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So this is permanence, edited by Jon Savage with a foreword by
Deborah Curtis, presents the intensely personal writings of one of
the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of
the late twentieth century, Joy Division's Ian Curtis. The songs of
Joy Division, infused with the energy of punk but steeped in a
resigned longing, were born of Manchester in the late seventies - a
once flourishing industrial city in decline. They were the songs
too of Ian Curtis's inner tragedies, as he battled depression,
epilepsy and debilitating stage fright. Ian Curtis committed
suicide in 1980, on the eve of the band's first American tour.
Interspersed with the lyrics are previously unpublished facsimile
pages of Ian's notebooks, which throw his highly emotive lyrics
into fascinating relief and cast light on the creative process of
this singularly poetic songwriter.
Chosen as one of the Best Architecture and Design books Summer 2022
by the Financial Times. Why British record store carrier bags are
graphic design icons: While they've never carried the kudos of
sleeve designs and music posters, record shop bags offer a
fascinating insight into 20th century British music culture,
high-streets and more. - Creative Review Jonny Trunk's extensive
collection of record shop bags weaves together a less conventional
history of British music, celebrating the shops where musicians and
fans bought and sold their first LPs. This book is a love letter to
these forgotten spaces, accompanied by a juicy selection of
anecdotes and little known facts about the record shops and their
bags. Readers, gear up for a "brilliant ride down the old British
high streets and low streets too." - It's Nice That Jonny Trunk and
FUEL present A-Z of Record Shop Bags - a publication celebrating
the humble record store bag. This exhaustive collection of the
record shop bag provides a unique perspective of record shopping in
the UK over the last century, bringing together over 500 incredible
bags (some possibly the only surviving examples) to document the
fascinating story of British high street record shopping. Bags from
famous chains such as NEMS, Our Price and Virgin (the amazingly
rare Roger Dean bags), sit alongside designs from local shops run
by eccentric enthusiasts. Packed with stories such as the first
Jewish ska retailer, the record sellers who started the premier
league, famous staff (David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Morrissey,
etc.) and equally infamous owners, these anecdotes of mythical
vinyl entrepreneurs will entertain and delight. With vinyl record
sales at their highest ever for decades (outselling CDs in the US),
this publication acts as an amazing insight into the history,
culture and visual language of record collecting. Following Own
Label, Wrappers Delight and Auto Erotica - A-Z of Record Shop Bags:
1940s to 1990s is the next book in the series by Jonny Trunk and
FUEL, examining overlooked aspects of our collective past.
ONE OF DAVID BOWIE'S TOP 100 MUST READ BOOKS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THE 2013 DOCUMENTARY FILM TEENAGE WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE
AUTHOR The acclaimed history of the century and a half of ferment,
folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of 'the teenager' in
1945, from award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon
Savage. 'One of Britain's most trusted cultural historians.' THE
FACE Ringing with music, from ragtime to swing, Teenage roams
London, New York, Paris and Berlin with hooligans and Apaches;
explores free love and eternal youth; meets flappers and
zootsuiters, the Bright Young People and the Lost Generation. The
stories come fast and furious, comic, poignant, painfully moving;
Savage fuses popular culture, politics and social history into a
stunning chronicle of modern life. 'Compulsive reading . . . a
rich, rewarding book that makes an important contribution to
cultural history.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'The definitive
history of youth in revolt.' ROLLING STONE '[Savage] can bring a
beguiling blend of gravitas, wit, scholarship, and a slyly
appreciative eye for the subversive, to any topic he approaches.
Teenage provides a panoramic scope for his talents.' INDEPENDENT
'Savage has produced a book that may well change how people think
about teenagers.' GUARDIAN (This book is part of a reissue of Jon
Savage's seminal works: 1966, Teenage, and England's Dreaming)
WINNER OF THE RALPH J. GLEASON AWARD WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY
JEREMY DELLER AND SCOTT KING INCLUDES FOREWORD BY JOHNNY MARR
Award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's
definitive history of punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and
their time: the late 1970s. 'One of Britain's most trusted cultural
historians.' THE FACE A pop-culture classic full of anecdote,
insight and exclusive interviews, England's Dreaming tells the
sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid decline of the
last great rock 'n' roll band and the cultural moment they came to
define. 'The definitive history of the English punk movement.' NEW
YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Still the strongest history of punk.'
