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

[Sharon Cheslow <decomposition AT mindspring.com>]

Title: Re: [TypicalGirls] Viv's Memoir!

Yes, I had the same thought. Looking forward to reading this. I hope it gets published in the US at some point.

Sharon

At 4:27 PM -0800 1/27/14, lsmith wrote:

> Wow. Not sure I would've have known about
> this if I wasn't on this list and you hadn't posted it!
> Thanks! Curious to hear people's thoughts as they read it...
> Lani
>
>

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> From:
> Dina Hornreich <dina.hornreich AT gmail.com>
> To: Typical Girls <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:09 AM
> Subject: [TypicalGirls] Viv's Memoir!
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clothes-Clothes-Music-Music-Boys/dp/0571297757/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390575190&sr=8-2&keywords=viv+albertine
>
> Here's the synopsis:
>
> "Viv Albertine is one of a handful
> of original punks who changed music, and the discourse around it,
> forever. In Clothes ... Music ... Boys a story
> hitherto dominated by male voices is recast through the eyes of one of
> the most glamorous, uncompromising and iconic figures of the
> time.
> After forming The Flowers of Romance with
> Sid Vicious in 1976, Viv joined The Slits and made musical history as
> one of the first generation of punk bands. Here is the story of what
> it was like to be a girl at the height of punk: the sex, the drugs,
> the guys, the tours, the hard lessons learnt and those not considered.
> >From Madonna to Lady Gaga, fashion to feminims, Viv Albertine has
> influenced a range of exceptional artists. Here, before and beyond the
> break-up of The Slits in 1982, is the full story of a life lived
> unscripted, with foolishness, bravery and great emotional
> honesty.
> A memoir full of raw and uncompromising
> anecdote and opinion, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music,
> Music. Boys, Boys, Boys is an unflinching account of a life
> lived on the frontiers of experience, by a true
> pioneer."
>
> --
> Dina L. Hornreich
> dina.hornreich AT gmail.com
> http://portfolio.du.edu/dhornrei
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