Biography
For a dozen years John Book has contributed pieces on music to an array of independent zines and periodicals such as Curious Goods, MaximumRockNRoll, Reflex, The Rocket, Goldmine, DiscRespect, and DISCoveries, while also founding and running his personal music publication Intensity. His selections for prolonged isolation comprise THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, THE BEATLES - Abbey Road, PINK FLOYD - Dark Side Of The Moon, WU-TANG CLAN - Enter The Wu - Tang (36 Chambers), MARY J. BLIGE - My Life, DJ SHADOW - Endtroducing, PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, BEASTIE BOYS - Paul's Boutique, SUNDAY MANOA - Guava Jam, LENNY KRAVITZ - Let Love Rule, LENNY KRAVITZ - Mama Said, LED ZEPPELIN - Houses Of The Holy, PARLIAMENT - Mothership Connection, FUNKADELIC - One Nation Under A Groove, RAMSEY LEWIS - Sun Goddess, EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Open Our Eyes, MAXWELL - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, MISSY ELLIOT - Supa Dupa Fly, CECILIO & KAPONO - s/t, LOGGINS & MESSINA - Full Sail, SANTANA - Abraxas, MILES DAVIS - Kind Of Blue, JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Electric Ladyland, BLIND FAITH - s/t, OSIBISA - Woyaya, CHICAGO - II, BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds, MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Freak Out, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Trout Mask Replica, JAMES BROWN - Star Time, LIVING COLOUR - Stain, FISHBONE - s/t (EP), NIRVANA - Nevermind, MUDHONEY - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, SOUNDGARDEN - Louder Than Love, MELVINS - Gluey Porch Treatments, CHRIST ON A CRUTCH - Crime Pays When Pigs Die, CHANTE MOORE - A Love Supreme, AEROSMITH - Rocks, PRINCE - Sign "O" The Times, THE BOREDOMS - Pop Tatari, DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High And Rising, DE LA SOUL - De La Soul Is Dead, ANTHRAX - Among The Living, SLAYER - Reign In Blood, METALLICA - Master Of Puppets, S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die, LES CRANE - Desiderata, GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION - Release Yourself, and SOUNDTRACK - Woodstock. He adds that he hopes never to remain stranded on such an island very long, or else he would obtain a CD burner to assemble his own personalized compilations. His specialty areas include hip-hop/rap, R&B/soul, funk, and Hawaiian music.