false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172254089m/153980.jpg 153980 5 By now, first-generation rock critic Greil Marcus is better known as the author of highbrow pop-culture tomes (<I>Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes</I>) than as a workaday, keep-it-pithy critic. This collection of columns and short pieces (most rewritten to varying degrees for the book) churned out for <I>New West</I>, <I>Artforum</I>, <I>The Village Voice</I>, and <I>Rolling Stone</I> presents the erudite Marcus as a periodical commentator subject to deadline and word-count pressures. As such, it gives a history-as-it-happens perspective on the music scene rather than a sweeping overview, meaning it's perhaps less provocative than Marcus's more recent efforts, but it's also more readable. Invigorated by the emergence of the Sex Pistols, Marcus delighted in chronicling the music and behavior of the first wave of punk provocateurs. Here are pieces on the import of the Pistols, the Clash, Elvis Costello, the Gang of Four, and (closest to the author's heart?), the Mekons, presented largely as they were originally written, with the din still ringing in the scribe's ears. <I>--Steven Stolder</I> 2336929 1993 In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 total:137|5:24|4:64|3:38|2:10|1:1| 137 511 202 14 2 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:12:20 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:36:47 -0800 2008 Please Kill Me but unfortunately it's bloated and pompous for the most part, and in that annoying self-absorbed critic way, more about Greil Marcus and how in-the-know he is than about the music. But there are a few decent pieces in thi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 20:53:44 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:14:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 10:17:01 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 16:25:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 28 13:59:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:02:43 -0700 2008
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