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Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. Welcome to episode 307 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record

collectors and music nerds, and this week, nerd out we shall, with none other than Joe Carducci,

music writer, record producer, and guy who ran many facets of SST records back in the 80s.

You may know Joe from some stories told by Henry Rollins,

or you may have read his name in some of the punk rock history books as a central figure

at a very pivotal time. You may even know of or even own some of Joe's books, including

Rock and the Pop Narcotic, Enter Naomi, Stone Mail, Life Against Dementia. Joe also has a new book,

Western Stories out now. You can get a copy from that place online that sells books and

everything else. Or better yet, you can order Western Stories and any of Joe's other books

from an independent bookstore, like Nightheran Books,

knightheronbooks.com. I'll put the link in the episode page. They ship Joe's books all over

the world direct to you if you can't get one locally. I suggest grabbing all of Joe's books.

He's got a tremendous writing style, and these are great books to visit and revisit over and over again.

If you like music, there's rock and the pop narcotic, which is an absolutely luscious read

about music and the connections, influence, and challenges of the music against the social

constructs of the times. Enter Naomi is a book Joe wrote to honor his friend and former

SST Records photographer and colleague

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