I forget what it was called, but it was a popular book back in the '90s.
England's Dreaming by Jon Savage?
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2005 8:02:25 am PST #1366 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2005 8:03:14 am PST #1367 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
England's Dreaming by Jon Savage?
Yeah, that was it.
Trudy Booth - Dec 01, 2005 8:04:07 am PST #1368 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
But if they are a super huge Johnny Rotten fan, they already have all of those probably.
She may not! I shall have someone snoop.
I wonder what Amazon's returns policy is...
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2005 8:07:19 am PST #1369 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk is also good, and covers "punk" from the Velvet Underground through the Sex Pistols (thus putting the Pistols into a broader context). But maybe it focuses too much on the self-destructive punk folks....
Trudy Booth - Dec 01, 2005 8:12:03 am PST #1370 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
But maybe it focuses too much on the self-destructive punk folks....
Heh.
Yeah, I don't want to send the kid cliff-diving. I don't need sanitized pseud-punk, but on the less terrifying end of the spectrum is probably a good call.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2005 8:21:45 am PST #1371 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the kid is all smart and intellectual, Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century is a good one. It puts punk's drive for negation of societal norms into a much broader context (eg. Dada, the Situationists, etc). Fascinating book. But some have found it hard to get through.
Trudy Booth - Dec 01, 2005 8:23:38 am PST #1372 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Kid IS smart.
Boucher and I saw a stage production of Lipstick Traces yonks ago. Good times, good times...
Jon B. - Dec 01, 2005 8:33:01 am PST #1373 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Another rec for "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk". I didn't find it too focused on the self-destruction, and I definitely didn't think it glorified it. The way strings a narrative from the Velvets through the early Punk era really helped me get a better grasp of the context in which all that great music took place. Jon B says, "Check it out!"
DavidS - Dec 01, 2005 9:18:51 am PST #1374 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For DXM, Corwood and others: The Ugly Things zine guide to recent Kinks reissues
For Rio, Scrappy, erinaceous and others: newish They Might Be Giants rarities collection.
(both links ganked from Datapanik's cool LJ)
Hayden - Dec 01, 2005 9:24:55 am PST #1375 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Trudy, all book recommendations seconded. I was going to suggest one of those punk box sets that came out in the last couple of years, but I can't remember the name of the one that covered the relevant period. No Thanks!, maybe? Or just get any of these albums: Wire - Pink Flag, Gang of Four - Entertainment!, Dead Boys - Young Loud & Snotty, the Damned - Damned Damned Damned, Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady, X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents, Minor Threat - Complete Discography, the Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts, or the Slits - Cut.