way
Rolling Stone reports that “Weird Al” Yankovic is “dangerously close” to finishing his 13th studio album and about to release his first children’s book.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsSteve Earle to Release New Album, Debut Novel
Steve Earle is set to release a new album and book later this year. The T-Bone Burnett-produced record, I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, is the follow-up to 2009’s Townes and marks the first set of original material released since the Earle’s 2007 Grammy-award-winning Washington Square Serenade. The new LP includes songs written for an Earle-produced Joan Baez record as well as the Grammy-nominated song “This City” that was written for HBO series Treme.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsBob Dylan Signs With Simon & Schuster for Six-Book Deal
It seems like Bob Dylan will be spending a lot more of his time writing, as the famed songwriter and book publisher Simon & Schuster have agreed to a six-book deal. The terms include proposed sequels to his 2004 memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, along with another book based off of his Sirius/XM radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsTom Waits Releases Poem for Charity
The lyrical ballad, "Seeds On Hard Ground," will be available in the form of a limited-edition chap book... read more
Found in: Books, NewsSome Books You Could Read That Weren't Written By Snooki
Unless you're really into peach-shaking, farting protagonists, you might wanna try out one of these books instead... read more
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