A review by coits
Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics by Ronald Brownstein

This was solid, entry-level survey of the culture impact Los Angeles had in 1974. I LOVED the organization of the book--12 chapters, each representing a month in 1974. Brownstein did a nice job detailing the moment we would end on at the beginning of the chapter then rewinding the clock to show us how we got there. However, informationally, the book seemed to run out of things to talk about somewhere around "October." I wished it ended on the strong note it started on, and I think the benefit of a physical copy experience may have been seeing the sources/any sort of bibliographic content for further research. Great if you want a general survey of a specific place in time, or if you are interested in pop culture history.