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I just bought thise book:
"Punk: The Whole Story
Although the history of punk-the music and the lifestyle-reaches further back than 1976, that year was a watershed one for the anti-establishment movement that introduced the world to the Sex Pistols, The Ramones and The Clash. The British magazine Mojo, among the most respected rock publications in the world, celebrates punk's 30th anniversary with this fully-illustrated volume, collecting archival articles and photos from the pages of Mojo, those of sister magazine Q and the now-defunct Sounds (punk's original champion). It therefore reads like a magazine, divided into three departments: "In the Beginning," "The Beginning of the End" and "What Happened Next." Taking readers inside seminal scenes, the book highlights the Pistols' first interview; Blondie's unlikely success; the rise of Black Flag; Sid Vicious' tragic demise; and Green Day's unexpected coming-of-age party at Woodstock '94. Special sections feature stunning black-and-white photography that often captures a moment more eloquently than the book's prose, and shorter pieces about fanzines, fashion and memorabilia add context. Most valuable to music collectors will be the book's list of top 20 British punk singles and what it proclaims as "the 77 greatest punk albums ever." Appropriately, the book closes with a two-page homage to the late Clash front man Joe Strummer, heralding him as "the heart of punk itself."
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. "
I saw it in the store today and wanted to buy it immediately. then I realized I could get it online for way cheaper, (irony = a book about punks for $35... haha...) and so that's what I did. I have to wait a little while, but it'll come. (I've never walked away from a store and five minutes later still wanted whatever it was I wanted to buy. Mostly I walk away grateful that I overcame the impulse. This time I couldn't stop thinking about it.)
NOT because I'm looking for fashion ideas. (for that I also bought that book "Generation T" about how to chop up and tie together old shirts. That'll be awesome. If you've seen my recent facebook pictures, you know I need a book to tell me how to cut up a t-shirt... shakespeare, can do. clothing/costumes, no clue.) I'm actually interested in what makes people move, especially to extremes, like screaming into microphones and green mohawks a foot tall. I also just like pop culture history, and when I listen to music I like knowing what I'm listening to. (And when I saw it in the store the first page I happened to open to, somewhere in the middle, was TOTALLY a Generation X spread, Billy's first band. Well... first sucessful band. sucessful... ish. I know tons of shit about it already just because I started writing that play... okay long story nevermind...)
There's got to be a class offered at school about music culture since the 50s. And now I'll have a good source for an AWESOME essay once I sign up for that class.
oh, and guys, when I say "THOUGHTS?" I really want to hear your voices. You've all got opinions. I will sit and read your fifty paragraphs just as you sit and read mine. (well... if you are sitting and reading them.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAH I want to eat chocolate and listen to loud music but it's 1 in the morning FUCCCCCCK.
hey what does it take to become a newspaper columnist?
probably a lot of school.
(fuck.)
"Punk: The Whole Story
Although the history of punk-the music and the lifestyle-reaches further back than 1976, that year was a watershed one for the anti-establishment movement that introduced the world to the Sex Pistols, The Ramones and The Clash. The British magazine Mojo, among the most respected rock publications in the world, celebrates punk's 30th anniversary with this fully-illustrated volume, collecting archival articles and photos from the pages of Mojo, those of sister magazine Q and the now-defunct Sounds (punk's original champion). It therefore reads like a magazine, divided into three departments: "In the Beginning," "The Beginning of the End" and "What Happened Next." Taking readers inside seminal scenes, the book highlights the Pistols' first interview; Blondie's unlikely success; the rise of Black Flag; Sid Vicious' tragic demise; and Green Day's unexpected coming-of-age party at Woodstock '94. Special sections feature stunning black-and-white photography that often captures a moment more eloquently than the book's prose, and shorter pieces about fanzines, fashion and memorabilia add context. Most valuable to music collectors will be the book's list of top 20 British punk singles and what it proclaims as "the 77 greatest punk albums ever." Appropriately, the book closes with a two-page homage to the late Clash front man Joe Strummer, heralding him as "the heart of punk itself."
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. "
I saw it in the store today and wanted to buy it immediately. then I realized I could get it online for way cheaper, (irony = a book about punks for $35... haha...) and so that's what I did. I have to wait a little while, but it'll come. (I've never walked away from a store and five minutes later still wanted whatever it was I wanted to buy. Mostly I walk away grateful that I overcame the impulse. This time I couldn't stop thinking about it.)
NOT because I'm looking for fashion ideas. (for that I also bought that book "Generation T" about how to chop up and tie together old shirts. That'll be awesome. If you've seen my recent facebook pictures, you know I need a book to tell me how to cut up a t-shirt... shakespeare, can do. clothing/costumes, no clue.) I'm actually interested in what makes people move, especially to extremes, like screaming into microphones and green mohawks a foot tall. I also just like pop culture history, and when I listen to music I like knowing what I'm listening to. (And when I saw it in the store the first page I happened to open to, somewhere in the middle, was TOTALLY a Generation X spread, Billy's first band. Well... first sucessful band. sucessful... ish. I know tons of shit about it already just because I started writing that play... okay long story nevermind...)
There's got to be a class offered at school about music culture since the 50s. And now I'll have a good source for an AWESOME essay once I sign up for that class.
oh, and guys, when I say "THOUGHTS?" I really want to hear your voices. You've all got opinions. I will sit and read your fifty paragraphs just as you sit and read mine. (well... if you are sitting and reading them.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAH I want to eat chocolate and listen to loud music but it's 1 in the morning FUCCCCCCK.
hey what does it take to become a newspaper columnist?
probably a lot of school.
(fuck.)