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Boybands have changed. Not in what they wear or the music they
produce but in their spiritual significance to this generation.
They've cleaned up to the point where they are likeable; they're
relevant and their tunes are half decent. The past naff quota has
been replaced either with elderly dignity or fresh disadvantaged
background dun-good sympathy: 'They're nice lads!' So what I'm
about to tell you will come across ever the more shocking, ever the
more trend-busting, ever the more deeeeeeep. What is the actual
formula to NOT Murder a Boyband? I'm dating one. Friendships that
go beyond friendship are not bound by what you believe you have in
common or honesty or selflessness or spiritual connection or
anything you formed on a last season social media platform (in fact
all social media is now last season) but rather a common purpose
and a sense of shared travail; a bind perhaps stronger than
familial: conjoined twins so that there are no metaphorical ropes
between you but actual skin where the only way to separate is to
actually tear, cut or scythe flesh. An image a bit too Sky Horror
for this time of the morning sorry, but hey what's a girl to do
when showing some real love for her sister. Or sisters more
precisely. Seven hairless (bar one), hapless (bar three), hopeful,
harmful, hedonistic (bar four), healthy (bar two) heroines. All of
whom are dating a Boyband.
Detroit has come to symbolise deindustrialization and the
challenges, and opportunities, it presents. As many cities struggle
with urban decline, racial and ethnic tensions and the consequences
of neoliberal governance and political fragmentation, Detroit's
relevance grows stronger. Why Detroit Matters bridges academic and
non-academic responses to this extreme example of a fractured and
divided, post-industrial city. Contributions from many of the
leading scholars on Detroit are joined by influential writers,
planners, artists and activists who have contributed chapters
drawing on their experiences and ideas. The book concludes with
interviews with some of the city's most important visionaries who
are engaged in inspiring practices which provide powerful lessons
for Detroit and other cities around the world. The book will be a
valuable reference for scholars, practitioners and students from
across disciplines including geography, planning, architecture,
sociology, urban studies, history, American studies, and economics.
Detroit has come to symbolise deindustrialization and the
challenges, and opportunities, it presents. As many cities struggle
with urban decline, racial and ethnic tensions and the consequences
of neoliberal governance and political fragmentation, Detroit's
relevance grows stronger. Why Detroit Matters bridges academic and
non-academic responses to this extreme example of a fractured and
divided, post-industrial city. Contributions from many of the
leading scholars on Detroit are joined by influential writers,
planners, artists and activists who have contributed chapters
drawing on their experiences and ideas. The book concludes with
interviews with some of the city's most important visionaries who
are engaged in inspiring practices which provide powerful lessons
for Detroit and other cities around the world. The book will be a
valuable reference for scholars, practitioners and students from
across disciplines including geography, planning, architecture,
sociology, urban studies, history, American studies, and economics.
Bored by the monotony of his daily routine and disillusioned by
society's social degradation, Paton Stipps is another lost soul
amongst London's faceless workforce. Another day means another
fresh round of frustrations until Paton is semi-wittingly thrust
into the world of celebrity where a series of fanatical and
fantastical encounters set him on a path that will change
everything. Throw in Coastal Love, the hottest new boyband on the
scene, and the recipe turns to murder. Your complete guide to the
methodical and sequential extraction of the phenomenon we've all
come not to understand...Boybands.
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