BMW06: table of contents

• Greil Marcus, Stories of a Bad Song/Threepenny Review

• Alex Ross, Doctor Atomic “Countdown”/The New Yorker

• Mike McGuirk/Rhapsody
Rush Hemispheres
Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever
Kylie Minogue I Believe in You
Accept Balls to the Wall
Frosty Liquor Drink
Iron Maiden Number of the Beast
Boredoms Super AE
Kraftwerk Man Machine
Dream Theater Octavarium


• Robert Wheaton, London Calling—For Congo, Coloumbo, Sri Lanka…/PopMatters

• Jon Caramanica, Ghetto Gospel/XXL Magazine

• Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Love Hurts/VIBE

• Charles Michener, Going Bonkers at the Opera: Glimmerglass Flirts with Chaos/New York Observer

• Ann Powers, Crazy Is as Crazy Does/eMusic

• Miss AMP, Kevin Blechdom/Plan B Magazine

• Kimberly Chun, Touched by a Woman: Dolly Parton Sings about Peace, Love, and Understanding/Creative Loafing

• Frank Kogan, Frank Kogan’s Country Music Critics’ Ballot 2005/I Love Music

• John Biguenet, The DeZurik Sisters/The Oxford American

• Katy St. Clair, A Very Special Concert/San Francisco Weekly

• Nick Weidenfeld, Dying in the Al Gore Suite/The Fader

• Tom Ewing, The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine”/Popular

• Geoffrey O’Brien, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”/The New York Review of Books

• Geoff Boucher, Ex-Door Lighting Their Ire/Los Angeles Times

• Dave Tompkins, Permission to ‘Land/Scratch Magazine

• Kevin Whitehead, Chops: Upstairs, Downstairs with Art Tatum (and Monk)/eMusic

• Robert Christgau, The First Lady of Song/The Nation

• Anne Midgette, The End of the Great Big American Voice/New York Times

• Bill Friskics-Warren, Bettye Lavette/No Depression

•Susan Alcorn, Texas: Three Days and Two Nights/Counterpunch

• John Sullivan, Upon This Rock/GQ

• Peter Relic, The Return/XXL Magazine

• Dr. David Thorpe, Thorpe’s Notes on R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet/Something Awful.com

• Raquel Cepeda, Riddims by the Reggaeton/Village Voice

• Wayne Marshall, we use so many snares/wayne&wax

• Andrew Hultkrans, Sweat and Lowdown/Artforum

• J. Edward Keyes, Where’s the Party? 13 Hours with the Next Franz Ferdinand/DIW Magazine

• David Marchese, High on Fire/PopMatters

• Monica Kendrick, Bang the Head Slowly/Chicago Reader

• Will Hermes (as Robert Barbara) Vegetarian militancy, sound magick, B&D, and the most astonishing live show of my life/Loose Strife

• Moustafa Bayoumi, Disco Inferno/The Nation



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BMW06: Press release. Get your galleys now!

Departing from my Pragueblog to announce that galleys are available for Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006. Get yours today:

“It is a great thing, a luxurious thing, that our music is so fine and fierce, that it is able to go so many places and speak of so many things, and that there are people with the nimble intelligence to appreciate it in so many forums.”—Mary Gaitskill, from the Introduction

DA CAPO PRESS ANNOUNCES NEW EDITORS & SELECTIONS FOR
DA CAPO BEST MUSIC WRITING 2006
The Year’s Best Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop,
Jazz, Pop, Country, & More

This seventh edition of Da Capo Best Music Writing offers a fresh perspective and a rich array of writing by Greil Marcus, Alex Ross, Mike McGuirk, Robert Wheaton, Jon Caramanica, Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Charles Michener, Ann Powers, Miss AMP, Kimberly Chun, Frank Kogan, John Biguenet, Katy St. Clair, Nick Weidenfeld, Tom Ewing, Geoffrey O’Brien, Geoff Boucher, Dave Tompkins, Kevin Whitehead, Robert Christgau, Anne Midgette, Bill Friskics-Warren, Susan Alcorn, John Sullivan, Peter Relic, Dr. David Thorpe, Raquel Cepeda, Wayne Marshall, Andrew Hultkrans, J. Edward Keyes, David Marchese, Monica Kendrick, Will Hermes, and Moustafa Bayoumi.

Da Capo Press is pleased to announce that Mary Gaitskill, the Guest Editor of the 2006 edition, joins an esteemed list of previous guest editors including Nick Hornby, Mickey Hart, Matt Groening, Peter Guralnick, Jonathan Lethem, and JT LeRoy.

Guest Editor Mary Gaitskill is a National Book Award finalist for her novel Veronica, which was also named one of the New York Times’ top five novels of the year. Her book Because They Wanted To was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998 and her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories (1993), and The O. Henry Prize Stories (1998). She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and teaches creative writing at Syracuse University. She lives in New York.

Series Editor Daphne Carr is a music journalist, critic, and scholar pursuing a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Columbia University. Her work appears regularly in the Associated Press, the Seattle Weekly, City Pages, Chicago Tribune, Stop Smiling, Venus Magazine, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006
The Year’s Best Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & More
Paperback Original ISBN: 0-306-81499-4 $15.95 November 2006


What critics have said about Da Capo Best Music Writing:

“Each page makes me want to either dance or visit a rock star’s grave.”—USA Today

“A diverse time capsule that grapples with pop music’s most engaging issues.”—Blender

“The stories behind the music can be as inspiring as the music itself…will likely inspire the reader to seek out a lot of new music.”—New York Press

“With a little something for fans of nearly every kind of popular music, this is one of the best omnibuses of incisive writing about pop music.”—Booklist

“For those with broad ears and hungry minds, Da Capo’s annual remains a treat.”—Relix

For press info, contact:
Kate Kazeniac, Publicity Manager
kate.kazeniac@perseusbooks.com