Comments on: Rip It Up and Start Again http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/ this is the personal website of dean sabatino Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frankenslade http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/comment-page-1/#comment-3125 Frankenslade Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:20:06 +0000 http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/#comment-3125 I'll have to check out this book. I, too, love From the Velvets to the Voidoids! To date, it's been my favorite punk rock book. Hope all is well with you! I’ll have to check out this book. I, too, love From the Velvets to the Voidoids! To date, it’s been my favorite punk rock book.

Hope all is well with you!

]]> By: M.Ace http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 M.Ace Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:19:13 +0000 http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/#comment-1289 Yep, good book. I'm not as cool as Dean, so I got the US edition. It is shorter, but by the end, I did not feel shortchanged. And it does have some pluses, like sticking to a more consistent timeline, and a NYC-in-the early-80s chapter which is written up as a standard chapter rather than a collection of quotes. That said, I did make sure to read the SST chapter in Dean's copy. Reynolds has loads of additional material online here: http://www.simonreynolds.net/ Another good book, from way back in 1993, is Clinton Heylin's "From The Velvets To The Voidoids" -- which covers American pre-punk and the early punk scene up to 1980 -- beginning with the VU in the mid-60s and running up to the CBGB's bands. Plus the Detroit and Cleveland scenes, and The Modern Lovers, to boot. This is near the top of my re-read queue at the moment. I see that the current edition (ickier photo-oriented cover design and dumbed-down subtitle) has the inevitable additional material. Why does it seem like I put more writing into comments on other people's blogs than on my own posts? Yep, good book. I’m not as cool as Dean, so I got the US edition. It is shorter, but by the end, I did not feel shortchanged. And it does have some pluses, like sticking to a more consistent timeline, and a NYC-in-the early-80s chapter which is written up as a standard chapter rather than a collection of quotes. That said, I did make sure to read the SST chapter in Dean’s copy. Reynolds has loads of additional material online here:

http://www.simonreynolds.net/

Another good book, from way back in 1993, is Clinton Heylin’s “From The Velvets To The Voidoids” — which covers American pre-punk and the early punk scene up to 1980 — beginning with the VU in the mid-60s and running up to the CBGB’s bands. Plus the Detroit and Cleveland scenes, and The Modern Lovers, to boot. This is near the top of my re-read queue at the moment. I see that the current edition (ickier photo-oriented cover design and dumbed-down subtitle) has the inevitable additional material.

Why does it seem like I put more writing into comments on other people’s blogs than on my own posts?

]]> By: MrBaliHai http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 MrBaliHai Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:46:43 +0000 http://www.deansabatino.com/2006/06/06/94/#comment-1267 Sounds like my kind of read. You might also be interested in "New York Rocker" by Blondie's original bassist, Gary (Lachman) Valentine. Although it's not one of his best books, it's filled with a huge amount of inside poop on the CBGB scene. Sounds like my kind of read. You might also be interested in “New York Rocker” by Blondie’s original bassist, Gary (Lachman) Valentine. Although it’s not one of his best books, it’s filled with a huge amount of inside poop on the CBGB scene.

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