books about pop
Reading Greil Marcus is like rock climbing, there are times that it is not
exactly fun but boy does it feel good when you finish "Lipstick Traces"!!! I
can swear that there are words that he made up in the book. And I for one do
not think that the two most importent punk bands were Kleenex and The Mekons
but that is just a point of view.
As for Lester Bangs, he is always fun to read and there is one section in
"Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" that totally describes the pleasure
of putting on a new record for the first time.
Lastly, Gerard Cosloy's "Conflict" zine was just like Gerard...curmudgeony...
Matthew Kaplan