Hang the DJ
Edited by Angus Cargill
Hang the DJ is a collection of lists about musical loves and hates, dreams and nightmares.
From personal blogs to end-of-year critic polls, Desert Island Discs to playlists, the films of Quentin Tarantino to the books of Nick Hornby, music fans have always liked to compile and to indulge, to collect, hoard and obsess. Mixing anecdote, humour, reference and quality anorak behaviour, Hang the DJ is the literary equivalent of a great pub jukebox - inspiring, provocative and irresistible - and the perfect gift for all music lovers.
Includes strange cover versions, smutty Dylan songs, noir classics, heartbreakers, teen movie anthems, great short-story songs, Japanese punk, and classic power ballads.
Tags
Categorised as:
Music, Stage & Screen
Sub-categories:
Popular Music
Genres & Themes:
Post punk;
Country Music;
Rock 'n' Roll;
Punk;
Counterculture;
Psychedelia;
Trivia
Characters:
Tom Waits;
Bob Dylan
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Barney Hoskyns
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Shouting at the Telly
John Grindrod
Is Freddie from
Scooby-Doo
a colossal pervert?
What does
Howards’ Way
tell us about the eighties?
How do you win
America’s Next Top Model ...
It Still Moves
Amanda Petrusich
Eclectic, searching and hugely engaging, Amanda Petrusich's full-length debut is an exploration of American roots music, in all its forms. From country to blues ...
Ten Bad Dates with De Niro
Richard T. Kelly, illustrated by Andrew Rae
We all have our favourite movies: indeed the love of film can drive us into obsessions - with particular stars, directors, genres and styles. Now, out ...
The Dark Stuff
Nick Kent
In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian Wilson to Syd Barrett, the ...
Killing Yourself to Live
Chuck Klosterman
For 6,557 miles from New York to Mississippi to Seattle, Killing Yourself to Live charts Chuck's journey across America to visit its most ...
Rip it Up and Start Again
Simon Reynolds
Punk revitalized rock in the mid-Seventies, but the movement soon degenerated into self-parody. Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length celebration of ...
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