GUARDIAN 'The best book about punk rock and pop culture ever.' NME
(This book is part of a reissue of Jon Savage's seminal works:
England's Dreaming, Teenage and 1966)
WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE A GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE
YEAR, 2015 FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL
Award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's
monument to the year that shaped the future of global pop cultural
history. 'One of Britain's most trusted cultural historians.' THE
FACE In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary
ideas fomenting since the late 1950s reached boiling point,
culminating in a year in which the transient pop moment burst
forth. Exploring the canonical figures, from The Beatles and Boty
to Warhol and Reagan, 1966 delves deep into the social and cultural
heart of the decade through masterfully compiled archival primary
sources. 'A marvel of hisotrical reconstruction and pop insight.'
OBSERVER 'Absorbing . . . this is not only fine pop writing, but
social history of a high order.' GUARDIAN 'Savage is rightly
regarded as one of the finest cultural critics of the past 40 years
. . . an enthralling, exhiliarting read.' IRISH TIMES
'Exceptional.' MOJO (This book is part of a reissue of Jon Savage's
seminal works: 1966, Teenage, and England's Dreaming)
The SUNDAY TIMES Top Ten Bestseller #1 Book of the Year, UNCUT #1
Book of the Year, ROUGH TRADE Book of the Year, MOJO Over the
course of two albums and some legendary gigs, Joy Division became
the most successful and exciting underground band of their
generation. Then, on the brink of a tour to America, Ian Curtis
took his own life. In This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything
Else, Jon Savage has assembled three decades' worth of interviews
with the principal players in the Joy Division story to create an
intimate, candid and definitive account of the band. It is the
story of how a group of young men can galvanise a generation of
fans, artists and musicians with four chords and three-and-a-half
minutes of music. And it is the story of how illness and inner
demons can rob the world of a shamanic lead singer and visionary
lyricist.
Updated paperback version features a new chapter of never seen
photos plus a new interview with Henry Rollins. TOTAL CHAOS:
The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop is the first time
the story of this seminal band has been told entirely in Pop's own
words. Hundreds of full color rare photos illustrate Pop's story.
Author Jeff Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg, noted music
historians and collectors, spent two days with Pop at his Miami
home, sharing with him their extensive Stooges collection and
interviewing the legendary singer. Pop's candid, bare-all responses
left them with the almost unbelievable tale of the band he
founded-the alternately tragic and triumphant story of a group who
rose from youth, fell prey to drugs, alcohol, and music biz
realities, collapsed and nearly 30 years later reformed, recording
and touring to great acclaim. In 2010 The Stooges, credited with
having invented punk rock, were inducted into the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame. Their continuing influence can be felt today in the
shape and sound of rock-n-roll music. "Gasp at the awe inspiring
memorabilia and frank talk in Total Chaos: The Story of The
Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop"— Mojo Magazine "Tells the band’s
revolutionary story through many never-before-published photos and
extensive interviews…(and) contributions from Johnny Marr, Josh
Homme, Dave Grohl, Joan Jett and Jack White."— Rolling Stone "A
fantastic new book…a must-read for both diehard fans and anyone
who wants to learn first-hand from Pop what it was like from the
inside looking out in one of the seminal bands of the post-’60s
era."— Esquire
The British filmmaker, set designer, painter and author Derek
Jarman is well-known to a wide audience, but his earliest films,
made in Super-8, are only recently beginning to be retrieved. Made
in the early 70s, and already proposing key Jarman themes of
sexuality and Englishness, these diaristic shorts predate his first
feature "Sebastiane" (1976) and are reproduced here as stills.
