Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

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Legions of groupies and other American punk scene denizens are similarly heard from here, as are central figures, including Iggy, Richard Hell, Malcolm McLaren, and members of the Velvet Underground, the Patti Smith Group, et al. Editors Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain—two of punk music’s greatest chroniclers—follow the movement from its roots in the 1960s underground of New York City, to its arrival in the UK with bands like The Sex Pistols and The Clash, to its unlikely emergence as a global cultural force whose impact is still felt today. A founder of the seminal magazine that gave punk its name, he is a former editor at "Spin" and "Nerve", and wrote Marilyn Chambers's comeback film, "Still Insatiable". Malcolm Mclaran is of course given his due here but the raging prejudice put against the UK bands ("The Damned were posers!

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It doesn’t hurt that the history of American pornography is inextricably intertwined with all the subjects that captivate us: sex, drugs, beauty, fame, money, the Mafia, law enforcement and violence. If you’re already aware of The Dirt (the book or the Netflix series), you know why it’s on my list, but for those who aren’t and may be thinking, “Hang on, Motley Crue didn’t want to be rock stars, they were rock stars,” then it’s the earlier chapters that we’re interested in. Co jest niezwykle ciekawe, bo to oznacza, że jedną historię, jedno wydarzenie opisuje kilku bohaterów, którzy widzą daną sceną z kilku różnych perspektyw.From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol’s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon that was known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen. And Patti Smith just sounds like every teenage girl who wants to be edgy and different that I've ever met.

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I went back and forth between being glad I was reading about it instead of being there and wishing that I really had been there. As she nears her 80th birthday (April 24), Barbra Streisand remains a singular figure in American entertainment. The Sony Picture Classics–distributed documentary American Hardcore premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Though Britain’s notorious Sex Pistols shoved punk rock into the face of mainstream America, the movement was already brewing in the U. From an educational standpoint, this book really made me appreciate the ladies who intervened in the years after the era it described.I don't care if the majority of music listeners don't know who these folks are--rock'n'roll wouldn've died out years ago if it hadn't been for their reckless, drug-fueled ferocity and their maniacal genius raw power. So he comes and faces me and I look at him and he's a little taller than me, not much taller, but a little taller, and I say, "I like you. The New York bands were much more into their pain, while the English bands were much more into their rage. The LA scene wasn't touched and other East Coast punk bands of great importance, such as Black Flag, didn't get a mention. Outrageous, vulnerable and strikingly beautiful - in the 1960s Edie Sedgwick became both an emblem of, and a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by Andy Warhol.

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When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. Please Kill Me" covers New York punk from its birth in the mid-60s at Andy Warhol's Factory all the way to its eventual death in the late '70s, as corporate America once again begins to catch the wave and numerous members of the original first wave of punk begin to burn out from the excessive and dangerous lifestyles that they embraced. Nawet Patti Smith, poetka w gronie zaćpanych prymitywów, jest w oczach jej znajomych i przyjaciół arogancką, zadufaną karierowiczką.It's like reliving every inane conversation I've ever had with my old college roommates or the people I hung out with in my early to mid twenties. The actual oral documentation is valuable and worthy of being recorded somewhere but it does not make a very cohesive or illuminating book. The latter led to even more bands, a series of DJing opportunities, and eventually writing my recently published Gary Numan biography. He is one of the three original founders of the seminal Punk magazine that gave the movement its name; as well as being a former editor at Spin and editor-in-chief of Nerve Magazine.

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which became amusing: what's LESS punk than opting out of a crazy fun party on a friday night to stay in and read a book about punk? Besides Please Kill Me, McNeil is also co-author of The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry, a definitive work on the porn industry. Please Kill Me reads like a fast-paced novel, but the energy it celebrates and the tragedies it contains are all too real and all too achingly human.

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