This is a thoroughly researched study of the origins of the New
York City punk scene, focusing on Television and their
extraordinary debut record. Two kids in their early twenties walk
down the Bowery on a spring afternoon, just as the proprietor of a
club hangs a sign with the new name for his venue. The place will
be called CBGB which, he tells them, stands for 'Country Bluegrass
and Blues'. That's exactly the sort of stuff they play, they lie,
somehow managing to get a gig out of him. After the first show
their band, Television, lands a regular string of Sundays. By the
end of the summer a scene has developed that includes Tom
Verlaine's new love interest, a poet-turned-rock chanteuse named
Patti Smith. American punk rock is born. Bryan Waterman peels back
the layers of the origin myth and, assembling a rich historical
archive, situates Marquee Moon in a broader cultural history of
SoHo and the East Village. As Waterman traces the downtown scene's
influences, public image, and reputation via a range of print,
film, and audio recordings we come to recognize the real historical
surprises that the documentary evidence still has to yield. "33
1/3" is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by
artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in
September 2003, the series now contains over 60 titles and is
acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike. It was
only a matter of time before a clever publisher realized that there
is an audience for whom "Exile on Main Street" or "Electric
Ladyland" are as significant and worthy of study as "The Catcher in
the Rye" or "Middlemarch...The" series, which now comprises 29
titles with more in the works, is freewheeling and eclectic,
ranging from minute rock-geek analysis to idiosyncratic personal
celebration - "The New York Times Book Review", 2006. This is a
brilliant series...each one a word of real love - NME (UK). For
more information on the series and on individual titles in the
series, check out our blog.
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