Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste : a Lester Bangs reader /
Bangs, Lester.
Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste : a Lester Bangs reader / edited by John Morthland. - New York : Anchor Books, 2003. - xviii, 409 p. ; 21 cm.
"An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso.
Two assassinations and a speedy retreat into pastoral nostalgias ; A quick trip through my adolescence ; The Great El Cajon race riot and two Friday night parties. -- The MC5: Kick out the jams ; Charlie Haden: Liberation music orchestra ; Canned heat: The new age ; Dandelions in still air: The withering away of the Beatles ; Blood feast of reddy kilowatt! Emerson, Lake, and Palmer without insulation! ; C'mon sugar, let's go all-nite jukin' with Wet Willie ; Bob Dylan's dalliance with mafia chic: He ain't no delinquent, he's misunderstood ; Anne Murray: Danny's song ; Helen Reddy: Long hard climb ; Grace Jones beats off ; Stevie Nicks: Lilith or bimbo? ; Art Ensemble of Chicago: Rated G ; Ian Hunter: The coots are alright ; The grooming of David Johansen ; Patti Smith: Horses ; Better than the Beatles (and DNA, too) ; Dead Boys almost count five ; On the merits of sexual repression ; David Byrne says "Boo!" ; A bellyful of Wire ; Jello Biafra is no cretin ; If oi were a carpenter. -- I only get my rocks off when I'm dreaming: so you say you missed the Stone too? Cheer up, we're a majority! ; 1973 nervous breakdown: the ol' fey outlaws ain't what they used to be -- are you? ; It's only the Rolling Stones. Drug punk. from from Hypes and heroics. Pantheon. State of the art: Bland on bland ; Kind of grim: Unraveling the Miles perplex ; Miles Davis: Music for the living dead ; Captain Beefheart's far cry: He's alive, but so is paint, are you? ; Deaf-mute in a telephone booth: A perfect day with Lou Reed ; Monolith or monotone? Lou Reed's Metal machine music ; Your shadow is scared of you: An attempt not to be frightened by Nico ; Jim Morrison: Bozo Dionysus a decade later ; Bring your mother to the gas chamber! ; Eno sings with the fishes ; John Lydon across the border. -- Killer frogs in transatlantic blitz: A Franco-American chronologue starring Les Variations ; Innocents in Babylon: A search for Jamaica featuring Bob Marley and a cast of thousands ; Death may be your Santa Claus: An exclusive, up-to-date interview with Jimi Hendrix ; Notes on Austin ; California. -- Admit it, you like to kick cripples, too (especially if you are one) ; Everybody's search for roots (The roots of Punk, Part I) ; Back door to men and women in bondage ; It falleth like gentle rains from heaven -- the Mekons story ; Every song a hooker ; Bad taste is timeless ; An instant fan's inspired notes: You gotta listen ; Bye Bye Sidney, be good ; All my friends are hermits ; Trapped by the Mormons. Travelogues. from Raving, raging, and rebops. liner notes to from
0375713670 (pbk.) 9780375713675 (pbk.)
2003040392
Rock music--History and criticism.
Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste : a Lester Bangs reader / edited by John Morthland. - New York : Anchor Books, 2003. - xviii, 409 p. ; 21 cm.
"An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso.
Two assassinations and a speedy retreat into pastoral nostalgias ; A quick trip through my adolescence ; The Great El Cajon race riot and two Friday night parties. -- The MC5: Kick out the jams ; Charlie Haden: Liberation music orchestra ; Canned heat: The new age ; Dandelions in still air: The withering away of the Beatles ; Blood feast of reddy kilowatt! Emerson, Lake, and Palmer without insulation! ; C'mon sugar, let's go all-nite jukin' with Wet Willie ; Bob Dylan's dalliance with mafia chic: He ain't no delinquent, he's misunderstood ; Anne Murray: Danny's song ; Helen Reddy: Long hard climb ; Grace Jones beats off ; Stevie Nicks: Lilith or bimbo? ; Art Ensemble of Chicago: Rated G ; Ian Hunter: The coots are alright ; The grooming of David Johansen ; Patti Smith: Horses ; Better than the Beatles (and DNA, too) ; Dead Boys almost count five ; On the merits of sexual repression ; David Byrne says "Boo!" ; A bellyful of Wire ; Jello Biafra is no cretin ; If oi were a carpenter. -- I only get my rocks off when I'm dreaming: so you say you missed the Stone too? Cheer up, we're a majority! ; 1973 nervous breakdown: the ol' fey outlaws ain't what they used to be -- are you? ; It's only the Rolling Stones. Drug punk. from from Hypes and heroics. Pantheon. State of the art: Bland on bland ; Kind of grim: Unraveling the Miles perplex ; Miles Davis: Music for the living dead ; Captain Beefheart's far cry: He's alive, but so is paint, are you? ; Deaf-mute in a telephone booth: A perfect day with Lou Reed ; Monolith or monotone? Lou Reed's Metal machine music ; Your shadow is scared of you: An attempt not to be frightened by Nico ; Jim Morrison: Bozo Dionysus a decade later ; Bring your mother to the gas chamber! ; Eno sings with the fishes ; John Lydon across the border. -- Killer frogs in transatlantic blitz: A Franco-American chronologue starring Les Variations ; Innocents in Babylon: A search for Jamaica featuring Bob Marley and a cast of thousands ; Death may be your Santa Claus: An exclusive, up-to-date interview with Jimi Hendrix ; Notes on Austin ; California. -- Admit it, you like to kick cripples, too (especially if you are one) ; Everybody's search for roots (The roots of Punk, Part I) ; Back door to men and women in bondage ; It falleth like gentle rains from heaven -- the Mekons story ; Every song a hooker ; Bad taste is timeless ; An instant fan's inspired notes: You gotta listen ; Bye Bye Sidney, be good ; All my friends are hermits ; Trapped by the Mormons. Travelogues. from Raving, raging, and rebops. liner notes to from
0375713670 (pbk.) 9780375713675 (pbk.)
2003040392
Rock music--History and criticism.