The third volume of Music in a Word, an anthology and memoir of veteran music journalist and Trouser Press magazine co-founder Ira Robbins' five-decade career, is an annotated collection of feature articles, previously unpublished interviews, liner notes, book reviews, obituaries, critics' polls and correspondence.

Subjects include David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Television, Radiohead, Morrissey, CBGB, Isaac Hayes, Dusty Springfield, Stray Cats, ELO, Johnny Thunders, Adam Ant, Nick Lowe, Fountains of Wayne, Lester Bangs, Patti Smith, Bryan Adams, Blondie, They Might Be Giants and much more.