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Hotel California
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends | Barney Hoskyns
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"Hoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider's keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told." Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone From enduring musical achievements to drug-fueled chaos and bed-hopping antics, the L.A. pop music scene in the sixties and seventies was like no other, and journalist Barney Hoskyns re-creates all the excitement and mayhem. Hotel California brings to life the genesis of Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Joni Mitchells house; the Eagles backstage fistfights after the success of "Hotel California"; the drama of David Geffen and the other money men who transformed the L.A. music scene; and more.
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Bookzombie
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#TitlesandTunes

I‘m cheating just a bit for July since I still haven‘t read my pick for June. 😬 I read the tagged book in 2020 and found it a really interesting read. (My husband also gives it a pick!) Since Jackson Browne is on the cover, I‘m going with a song from his most recent album.

I did pick a backup book to hopefully get to in July and I‘m tagging it below.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_gWWzLph24

batsy Great book pick! I've had Wylding Hall on my TBR for years but completely forgot about it for this prompt 😆 1y
BarbaraBB Great picks for book and song 🎶 1y
Bookzombie @batsy Thanks! It‘s been on my TBR for years too. 🙂 1y
Bookzombie @BarbaraBB Thank you! 1y
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Bookzombie
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We wrapped up our Christmas celebrations today with my side of the family so I‘m a little late sharing my bookish gifts. The books are actually my husband‘s (2 from me), but we share books. ☺️ #Christmasbookhaul

Reggie Lol, we used to have a cook at this restaurant I worked at that loved Hotel California but his voice was nails on a chalkboard. But you couldn‘t help smile at his enthusiasm. Nice gifts!! 5y
KimM Is that a blanket? 5y
Bookzombie @Reggie LOL. Thank you! Do you use a Kindle? Random, I know. 🙂 5y
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Bookzombie @KimM It‘s a t-shirt, but that would be cool to have on a blanket too! 5y
Reggie @Bookzombie if I read an ebook it‘s on kindle on my phone. But lately it varies between actual books and my phone. (edited) 5y
Bookzombie @Reggie Do you mind sending me your email to bookzombieonlitsy@gmail.com? 5y
Reggie As long as you don‘t mind sending your address to reglara79@yahoo.com. I‘ve always wanted to send you a book. I kept hoping we‘d cross paths in a swap! Lol 5y
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peacegypsy
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Every summer, I get a craving (which I sometimes succumb to) to get a hippie-loving, barefoot celebrating, good lyrics saying, tattoo. The urge is strong today, especially when I‘ve finally been able to do a little outdoor cactus decorating that makes me think of Southwestern smells and places. And man, is this a book of great music. 🌞🎼🏜🏕🌵

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PacingTheCage
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1. According to Goodreads, I've read 40 books this year.
2. 100 was my number for this year.
3. Gotta go with Circe by Madeline Miller
4. All the Sarah J. Maas releases. Saw that Court of Frost and Starlight was downloaded on my Kindle today. YAY!
#2018CHECKIN

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No_One
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Just came home from sunny & warm California and I miss it already! 💛🧡❤️ 🍤🍣☀️. Ugh, but the driving.... I don‘t miss those drivers! 😄😄😄

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#90sInJuly #day13 #CaliforniaLove I'm deep in California love at the moment,Robert Crais' Elvis Cole series is written like a love letter to L.A.Michael Connellys Bosch series is also full of L.A love.And the Laurel Canyon music scene in the 60s fascinates me, I would've loved to live in one of those houses,listening to Joni Mitchell & Mama Cass singing. Google maps is a handy app when I'm reading, to look up the place I'm reading about.

Suzze Love Michael Connelly. Looking forward to his new series! 7y
Robothugs Love it! ❤️ What is the book in the bottom left? 7y
RealLifeReading Fun! And hello from California! 7y
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Lizpixie @Suzze me too! @RealLifeReading Hi🙋🏻 what part of California? @Robothugs it's about the music scene in the canyon during the late 60s. 7y
Robothugs Thanks 😊 7y
Cinfhen 💜💚💜💚 7y
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Lizpixie
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#JubilantJuly #day3 #StarsAndStripes I wasn't sure what I was going to do for this prompt, so I decided to go with a Red, White & Blue stripe stack by American authors, Hotel California, Buffy The Vampire Slayer & The Cabinet Of Curiosities, then little star lights wrapped around two American classics in The Big Sleep & In Cold Blood. Is that enough stars & stripes?

erzascarletbookgasm This would work for #redwhiteblue for today's #sizzlingsummerbooks 7y
Lmstraubie I love the added effect of the twinkle lights. ☄️☄️☄️ 7y
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azulaco
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I started this one on Scribd a while back, but never finished it. I just got distracted. I do want to go back and pick it up again, because I love this era of music. #maybookflowers #musicaltitles