Art, Music & Craft

Artists, musicians, writers and the craft of making things.

Recommended

22 books someone recommended or argued with.

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
👍 3 Endorsements
Cited on Conversations with Tyler, Founders
Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull
👍 3 Endorsements
Cited on Founders
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
👍 2 Endorsements🎙️ 2 Author Plugs
Cited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Founders
Chronicles
Bob Dylan
👍 2 Endorsements
Cited on Founders
Primal Intelligence
Primal Intelligence
Angus Fletcher
👍 1 Endorsement🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on EconTalk
3 Uses of the Knife
David Mamet
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on EconTalk
All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Bound for Glory
Woody Guthrie
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Founders
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Founders
Exile on Main St
Exile on Main St
Rolling Stones.
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Hackney Diamonds
Hackney Diamonds
Rolling Stones
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Jony Ive
Leander Kahney
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Founders
Mathematica
David Bessis
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on EconTalk
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Mind Games
Mind Games
John Lennon
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Nolan Variations
Nolan Variations
Tom Shone
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Founders
Seinfeldia
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Acquired
The Animated Man
Michael Barrier
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Acquired
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on EconTalk
The Nature of Order
Christopher Alexander
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Lenny's Podcast
The Rape of Lucrece
The Rape of Lucrece
William Shakespeare
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Rolling Stones
👍 1 Endorsement
Cited on Conversations with Tyler

Also mentioned

Named in passing or by their own author.

99% Invisible City
Roman Mars
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
A History of British Art
Andrew Graham-Dixon
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Death in the Afternoon
Ernest Hemingway
Passing references only
Cited on EconTalk
If--
Rudyard Kipling
Passing references only
Cited on EconTalk
Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Passing references only
Cited on EconTalk
Let England Shake
Let England Shake
Polly Jean Harvey
Passing references only
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Sleeping Beauties
David Byrne
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on Odd Lots (Bloomberg)
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Bob Spitz
🎙️ 1 Author Plug
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
The Shawshank Redemption
Mark Kermode
Passing references only
Cited on EconTalk
The Wall
The Wall
Roger Waters
Passing references only
Cited on Conversations with Tyler
Xkcd
Randall Munroe
Passing references only
Cited on No Priors