Postpunk pops the funk

[mccutcheon]

Marky I'm goin' to this tonight.

There is a panel discussion hosted by Simon Reynolds
> around his new book Rip It Up and Start Again:


> Postpunk 1978-1984 on Tuesday February 28th.
>
> Venue:
> Mo Pitkin's 34 Avenue A (between 2nd and 3rd
> streets).
> Time: 7 PM.
> Admission: $8.
>
> The panelists are James Chance (Contortions, James
> White & The Blacks), China Burg (vocalist/guitarist
> for Mars) ,Vivien Goldman (postpunk musician/Flying
> Lizard, journalist for NME/ Melody Maker/Sounds,
> author), and Steven Daly (Orange Juice; Vanity Fair
> contributing editor, co-author of The Rock Snob's
> Dictionary).
>

[marky]

Haha. Yeah actually I read about this just tonight on the other board! Let me know how it goes.

The word is that the US version of Rip It Up & Start Again isn't as good as the UK version. What a fucking surprise eh? Apparently they took out all the pictures and a bunch of other stuff. I really don't care anyway because the UK version didn't make me all that happy to begin with. Sorry I don't take my Joy Division inaccuracies lightly in a book that's supposed to be about post-punk, not that that was the only problem I had with what I've read so far. And I get tired of everyone licking Reynolds' arse anyway.

James Chance & The Contortions were in that film I saw recently from 1979. I usually don't care for their music (it is a bit *difficult* is it not?), but they did a cover of Chic's Good Times that was definitely very cool.

[mccutcheon]

got drunk with Kyle-- and Grace who is doing my novel cover- since she was ace with my short story book cover, and never made it.