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Love Goes To Buildings On Fire

SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
edited May 2012 in Strut Central
Anyone else reading this?

http://lovegoestobuildingsonfire.com/

I totally want to learn more about that band Suicide.

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  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Sunfade said:
    Anyone else reading this?

    http://lovegoestobuildingsonfire.com/

    I totally want to learn more about that band Suicide.

    Suicide were great. I saw them open for the Clash in 1978, and most of the audience hated them, but I thought they were fascinating.

    Cop the first self-titled album on Red Star and the second self-titled one on Ze, and try and find the Dream Baby Dream 12" (also on Ze, but available on Celluloid as well), and then take it from there. Alan Vega has a few good solo joints as well.

    I like the sound of that book.
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    I enjoyed the book, but I read a lot about New York. It's generally pretty light on depth, but heavy on context. A lot of "And Debbie Harry stepped on stage to play her first gig as the recently renamed Blondie. Meanwhile, 200 blocks uptown, Grandmaster Flash was behind the turntables.."

    Not sure how much original research was done, but it's assembled really well, and it definitely made me think about the close proximity and overlap of the different NY scenes in the seventies. Of course, you knew these things were happening at the same time, but it's still a trip to read about seminal moments happening at the same venue, or the same block, or the same day.
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