TY - BOOK AU - Bangs,Lester AU - Morthland,John TI - Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste: a Lester Bangs reader SN - 0375713670 (pbk.) PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Rock music KW - History and criticism N1 - "An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso; Drug punk. from; Two assassinations and a speedy retreat into pastoral nostalgias; A quick trip through my adolescence; from; The Great El Cajon race riot and two Friday night parties. --; Hypes and heroics; 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. --; Pantheon; 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; 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. --; Travelogues; 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; from; Notes on Austin; California. --; Raving, raging, and rebops; 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; liner notes to; 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; from; All my friends are hermits; Trapped by the Mormons ER -