Out There #8

March 18, 2020

Downtown '81 — D.A. Pennebaker on Bob Dylan, John Lennon, cinema vérité and Mary Poppins — ‘Sublime and Sombre’, Stockholm’s ABBA museum — Debbie Harry, quite possibly the most iconic woman in music — Seven great Nic Roeg moments — The Persistence of Prog Rock

Debbie Harry makes a surprise appearance, Downtown ‘81

Out There #6

December 20, 2017

A 70s punk rom-com — Pennebaker meets Depeche Mode — How a Boston Globe Reporter Tried to Reunite The Kinks and Ended Up With a Movie — Welcome to Jack White's Temple to Vinyl — Remastering, Reflecting: Everything Still Turns to Gold — The music industry is full of pompous bores - and that's just the writers — The Bird is the Word, says Richard Meltzer

Sea of hands in D.A. Pennebaker’s Depeche Mode 101

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‘As yet there has not appeared a specific volume on the subject quite as impressive as this . . . In six chapters, Bovey chronologically charts the trajectory of the DIY phenomenon, beginning with early ’60s originators such as The Wailers, Trashmen… — ‘As yet there has not appeared a specific volume on the subject quite as impressive as this . . . In six chapters, Bovey chronologically charts the trajectory of the DIY phenomenon, beginning with early ’60s originators such as The Wailers, Trashmen and Kingsmen who took their inspiration from the thrilling guitar distortions of Link Wray and Bo Diddley, through to 21st century pretenders such as The Gories, Sloths and Jackets . . . the first truly comprehensive study of the genre . . . It is a concise, passionately-written and well-researched account . . . it should have you dusting down armfuls of those old nuggets before you’ve even reached Chapter Two.’ — Shindig! magazine
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