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Courtney E. Smith

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September 16, 1977

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Courtney Smith has more than a decade of experience working in the music industry. She left MTV after spending 8 years as a music programmer and manager of label relations, where she was one of the executives who decided which videos went into rotation on all of MTV's 20 music platforms, including programming MTV2 Subterranean (the only nationally broadcast indie rock video show) and mtvU (a 24-hour college music channel) and created launch programs for emerging artists like mtvU's Woodie Awards. She has played an important role in deciding what music entered the pop cannon for the last decade.

Smith specialized in grooming upcoming bands and was an early champion of, and has worked closely with, Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, Franz Ferdina...more

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Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time

3.23 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions

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Great Apes

by Will Self

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The Twilight of American Culture

by Morris Berman

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Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

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Courtney Smith gave to: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson read in May, 2012	My rating:
Absolutely loved this book. It's general science, but written with clarity for the layman and clever-bordering-on-snide asides that only a Brit could pull off. The author's occasional bouts of incredulity and awe made this one of the more entertainin...more
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Courtney Smith is currently reading: Great Apes by Will Self	My rating:
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Courtney Smith is currently reading: The Twilight of American Culture by Morris Berman	My rating:
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Courtney Smith gave to: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski read in April, 2012	My rating:
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Courtney Smith liked Spencer's review of Record Collecting for Girls: " Fun, fascinating, and not just "for girls." I loved every second of it. For a more thorough look at why, check out my blog at: http://dunceacademy.com/1586/record-c... " Read more of this review »
Apr 05, 2012 08:23pm · see review
Courtney Smith liked Jennifer Ware's review of Record Collecting for Girls: " Hahahaha! Maybe it's my age, but everyone I know has their own funeral music picked out. I plan to give this book to my daughter. I'll just pretend ignorance about the chapter on music to masturbate to. I love Smith's taste in "older" music and am... " Read more of this review »
Apr 05, 2012 08:23pm · see review
Courtney Smith liked Meg's review of Record Collecting for Girls: " There's an entire interlude about the importance of last.fm, so. I was destined to enjoy it. "
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Courtney Smith gave to: But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous by Jancee Dunn	My rating:
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