Come Down from the Hills and Make My Baby
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unusual title — unusually good book!
By vaughn “dupont” (portland, oregon)
First of all, with a title like “come down from the hills and make my baby” it isn’t suprising that this book caught my eye.
I’d never heard of Braindead Sound Machine but that didn’t stop the book from engaging me immediately, almost like being told a really fascinating story by a remarkably lucid drunk or recently recovered drug addict in a red leather booth in a some dive, which can be a good thing in theory.
I was impressed with the author’s ability to sustain my interest in a musical group whose music i was (and am) unfamiliar with — in fact they should have given away a cd with the book for free. this is more a cautionary tale about the record industry and the damage done than a self-serving ‘music’ book about some band’s career. and i suppose that’s what is MOST compelling about it; the author’s slow realizations about the nature of his dreams and aspirations (however subversive they are)can’t survive in the even more hostile environment of the idiocy of the music biz. any musician, and anyone that likes music, should read this book. -30
cf. amazon.com
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SECOND EDITION NOW IN PRINT! GET IT NOW! « COME DOWN FROM THE HILLS & MAKE MY BABY // March 11, 2009 at 9:43 am
[...] “This is more a cautionary tale about the record industry and the damage done than a self-serving ‘music’ book about some band’s career — and i suppose that’s what is MOST compelling about it; the author’s slow realizations about the nature of his dreams and aspirations (however subversive they are) can’t survive in the even more hostile environment of the idiocy of the music biz. Any musician, and anyone that likes music, should read this book.” – Vaughn DuPont, amazon.com [...]