Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (LUST)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
• Published by: Sasquatch Books August 15, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1570614377
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1570614378
• Book Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 8.8 ounces

Product Description
The MP3 and iPod revolution have changed forever how people listen to music, but choosing what to listen to next remains the dilemma of music lovers everywhere. As music director of KCRW in Santa Monica, CA, and DJ of the influential “Morning Becomes Eclectic” show, Harcourt uncovers the best in new and overlooked music for over half a million listeners every day. In Music Lust, Harcourt does what Nancy Pearl did for books in her national bestseller Book Lust. With more than eighty unique and unusual thematic lists, Harcourt offers a wide-ranging guide to the best in recorded music, from Frank Sinatra to Frank Zappa, Billie Holiday to Billy Bragg, bebop to hip-hop, The White Album to Back in Black, and much, much more. Known as an international tastemaker, Harcourt lends his discerning ear in recommended listening lists such as “Queens of Punk,” “Great Road Music,” and “My Desert Island Discs.” Within each list, key bands and performers are introduced and discussed, and pivotal albums and songs identified. With the diversity of genres represented and Harcourt at the helm, Music Lust’s eclectic access to musicians, themes, and styles is spot-on for this moment in music.

Reader Reviews
Nic Harcourt has been a mainstay at influential KCRW in Santa Monica for several years, and has broken many bands to his wide audience. I believe I first heard White Stripes, Coldplay, Nelly McKay, Sigor Ros, and many many others on his show before they got started playing everywhere. He is also, along with others at KCRW, a top music supervisor for film and tv. This gives him a unique ability to recommend a very wide range of music in many genres, and apply that music to many moods and conditions. In this book, he does it fabulously. If you're like me, you'll read it just to find a few new morsels to try that you might not be aware of. If you're not a hard core music fan, but just love to get turned on to new stuff, this book will really send you to the "music" section of amazon or your nearest music store to pick up music that will blow your mind and change your life. Highly recommended! Comment | | (Report this)