Art Garfunkel’s Fave Books? Give Me A F***ing Break

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David Bowie’s list of favorite books is one thing. The art rocker is an innovator who has, time and again during his long career, made highly influential work.

A list of Bowie’s fave books provides insight into the mind of this intriguing artist.

Certainly I’d love to see fave book lists from Dylan and Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits and the late Captain Beefheart and the late Frank Zappa and Patti Smith and Kim Gordon and plenty more.

But now we get a list of every book Art Garfunkel has read since 1968. Really, Art, keep it to yourself.

For more on this, read this piece in The Guardian.

About Michael Goldberg

Michael Goldberg is a distinguished pioneer in the online music space; Newsweek magazine called him an ‘Internet visionary.’ In 1994 he founded Addicted To Noise (ATN), the highly influential music web site. He was a senior vice-president and editor in chief at SonicNet from March 1997 through May 2000. In 1997, Addicted To Noise won Webby awards for best music site in 1998 and 1999, and also won Yahoo Internet Life! awards for three years running as best music site in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Prior to starting Addicted To Noise, Goldberg was an editor and senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine for 10 years. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Esquire, Vibe, Details, Downbeat, NME and numerous other publications. Michael has had three novels published that comprise the "Freak Scene Dream trilogy": "True Love Scars," "The Flowers Lied" and "Untitled" which can be ordered here. His new book, "Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey," can be pre-ordered from HoZac Books. In November Backbeat Books will publish "Addicted To Noise: The Music Writings of Michael Goldberg," which can be be pre-ordered here.

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