Black postcards : a rock & roll romance / Dean Wareham.
| Author/creator | Wareham, Dean, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Penguin Press, 2008. |
| Description | 324 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Four to fourteen -- 1977 -- Speedy and the Castanets -- My toes can talk -- Marxist-Leninist-Bonkerist: socialism or barbarism -- Stuyvesant town and the age of reason -- Back in Your Life -- Chet's last call -- The rat -- Noise New York -- Today -- B-210 -- Randy Detroit and blue thunder -- Spongetunnel -- The top hat -- On fire -- Tulse hill -- Trains, planes, and a hovercraft -- The aerostar -- A month of Sundays -- What Else Do You Do? -- The big stage -- This Is Our Music -- Rock slip -- The spotlight -- Out of the blue -- Moon dither -- Fred vom Jupiter -- Lunapark -- Two months' salary -- Double shot of my baby's love -- Back to the old house -- Penthouse -- Willie Nelson's bus -- Goodbye Terry -- Don't you like making records? -- Rock on the road -- The Herbertstrasse -- The Days of Our Nights -- The slow ride down -- Exit Justin -- The best visible panty line in rock -- The Golden Buff Lodge -- The dorm room jukebox -- The worst moment of my life -- September 17, 2001 -- Corrupt contract -- Lovedust -- Now we are five -- We won't see that band anymore! -- L'Avventura -- Wednesdays and alternate weekends -- Kill for peace -- I don't want to do this anymore -- November 6, 2004 -- The right to work -- While my eyes go looking for flying saucers in the sky -- I love you but I've chosen darkness -- This is the day -- Bowery ballroom. |
| Abstract | Dean Wareham's seminal bands Galaxie 500 and Luna have long been adored by a devoted cult following and extolled by rock critics. Now he brings us the blunt, heartbreaking, and wickedly charismatic account of his personal journey through the music world-the artistry and the hustle, the effortless success and the high living, as well as the bitter pills and self-inflicted wounds. It captures, unsparingly, what has happened to the entire ecosystem of popular music over a time of radical change, when categories such as "indie" and "alternative" meant nothing to those creating the music, but everything to the major labels willing to pay for it. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328). |
| LCCN | 2007035280 |
| ISBN | 9781594201554 |
| ISBN | 1594201552 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420.W184 A3 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |