a book about glam rock and art pop - 1970s mostly - but also tracking its echoes and reflections through the 80s, 90s and into the 21st Century - footnotes to follow here soon
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Spanish translation of Shock and Awe out now + news about other foreign editions + new interview
The Spanish translation of Shock and Awe - which is titled COMO UN GOLPE DE RAYO, and translates as something like "Like A Flash of Lighting" or "Struck by A Lightning Bolt" - is out now on the Buenos Aires publisher Caja Negra Editora.
Other foreign-language editions of the book coming out later this year:
The Italian version, published by minimum fax, is out in August.
The German version - titled GLAM : Glitter Rock und Art Pop von den Siebzigern bis ins 21. Jahrhundert - is published by Ventil Verlag this autumn.
The French version published by Audimat is published most likely end of 2017.
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Here's an interview I did with All Music Books's Steve Jurgensmeyer
"Bowie damage" and the art-glam / new wave + postpunk nexus
I didn't know the music journalist and author Mark Spitz - who has died tragically young - very well, but I always enjoyed chatting...

