Backbeat Books Archives • Ink 19

Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- Print Reviews
- April 20, 2020
Rock publicist Howard Bloom dishes the dirt on the all the big names in entertainment with an insider’s eye for the absurd.
My Years with Townes Van Zandt
- Print Reviews
- November 29, 2018
Harold Eggers account of his life with Townes Van Zandt is equal parts hilarious…and haunting.
Guitar Player presents Clapton, Beck, Page
- Print Reviews
- February 15, 2011
Vintage interviews with the triumvirate of guitar gods.
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night by Night
- Print Reviews
- January 4, 2011
A coffee table book, detailing SRV’s early career with pictures, reminiscences, posters and original lyrics sheets overwhelms Carl F Gauze but is probably perfect for the obsessive fan.
Relix: The Book
- Print Reviews
- January 12, 2010
Relive the decade no one claims to remember through this retrospective of Relix, a magazine that revolved around the Grateful Dead.

By The Time We Got To Woodstock
- Print Reviews
- November 6, 2009
Veteran Rock and Roll Journalist Bruce Pollack rehashes all the significant songs and stories that led to the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Carl F Gauze is not impressed.
Woodstock Vision
- Print Reviews
- September 30, 2009
This expanded edition of Elliot Landy’s rock photography collection Woodstock Vision has Matthew Moyer thinking of heading up north to chop firewood with Garth Hudson.
Sonic Boom
- Print Reviews
- September 14, 2009
In author Pete Blecha’s new examination of the gnarled roots of Seattle rock music, he posits that it all started with the slurred words “Louie Louie.” Scott Adams obviously approves.
Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man
- Print Reviews
- September 4, 2009
Shelton Hull suspects Jimmy Page is pleased with this unabashedly unauthorized biography.
The Daily Adventures of Mixerman
- Print Reviews
- July 30, 2009
Nowhere does the line between Fantasy, Reality and Comedy blur more than in the music industry. Carl Gauze reports on the pseudonymous Mixerman’s journal of one album gone quite wrong. Or quite right, for the reader at home.

I Hate New Music
- Print Reviews
- April 17, 2009
Did rock ‘n’ roll begin and end with classic rock? Has there been a single landmark rock album since 1978? Eric J. Iannelli went looking for answers in I Hate New Music, Dave Thompson’s blustery “classic rock manifesto,” but all he found was a man with questionable beliefs shouting at him.
Children of the Blues
- Print Reviews
- June 26, 2002
The blues had a baby, and Art Tipaldi wrote a book about it. James Mann looks at the Children of the Blues.
Make Music Now!
- Print Reviews
- May 8, 2002
Ever wondered where MP3’s come from, or how to get your music online? Mitch Gallagher reveals all in Make Music Now! James Mann plugs in.

Recently on Ink 19...

The Second City Presents: Last Show on Earth
- Screen Reviews
- August 13, 2020
The newest class of Canada’s finest comedy studio is back, ready for the 2020s.
Debbie Deane
- Music Reviews
- August 12, 2020
Grove House (Now Forward Music). Review by Stacey Zering.
Bush: Live In Tampa
- Screen Reviews
- August 11, 2020
On a hot summer night, Bush plays to a sold out arena in Tampa, Fl, proving that there is still an audience for a high energy rock and roll show.
The 29th Florida Film Festival
- Event Reviews
- August 10, 2020
A stripped-down film festival dips a toe into the Brave New World of masks, distancing and cinema.
The Stooges
- Music Reviews
- August 7, 2020
Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970 (Third Man Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Shithouse
- Screen Reviews
- August 6, 2020
A darling love story with engaging characters and one of the worst titles ever.
Too Much and Never Enough
- Print Reviews
- August 5, 2020
One families indifference and abandonment gave America its greatest failure. Mary Trump explains how.
Summerland
- Screen Reviews
- August 4, 2020
In rural England, a cranky woman bonds with and evacuee boy and uncovers a strange connection to her past.
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
- Screen Reviews
- August 4, 2020
These geniuses of early comedy finally get the presentation they are due in this Blu-ray edition.
Four-Letter Words
- Sound Salvation
- August 3, 2020
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.