The History of Bones
A Memoir
The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie
“A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual quest to retain some kind of artistic integrity.”—The New York Times
In the tornado that was downtown New York in the 1980s, John Lurie stood at the vortex. After founding the band The Lounge Lizards with his brother, Evan, in 1979, Lurie quickly became a centrifugal figure in the world of outsider artists, cutting-edge filmmakers, and cultural rebels. Now Lurie vibrantly brings to life the whole wash of 1980s New York as he developed his artistic soul over the course of the decade and came…
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October 24, 2023John Lurie is a musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded The Lounge Lizards in 1979. In the decades since, he has released albums (including those by his alter ego Marvin Pontiac), acted in films, composed and performed music for television and film, exhibited his paintings throughout the world, and produced, directed, and starred in the Fishing with John television series. His most recent series, Painting with John, debuted on HBO in 2021.
The History of Bones
John Lurie
The Vinyl Diaries
Pete Crighton
I Heard There Was A Secret Chord
Daniel J. Levitin
The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Book of Days
Patti Smith
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
Martha Wainwright
Sound Within Sound
Kate Molleson
Bedroom Rapper
Rollie Pemberton
Letters of Note: Music
Shaun Usher
Beautiful Scars
Tom Wilson
Song of a Nation
Robert Harris
A Newfoundlander in Canada
Alan Doyle
Sticky Fingers
Joe Hagan
Play It Loud
Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna; Foreword by Carlos Santana
I Am Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson with Ben Greenman