Music in a Word Volume 3: Whippings and Apologies

Whippings and Apologies
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Genre Music
By Ira A. Robbins (2026)
The final volume of Ira Robbins' anthology-cum-memoir, Music in a Word Volume 3 contains complete transcripts of archival interviews with David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey, Radiohead, Nick Lowe and others, magazine features about Television, CBGB, They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, OMD and others, liner notes (ELO, Blondie, T. Rex, Yardbirds, Johnny Thunders, Humble Pie), obituaries, book reviews, correspondence, critics' polls and a whole lot more, all annotated and expanded with recollections and anecdotes from 50 years of writing about rock music.

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