Book and Web resources

Below are links to great books about 90's music, Cleveland's Rock Scene, websites about books, as well as other sources of information about Alternative music in print and in film!

I'm not limiting this to just the 1990's, but to any and all resources I can find about Alternative music in all its various genres. If you'd like to add to the list, email me at ear@1079.com

Books:

Rock and Roll and the Cleveland Connection by Deanna Adams - A great review of Cleveland's rock musical history.

The following list suggested by the "Host of the North Coast", rock writer Peanuts

Trouser Press Guide To 90's Rock - Ira Robbins
Rolling Stone Record Guide by Random House
Big Book Of Blues - Robert Santelli
Music Hound* (Blues) by Leland Rucker
Rock* Rough Guide 2nd edition
All Music* Guide 4th edition
Music Hound* (Rock) by Gary Graff and daniel Durchocz
Pop, Soul & Rock Irwin Stambler
Rock Encyclopedia by Lilian Roxon
Any book by Peter Frame
Alternative Rock by Dave Thompson
The New Folk Music by Craig Harris

* a series of books by gendre

The Lakewood Public Library catalog is like most other libraries, organized by title, author, and subject headings.
Subject headings to look for books in library catalog would include:

§ Composition (Music)
§ Music Trade
§ Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- Instruction and study.
§ Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) -- Writing and Publishing
§ Music -- 20th century – History and Criticism
§ Music Trade Directories

Examples of what you will find include:

§ Homegrown music / by Marc Bristol.
§ Losing my virginity : how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way / Richard Branson.
§ The craft of musical composition / by Paul Hindemith.
§ How to read, write, and understand music / by Jack Bradley

Key Magazines for music also carried by most libraries would be:

Spin
Circus
AP-Alternative Press
Metal Maniacs
Revolver
Music.com
Beat
Rolling Stone
No Depression
Q
Country Weekly
Audio File

Web Sites:

Rena the Rockin' Librarian's Bibliography of Women of Punk Rock - Yes, it's retrieved through Archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20011107204817/www.comnet.ca/~rina/bibliography.html

The 80's Server
http://www.80s.com/

Yahoo Directory of Rock and Pop history
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Genres/Rock_and_Pop/History/

Yahoo Directory of 1990's Pop Culture
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1990s/Popular_Culture/

Cleveland / Ohio Music Web Sites

www.village-buzz.com - "the Village Buzz" - A Northeast and Central Ohio music news and networking site.

http://www.clevelandhits.com- This site is a cleveland based internet radio station using Real Player technology to provide you with live music. The songs played on the station are determined by votes from the listeners.

http://www.ohiomusician.com- This is the site for the Ohio Musician Internet Magazine. This online magazine offers local news and articles on Ohio based musicians.

http://www.clevelandlive.com/- This site has a great entertainment section and a searchable concert database.

http://www.frictiondesign.com/clevelandpunk/frames.html – Site about the Cleveland Punk Scene

http://www.darkcleveland.com/ - A site about the local Goth-Rock scene.

http://www.cim.edu/ - Cleveland Institute of Music

http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Ohio/Cities/Cleveland/Entertainment_and_Arts/Music/ - Yahoos Cleveland Music Category

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