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Lester bangs blondie blondie debbie harry, debbie harry. The work of a legendary critic, collected writings, greil marcus, ed. Get blondie by lester bangs book at amazon usa get blondie by lester bangs book at amazon uk. He wrote a book about blondie that veers between condemnation and. A lester bangs reader, collected writings, john morthland, ed. Lester bangs wrote a quick fan bio of blondie that reads like a long takedown. Blondie fireside book, 1980 psychotic reactions and carburetor dung. Books and printed material official blondie web site. Lester bangs writing a book about blondie, but it actually works.

While his peers question that timetable, its strange that theres less opposition to the notion that blondie is for fans, or by a fan, period. Yeah, well, its like with the blondie book, every time chris and debbie did an interview for the next year and a half, it was, blah, lesters book is a piece of shit. This book is an historical curiosity because it is a book about blondie by lester bangs, arguably the most influential rock critic the united states ever produced. There are three blondie books rich with photographs.

A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. While his peers question that timetable, its strange that theres less opposition to the notion that blondie is. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket if applicable included for hard covers. While bangs admits in the book he thought the band was fun when he first saw. Westside rendezvous shows the darker side of being poor and gay during the 90s in new york with black and. Lester bangs carrying debbie harry blondie during a shoot for punk. Lester bangs on the beach in another image from chris steins upcoming book, negative. Story and, despite the obligatory inclusion of countless random photos, produced a serious book. Blondie mainstay gets to focus on the negatives as 10th album. Isbn 0679720456 main lines, blood feasts, and bad taste.

One of them, by lester bangs, has been much written about. Their songs were cool and catchy and this seems like a real strange pairing. Debbie harrys glory years in pictures music the guardian. Lester like many of us was puzzled by how quickly blondie became a huge commercial success far outdistancing their many peers from the cbgbs scene. In his own way, bangs rips blondie to shreds but somehow blondie come out of it ok and its the author you wonder about. The story goes that lester bangs, beloved rock critic of the era when rock critic was a viable career, turned out what was supposed to be a quickie, forfans bio of blondie in a weekend. Bangs achieved such notoriety that he is even depicted in the film almost famous.