This blog is not active, I do have another site

I'd like to thank everyone that continues to read this blog, but as you can see by the date of the last entry, it is not active and hasn't been for three years. You can visit by world wide web home by heading to ThisIsBooksMusic.com, which is updated on a regular basis (there are times when I may not post a new item for a day or two). I'm very active on Twitter, you can find me by checking me out two ways:

@ThisIsJohnBook
@RecordCrack

@ThisIsJohnBook covers a bit of anything and everything, a lot of music-related topics along with whatever goes on in my mind (which may or may not be a good thing. Lots of posts at any given time, be aware of this. || @RecordCrack is strictly for vinyl junkies, low traffic but high traffic always welcome. If you love all that is 33, 45, and 78 (and you occasionaly 16 2/3 junkies), please cater to your vinyl addiction via @RecordCrack. Thank you.

Book's Music podcast #72

For those of you who haven't listened in awhile (or at all), I have a music podcast at PodOMatic.com called Book's Music. You can stream and listen or download it to your digital player of choice. Good music all around from the vaults of me.

Digging In The Magazine Box: The Cure

An ad for a 1984 Cure show in Seattle.



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Digging In The Magazine Box: UB40

Unemployed? No problem, go check out the UB40 show. Because you know, a "UB40" in England means... eh, you know the deal. An ad for a UB40 show in Seattle, circa 1984.



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Digging In The Magazine Box: Ted Nugent

Say what you want, but The Nuge is The Nuge, and will be that way until death. Here he is, an ad for a show where I'm sure he played like there was no tomorrow. Nothing mellow here.



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Digging In The Magazine Box: The Hooters mini-LP review

I wasn't a diehard fan of these guys, so I'm not sure why I saved this record review from Record magazine. I liked a few songs by The Hooters but other than that, that's it. It's a review of a record they did before they moved on to a major.



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Digging In The Magazine Box: Green Monkey Records

There was a time when C/Z, eMpTy, and Sub Pop did not exist. One of the great labels of Seattle in the early to mid-80's was Green Monkey, a place where you could order a catalog and spend money on some good music. Here's a blurb from The Rocket about a 4-hour radio show organized by the label's Tom Dyer and some young kid named Jonathan Poneman.



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Digging In The Magazine Box: Quiet Riot

First off, Happy Kamehameha Day to my fellow kama'aina.

Yes friends, there was a time when Quiet Riot could fill up a place like the Seattle Center Coliseum. In truth, they were one of the biggest bands in heavy metal once upon a time, and like many bands who were at the time, they've received a bit of bad rep for simply working.



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