Good new Post-Punk book out now.....

[bpdp3]

I've not been around here alot lately and may have missed a previous mention, but just in case...

There's a book called "Rip it Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1979 to 1984" by Simon Reynolds. I found it in the local Barnes and Noble so it can't be TOO obscure.

I'm barely into it but I'm pretty excited so far. Not too far-removed from Griel Marcus' "Ranters and Crowdpleasers", another decent post-punk book.

(Simon Reynolds also wrote "Generation Ecstasy", a book on the early techno scene. A little too focused on the necessity of drug-taking at the raves IMHO, but still a nice discussion of the music from that era).

[plagiarism]

The author discusses his book here:

http://www.slate.com/id/2137333/entry/2137334/

[Justj0hn]

thank you so much for posting about this. bought my copy today.

j0hn.......

"No telling what keeps me awake."

[Frau_Blucher]

Ditto the thanks bpdp3. Might anyone know the difference between the yellow & pink cover version versus the one with the man's picture on it?

[Jimbo]

I just read something about this at another site less than a week ago.
So this book is worth picking up then?

Cool Beanz! [8D]

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[hexicon]

I bought this book a couple of weeks ago based on the slate.com discussion.

Don't have much time to discuss right now but IMHO it doesn't take the topic quite as far into the 80s as I would have liked; would like to have seen the themes carried up through 82-83-84.

Still worth the reading. Made me want to do research on some obscure influences I hadn't heard much about

[Max Murdoc]

Bought it last week and it confirmed a thought that I had always had... David Bowie's contribution to new wave. Friends of mine thought I was crazy but the man (along with Eno) had a large amount of influence on groups that led up to new wave.

George Girmac's Post Punk Diary is also a fun read. It's a day by day sort of diary about what was released, who was playing where and other bits of info. Excellent read.

Max

The music you listen to is the soundtrack of your life.

[Ollie Stench]

I'm expecting my copy from amazon.co.uk sometime this week. The UK edition has 200+ more pages than the US edition. I have no idea why 1/3 of the book was cut for us Yanks, probably because we have such short attention spans. Wanna go ride bikes?

[hexicon]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Ollie Stench[/i]
<br>I'm expecting my copy from amazon.co.uk sometime this week. The UK edition has 200+ more pages than the US edition. I have no idea why 1/3 of the book was cut for us Yanks, probably because we have such short attention spans. Wanna go ride bikes?
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Damn! I wish I knew what I was missing!

[Quite Life]

[quote]Originally posted by bpdp3
[br]I've not been around here alot lately and may have missed a previous mention, but just in case...

There's a book called "Rip it Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1979 to 1984" by Simon Reynolds. I found it in the local Barnes and Noble so it can't be TOO obscure.

I'm barely into it but I'm pretty excited so far. Not too far-removed from Griel Marcus' "Ranters and Crowdpleasers", another decent post-punk book.

(Simon Reynolds also wrote "Generation Ecstasy", a book on the early techno scene. A little too focused on the necessity of drug-taking at the raves IMHO, but still a nice discussion of the music from that era).
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"Rip it up and Start Again"
is a great book I got mine a few months ago at Tower Records on Colombus/Bay in SF. It has a great section on SF Punk days at the Mab and on Broadway

[xtc-1957]

bp, thanks for the thread. Just ordered it thru Amazon.

[crystal]

have the book for quite some time now, really recommended. yes, only goes as far as 1984 or so, but well written + in-depth info!