Glitter Up the Dark

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary | Sasha Geffen

Thank you for returning my book with these AMAZING Prince-inspired coasters, @BarbaraTheBibliophage ! I‘m excited to use them once we get to the new place.

@Riveted_Reader_Melissa I am still working on The Death of Expertise - I‘m sorry that I‘m running so far behind! If you need it back quickly let me know and I will finish it on Kindle.

Thanks for another great nonfiction Summer!

cc: @tjwill

BarbaraTheBibliophage You‘re welcome! Enjoy them in good health—and with tea, right?💜 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Take all the time you need, no rush at all! And don‘t feel bad, I‘m still working on mine to return to @tjwill too (I figure we can‘t be late, because we are the last on the list and just returning them when we finish 🤷‍♀️ 😉). 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage Great color! Purple perfection! 3y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I love me a nice deep purple!! 💜 3y

daniwithtea @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ha ha fair point! 3y

daniwithtea @BarbaraTheBibliophage yes, with lots of tea (cinnamon this time of year!) ❤️ 3y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

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I couldn‘t possible love this book more! The topic is both timely and relevant, even though the book covers decades of music and social history. And Geffen does an amazing job of analyzing musical styles and musicians‘ personal experiences and choices. Their writing has some truly luminous moments as well. Thank you @daniwithtea for adding it to our #nfornonfiction #groupread !

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2021

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alisiakae This sounds really good! 3y

TrishB Sounds good 👍🏻 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @TrishB I think you both would really enjoy it! 3y

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tjwill

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This book discusses how popular music has been an influence in breaking gender norms in recent culture. There were many artists I had anticipated, and some surprises as well. I learned a lot, and I enjoyed listening to the music and artists mentioned while I was reading!

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I found myself pulling out music too with this one. 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘m super excited to read this one!! 3y

tjwill @BarbaraTheBibliophage Sorry I didn‘t mention before, but it is on the way to you! They told me it would be there on Monday. 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @tjwill Perfect - thanks! 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary | Sasha Geffen

There was a Prince section in this book that briefly talked about his break with his record company when he changed his name to the symbol. The rift was about the fact that he was putting out music too fast, they didn‘t want him saturating the market, they wanted to make fans wait & clammed for the next release, but Prince didn‘t want to be held back. ⤵️

#NForNonfiction

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ I saw this and was floored at just how much unreleased music he had backlogged in his vaults. He was truly prolific, no wonder he felt stifled by industry execs! There is literally enough material for a new album, every year, for the rest of the Millennium.

#NForNonfiction

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-welcome-2-america-60-minutes-2021-07-25/
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ChaoticMissAdventures Amazing 💜💜💜 3y

TheBookHippie 💜💜💜💜 I remember right after he died I was out for drinks and someone started singing purple rain and the whole bar sang along it was just amazing. ☂️☔️ 3y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage He was a stellar talent. 😢💜 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @TheBookHippie That is amazing, I get chills just reading that, I can‘t imagine being there. 3y

tjwill Wow! I‘ve also heard Dolly Parton say that she has so much unreleased music that it will continue to be released even after she is gone. 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tjwill And isn‘t that crazy, I can see why artists chafe at that. When they create something they worked hard on and liked, of course they want to share it. 3y

GingerAntics That would be awesome!!! 3y

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tjwill

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary | Sasha Geffen

This arrived today! I‘m looking forward to starting it!

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m so glad it arrived safely! 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary | Sasha Geffen

1. Glitter Up The Dark (tagged)
2. 👍👍👍
3. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Nonfiction, Urban Fantasy

#WonderousWednesday. @Eggs

Eggs 👍🏼📖👍🏼 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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This was a good one @daniwithtea ,& it hit me at the right time too (June is Pride Month). I blew through it in just a few days, plus it made me keep wanting to stop and pull out old albums, play favorites, and google new songs. I liked that the analysis was both deeply personal, but also analytical at times, and how it explored rule breakers, and how some of those broken rules became subsumed into the next iteration of acceptable masculinity.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa #NisForNonfiction #NforNonfiction #Nonfiction2021 I‘ll get this one off to the post office and in it‘s way to you tomorrow @tjwill 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘m sooo excited for this one! 3y

tjwill @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds amazing! 3y

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daniwithtea

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This was *so good*, I blew threw it a lot quicker than I expected to. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I might ship it out this week if you don‘t mind getting it early. I don‘t want to mess up the pipeline to @BarbaraTheBibliophage and @tjwill :)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa That‘s fine by me, my address is the same, if you don‘t have it anymore I‘ll email it to you. 3y

daniwithtea Awesome! I‘m pretty sure I still have it, will let you know if I don‘t :) 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Your book arrived safe and sound! (edited) 3y

daniwithtea @Riveted_Reader_Melissa awesome! 3y

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