| Description |
xviii, 409 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Drug punk. from Two assassinations and a speedy retreat into pastoral nostalgias ; A quick trip through my adolescence ; from The Great El Cajon race riot and two Friday night parties. -- Hypes and heroics. The MC5: Kick out the jams ; Charlie Haden: Liberation music orchestra ; Canned heat: The new age ; Dandelions in still air: The withering away of the Beatles ; Blood feast of reddy kilowatt! Emerson, Lake, and Palmer without insulation! ; C'mon sugar, let's go all-nite jukin' with Wet Willie ; Bob Dylan's dalliance with mafia chic: He ain't no delinquent, he's misunderstood ; Anne Murray: Danny's song ; Helen Reddy: Long hard climb ; Grace Jones beats off ; Stevie Nicks: Lilith or bimbo? ; Art Ensemble of Chicago: Rated G ; Ian Hunter: The coots are alright ; The grooming of David Johansen ; Patti Smith: Horses ; Better than the Beatles (and DNA, too) ; Dead Boys almost count five ; On the merits of sexual repression ; David Byrne says "Boo!" ; A bellyful of Wire ; Jello Biafra is no cretin ; If oi were a carpenter. -- Pantheon. I only get my rocks off when I'm dreaming: so you say you missed the Stone too? Cheer up, we're a majority! ; 1973 nervous breakdown: the ol' fey outlaws ain't what they used to be - are you? ; It's only the Rolling Stones ; |
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State of the art: Bland on bland ; Kind of grim: Unraveling the Miles perplex ; Miles Davis: Music for the living dead ; Captain Beefheart's far cry: He's alive, but so is paint, are you? ; Deaf-mute in a telephone booth: A perfect day with Lou Reed ; Monolith or monotone? Lou Reed's Metal machine music ; Your shadow is scared of you: An attempt not to be frightened by Nico ; Jim Morrison: Bozo Dionysus a decade later ; Bring your mother to the gas chamber! ; Eno sings with the fishes ; John Lydon across the border. -- Travelogues. Killer frogs in transatlantic blitz: A Franco-American chronologue starring Les Variations ; Innocents in Babylon: A search for Jamaica featuring Bob Marley and a cast of thousands ; Death may be your Santa Claus: An exclusive, up-to-date interview with Jimi Hendrix ; from Notes on Austin ; California. -- Raving, raging, and rebops. Admit it, you like to kick cripples, too (especially if you are one) ; Everybody's search for roots (The roots of Punk, Part I) ; Back door to men and women in bondage ; liner notes to It falleth like gentle rains from heaven - the Mekons story ; Every song a hooker ; Bad taste is timeless ; An instant fan's inspired notes: You gotta listen ; Bye Bye Sidney, be good ; from All my friends are hermits ; Trapped by the Mormons. |
| Subject |
Rock music -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Morthland, John.
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| ISBN |
0375713670 paperback |
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