TOTAL CHAOS is the first book telling Iggy Pop's story of The
Stooges from his own words. Grammy winning editor and avid music
historian Jeff Gold spent two days at the rock legend's home
sharing pictures and memorabilia from his collection. Featuring a
trove of unseen photos, TOTAL CHAOS shows and tells, with the help
of best-selling author Jon Savage, the story of the Stooges from
those tell-all interviews. "Gasp at the awe inspiring memorabilia
and frank talk in Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By
Iggy Pop"-- Mojo Magazine "Tells the band's revolutionary story
through many never-before-published photos and extensive
interviews...(and) contributions from Johnny Marr, Josh Homme, Dave
Grohl, Joan Jett and Jack White."-- Rolling Stone "A fantastic new
book...a must-read for both diehard fans and anyone who wants to
learn first-hand from Pop what it was like from the inside looking
out in one of the seminal bands of the post-'60s era."-- Esquire
Scott King moves fluidly back and forth between art and design. As
Art Director of "i-D "and Creative Director of "Sleazenation
"magazines (for which he was awarded Best Cover and Best Designed
Feature of the Year prizes), King's design work is already
well-known around the world. As an artist, King plays fast and
loose with twentieth-century icons: in "Brian," for example, a
viewer recognizes at a glance Lenin's familiar visage, with the
face turned sternly to the side, the moustache plumping his
marblesque upper lip, but the face on this white bust bears eye
makeup and a hint of blush, and feathers sprout from the neck on
either side. ("Lenin as Brian Eno in his early Roxy Music days,"
King explains.) Often, King's art seems virtually indistinguishable
from his design work, as in his maps whose cheerfully colored
Marimekko-ish dots represent domestic murders. This monograph is
dedicated to the many hats of Scott King, whose work has been
exhibited widely in London, New York and European galleries
including KW Berlin, Portikus, White Columns, Kunstverein Munich
and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Jon Savage's 1991 book, "England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols,
Punk Rock, and Beyond," was hailed by the "New York Times Book
Review" as "the definitive history of the English punk movement."
Widely imitated but never equaled, it remains that rare work of
music history that appeals to music fans, critics, and scholars
alike. In researching "England's Dreaming," Savage conducted
hundreds of hours of interviews of which only a fraction made it
into the finished book. Now, in "The England's Dreaming Tapes,"
Savage makes available for the first time the full, uncut,
sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk.
Here is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a
few months in 1976, as told by the scene's major figures: all four
original Sex Pistols as well as Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde,
Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Lee Black
Childers, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson,
Tony Wilson, Jah Wobble, and many others. Together, they offer a
sweeping history of the late 1960s and the 1970s-not just the era's
music, but also its radical politics, social issues, fashion, and
culture.
An invaluable source of information about a movement that has
become obscured by myth, these vivid, unvarnished interviews were
conducted when punk was only a decade old. In many cases, this was
the first time that the subjects had talked about the period. The
interviews describe the founding of the Sex Pistols; 430 King's
Road, site of the legendary boutique Sex, which helped establish
the punk aesthetic; punk rock New York; the cultural landscapes of
London and its suburbs; the writers who covered punk; and the
Manchester music scene centered around Factory Records.
With "The England's Dreaming Tapes," Savage gives us the first and
final word on the music, fashion, and attitude that defined this
influential and incendiary era.
England’s Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States Savage brings to life the sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid implosion of the Pistols through layers of rich detail, exclusive interviews, and rare photographs. This fully revised and updated edition of the book covers the legacy of punk twenty-five years later and provides an account of the Pistols' 1996 reunion as well as a freshly updated discography and a completely new introduction.
This book is a comprehensive collection of his best pieces: from early work on The Clash, The Sex Pistols and David Bowie, to pieces on Suede, Blur and Nirvana. More than just a ragbag of journalism, it gives a sweeping and trenchant account of changing fashions in style and musical taste, and of the issues which pop music raises: youth, hatred, adrogyny, sexual experimentation, drugs, America, Englishness.
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