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  <title><![CDATA[Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island]]></title>
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  <default_description>When rock critic Greil Marcus asked 20 other writers on rock what  &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; rock-and-roll album they'd want to take to a desert island, the  resulting 20 fervent essays by the likes of Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, and Robert Christgau  became this engaging book. It's a brief but intense amusement to imagine  spending the rest of your life under a coconut palm listening to The Kinks, The Eagles, Van Morrison or The  Ronettes.    </default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having just joined Goodreads earlier this month I’ve been adding books to my “read” shelf as I recall them. The list is at about 385 books as of today though that number is only a fraction of what I’ve read in my life. Perusing my bookshelves the other day in order to add to the list I came ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76454849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been meaning to read <em>Stranded</em> ever since I read <em>Marooned</em>, the second book in the series, published in 2007 (Stranded was published in 1978). The essays in <em>Marooned</em> were so smart and witty, I found myself laughing and excited even reading about albums I didn't care for. <em>Stranded</em> did have a group...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47577766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not gonna lie; I'm not sure I've read this book. What I HAVE read, which I know this book contains, is Lester Bangs' review of Astral Weeks, which pretty much sums up how I feel about Astral Weeks, which is that it changed my life forever. Do yourself a favor and read the review (you can find it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69642173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A grab bag by nature, but there are unmissable essays here from Nick Tosches, Lester Bangs, Ellen Willis, Simon Frith, and Ed Ward. And damn good ones from Robert Christgau, Tom Carson, M. Mark, Dave Marsh, and Langdon Winner. Only a few duds overall and they're mercifully brief. Best of all is Grei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16721339">more...</a>]]></body>
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