Jul 19, 2021
Music lovers, this one’s for you! My dear friend Mark Lefebvre is back, this time to discuss a book written by the drummer of his favorite band, Rush. Neil Peart wrote “Traveling Music” as a meditation on his life, traveling with a rock and roll band, experiencing huge professional wins and terrible personal loss, and all of the music that influenced his life. Mark is a classic Rush fanboy, and it was a delight to listen to his excitement about this book, even when we disagreed about it.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Mark Lefebvre
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Discussed in this episode:
Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times by Neil Peart
Mark’s previous appearance on the Best Book Ever Podcast
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Shock Rock 2 edited by Jeff Gelb
The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa by Neil Peart
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart
Clockwork Angels by Neil Peart and Kevin J. Anderson
Assembling California by John McPhee
The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
Masquerade: The Complete Series by Valerie Francis
Discussed in our Patreon Excerpt:
Terminal House by Sean Costello
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (I never voluntarily pick up sci-fi, but after hearing Mark’s description of this book, I immediately grabbed a copy of this one at my library!)
The Hope Sze Medical Mystery Series by Melissa Yi (an 8-book series that begins with Code Blues: When Medicine Becomes Murder)
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