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After months, I FINALLY finished this book. It's well written and researched in rich detail, but Jann Wenner is such a repugnant character I could only take him in small doses. Cruel, vindictive, petty, shallow, greedy, narcissistic and vain, he had few redeeming qualities. This only gets a pick because of the nostalgia factor for me as a long time reader of Rolling Stone magazine (1977-2000). 3 🎸🎸🎸 1/2
7/10 #bookbuyingdiet

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 119

#tbrmountain #bookbuyingdiet

I loved the details about early Rolling Stone, and the famous and infamous people who got their start there (Hunter S Thompson, Cameron Crowe, Annie Leibovitz), and the behind-the-scenes of famous covers (Lennon and Yoko, Mick Jagger, David Cassidy). But Jann Wenner, who participated extensively, mostly comes across as a pretentious asshole with a lot of issues, and I could have done with some shorter biographical sections.

Haven‘t been posting much because I‘m on a long (research) road trip through the Southwest and California. Have I had any time to read? No. Has that stopped me buying new books? Also no. #bookhaul

Halfway through this and thoroughly enjoying it. “...Wenner survived by being an inveterate cheapskate. He once asked writers to use three-minute egg timers to make long-distance calls.”

#ManicMonday @JoScho
1. Apart from the tagged book , there's a glorious book called ' The love you make ' about The Beatles.
2. Fleetwood Mac , the Doors, Moody Blues , ABBA, Spice Girls, Alisha Chinai
3. A tribute concert to Bob Dylan, BBC Proms-Copland's Lincoln Portrait by the CSO
4. Right now, Sza and Kendrick Lamar's 'All the stars '

Since I don't have a cat - here's my latest read curled up in a patch of sunshine

Over the next few days I‘ll be posting bookish gifts that I got various family members. These are for my hippy uncle.

Thanks for the heads-up about the new Hendrix biography @LibrarianRyan The black part of the cover is velvet! Far out!