Spent the summer of 82 in nyc, the white rock radio stations went very big on Idol's WW, even bigger on A Flock of Seagulls I Ran, I wonder, today?
The black stations were hammering Grandmaster Flash...The Message, still have the 12 inch, dog chewed sleeve, some dents, still playable....
Thanks, wasn't aware SR had published that many, I have Rip it up....this is a good book on that period
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bring-Noise-Simon-Reynolds/dp/0571232078
Thanks, yes sorry Diver.I've ordered a couple of books for the beach
Lizzy Goodman "Meet me in the Bathroom - Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011"
Carl Wilson "Let's Talk about love - Why other people have such bad taste"
(sorry diver - thread hijack!)
I'm reading this at the moI've ordered a couple of books for the beach
Lizzy Goodman "Meet me in the Bathroom - Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011"
Carl Wilson "Let's Talk about love - Why other people have such bad taste"
(sorry diver - thread hijack!)
Maybe we should start a music related books thread??I'm reading this at the mo
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ Follows a Gritty Coming-of-Age in 1980s Australia (Published 2019)
Trent Dalton used his own biography as inspiration for his debut novel.www.nytimes.com
Would be my choice too, in my top 1 somewhere.One of my all time favourites