Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

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Totally Wired is a compendium of extra material and supporting text and
interviews to Rip It Up..., published by Faber & Faber on Monday, and features
with the likes of Alan Vega, Tony Wilson, Lydia Lunch, Ari Up, Jah Wobble, 
Andy
Gill, Green Gartside and David Byrne, along with supplementary overviews on
'Concept Rock', Lydon and PiL, Joy Division on film, mutant disco and punk 
funk
and more.

Simon Reynolds will be launching the book with a special event to be held at
the London Camden Roundhouse, this Sunday February 15th, where he will be
joined by Colin Newman from Wire, Viv Albertine of the Slits and Scritti
Politti's Tom Morley. You can buy tickets from the Roundhouse website.
http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/simon-reynolds-2989

Meanwhile, this Thursday Reynolds will be hosting a talk at Manchester's
Deansgate Waterstones, where he will be joined by Quietus scribe Mick Middles
and former Fall member Una Baines. Tickets for that event are £3 and can be
purchased by calling the store on 0161 839 1248. What's more, you get that £3
off copies of the book purchased on the night.



Joly MacFie 
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