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Jason reynolds is a new york times bestselling author, a newbery award honoree, a printz award honoree, national book award finalist and twotime longlisted author, a kirkus award winner, a twotime walter dean myers award winner, an naacp image award winner, and the recipient of multiple coretta scott king award honors. Simon reynoldss shock and awe covers the glory days of glam rock and its pioneers, including t. We talk with music critic and retromania author simon reynolds in the first installment of our new recurring books feature. Talking totally wired john doran, february 17th, 2009 11. Simon reynolds is one of the most respected music journalists working today, and his. The quietus features tome on the range simon reynolds. Band reformations and reunion tours, expanded reissues of classic albums and outtakecrammed box sets, remakes and sequels. Or rather videosingles, as this is what we used to call a double aside. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Simon reynolds author of rip it up and start again goodreads. Nowhere is the pasts grip so tight as in the world of music, as the rock critic simon reynolds meticulously documents in retromania. A journey through rave music and dance culture among many other books, is set to launch his latest work, shock and awe this. Simon reynolds to chronicle glam rock in new book shock and awe.
Simon reynolds is one of the most respected music journalists working today, and his writing is both influential and polarizing. Simon reynolds was born on april 11, 1969 in toronto, ontario, canada. Aug 01, 2011 music critic simon reynolds tackles just this question in his book retromania. Find new book releases, best sellers lists and see when your favorite author is making their next appearance. Aug 01, 2011 reynolds latest book, just published here in the states by macmillan, is retromania.
He is the author of four books and five collections of essays and interviews. Simon reynolds books list of books by author simon reynolds. Simon reynolds started his journalistic career in 1986 as a staff writer for the british weekly music paper melody maker. The raptures of rock as one of the batch of reissued rock books that launches backpages classics, rocks backpagess new imprint for ebook reissues publishing date. This book is for, and about, the people who werent there at the right time and place in punks case, london and new. Simon reynolds is a music critic whose writing has appeared in the new york.
Glam rock has been for far too long a lost corner in the pop culture empire. Simon reynolds new book shock and awe glam rock and its legacy gets a 1010 from ltw. It is available from bookmarks, together with his earlier book. Simon reynolds book launch events christian eede, october 4th, 2016 15. Books by simon reynolds author of rip it up and start again. He draws on an impressive range of knowledge, and writes with a fluid, engaging style. May 27, 2011 simon reynolds reflects on the current mania for nostalgia. He has also contributed to spin, rolling stone, the new york times, the village. Simon reynolds discusses his new book shock and awe. While america has never quite caught on to electronic dance music, techno and acid house have been the last decades dominant european pop music genres. At least, when he was a british teenager, his earliest serious love in pop was for postpunk. He is the author of five previous books, including rip it up and start again. Easily parodied it has been shoved aside by the serious music fan and mainly removed.
In shock and awe, simon reynolds takes you on a wild cultural tour through the early seventies, a period packed with glitzy costumes and alien makeup, thrilling music and largerthanlife personas. Music critic simon reynolds tackles just this question in his book retromania. Im reminded of junior boys, not in the particulars so much but the approach. Simon reynolds we live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Focusing primarily on british and american music between 1978 and 1984, simon reynolds emphasizes the idea that the glossedover postpunk years were not marginal to the history of rock in rip it. The american booksellers associations 2017 and 2018 spokesperson for indies first, his many books. Simon reynolds is a music critic whose writing has appeared in the new york times, the village voice, spin, rolling stone, and artforum. Postpunk 19781984 viking penguin, 2006 the first booklength account of postpunk maps the continuities and discontinuities among the movements sounds and sites, from sheffield to manchester to new york to san francisco and beyond. See all books authored by simon reynolds, including rip it up and start again. Listen to simon reynolds new shock and awe glam rock playlist. Over the last two decades, he argues, the exploratory. Londoner by birth, kentish man by upbringing, portlander by adoption.
Renowned music journalist simon reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as joy division, gang of four, talking heads, and devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the. Jul 19, 2011 simon reynolds is a music critic whose writing has appeared in the new york times, the village voice, spin, rolling stone, and artforum. He is the author of four books and five collections of essays and. Simon reynolds born 19 june 1963 is an english music journalist and author who began his professional career on the staff of melody maker in the mid1980s, and has since gone on to freelance and publish a number of fulllength books. Rock journalist reynolds the sex revolts chronicles how mdma a psychedelic amphetamine, aka ecstasy and midi computer sound technology together spawned the unique dance culture of the chemical generation. The critic has written a new book which imagines the way presentday culture will be regarded in the future. Reynolds latest book, just published here in the states by macmillan, is retromania. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Liberal humanist, reformed exstalinist and former antiantiantisemite, melancholy europhile and romanticruralist socialist. Reynolds latest publication, rip it up and start again. In his new book he draws on sources ranging from harold bloom to jean baudrillard, walter benjamin to billboard, in an attempt to flesh out his. The present may be collapsing into the past, but this is a book for the ages. Energy flash author simon reynolds will explore the history of glam rock, from david bowie and new york dolls to lady gaga, in a book published by faber.
Simon reynolds has 39 books on goodreads with 40979 ratings. Simon reynolds born 19 june 1963 is an english music journalist and author who began his professional career on the staff of melody maker in the mid1980s, and has since gone on to freelance and publish a number of fulllength books on music and popular culture, ranging from historical tomes on rave music, glam rock, and the postpunk era to critical works such as retromania. Rip it up and start again is the first book length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Simon reynolds new book shock and awe glam rock and its. Youd think it might be hard to find new insights into one of the most famous lives in literature, but nicholas reynold s new book does just that writer, sailor, soldier, spy. Simon reynolds reflects on the current mania for nostalgia. Simon reynolds talks to him about whether tv will go extinct, why graham parker fell. Join facebook to connect with simon reynolds and others you may know.
Simon reynoldss shock and awe is an engrossing intellectual history of glam rock, providing as much structure and coherence as the sprawling, protean genre will bear. Simon reynolds talks to him about whether tv will go extinct, why graham parker fell from favour, and who is todays kafka simon reynolds. Pop cultures addiction to its own past, released in midjuly. Having tackled rave culture in energy flash and deconstructed pop musics obsession with its own past in retromania one of our top 25 books for record collectors, journalist and music writer simon reynolds has wound the clock back a turn for his latest book, shock and awe. Pop cultures addiction to its own past main by simon reynolds isbn. Jun 22, 2018 with rip it up and start again, simon reynolds provides the definitive history of what came after punks initial explosion when kids in farflung cities and suburbs took the movements troublemaking ideals and ran with them. Jason reynolds is a new york times bestselling author, a newbery award honoree, a printz award honoree, a national book award finalist, a kirkus prize winner, a twotime walter dean myers award winner, a naacp image award winner, and the recipient of multiple coretta scott king award honors.