Sean Manning edited The Show, which Da Capo will publish as a paperback original on January 15. The book's full list of musical subjects-- in order of appearance in the book (which is in chronological order by date of occurrence)-- is long enough that it might convince you to give up reading as well, but it is printed below:
R.E.M., Miles Davis, Jimmy Reed, Steve Abbot, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Titans of the Tenor!, the late James Brown, Jimmy Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Woodstock, Nina Simone, Bill Evans, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, Television, the Sunshine Festival, Queen, Mink DeVille, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, X/Levi & the Rockats, the Funk Festival, Black Flag, the Horslips, Public Image Ltd., the Kinks, Rush, the Pogues, the Beastie Boys, Redd Kross, Bon Jovi, Van Morrison (written about twice by married couple Robert Burke Warren and Holly George-Warren), Clarence Carter, Nirvana, the Lounge Lizards, Katell Keineg, Einstürzende Neubauten, Beck, Joe Maneri, the Mekons, Prince, Glen Branca/Rudolph Grey/Wharton Tiers, Antony and the Johnsons featuring Lou Reed, David Bowie, Kevin Spacey, the White Stripes, and Metric (written as a team piece by Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer).
The Show I'll Never Forget, publisher's site
