Book Description
Opposites do attract--but is that really such a good idea?
Whit Stillman has won international acclaim as one of the wittiest, most original filmmakers of his generation--"the Balzac of the ironic class, the Dickens of people with too much inner life." in the words of Stephen Hunter in The Washington Post. Now, twisting the film novelization genre in an entirely new direction, Stillman has produced something equally fresh and surprising; a novel based on the characters and events touched on in The Last Days of Disco--the movie The New York Times called "deft, funny, and improbably touching"--with results that are even defter, funnier, and more improbably poignant.
Jimmy Steinway, the "Dancing Adman" of The Last Days of Disco (and, we later discover, a frustrated, desk-drawer novelist), gets his lucky break when Castle Rock Entertainment, unable to find anyone else to write a novelization of the movie, reluctantly gives the assignment to him. Jimmy struggles to bring to light the true origins of the story at Kate Preston's party in Sag Harbor, and the fast, then slow, then fast again unfolding of his love for Alice Kinnon, the boyfriendless social failure from Hampshire College whose quiet charm detonated a bitter rivalry between him and four of his Harvard classmates. (He also sets the record straight about the beautiful, passionate, painfully candid Charlotte Pingree.)
Set primarily in Manhattan in the early 1980s--but spanning two continents and two decades--The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards redresses the wrongs done these characters and this period, while helping to ameliorate the comic novel shortage in the world today.
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Booooooooooring.......2005-05-04
Loved the movie, but this novelization adds nothing new and really lacks the charm that the actors bring to the dialogue. In fact, it's an almost word-for-word adaptation. Go buy the movie instead. It's a much better value.
Stick To The Movie.......2004-12-29
Without the music (which is described throughout), this book is rather lame. A novelization of the movie, written as though someone asked Jimmmy Steinway (the ad guy who kept trying to get his clients into "The Club") to write it years after he wrote the movie script. You're left wondering: did this really happen or not? Why did Stillman feel the need to write this book?
Although it does explain certain character's motivations, which weren't really clear in the movie, it kind of goes overboard with a little too much insight, even for a novel. In my opinion, it wasn't realistic, and the characters were even more superficial than the movie. In the movie, you know nobody acts that way in real life, but it's a movie! And since when is the IRS a client of an advertising agency? Why would the Charlotte and Alice both be only TWENTY years old in the September following their graduation from college? No mention of skipping grades, starting first grade at age four, or both of them going to college during the summer, in which case, they'd still both be twenty-one. This isn't the 1930's where kids start first grade at age five, there is no sophomore year in high school, so everyone graduated high school at age sixteen. Just a glaring inconsistency which bothered me.
The movie is much more entertaining.
Entertaining and Insightful.......2004-01-11
Let me start off by saying that I have always been a fan of Whit Stillman's films (and am sad that there are only 3) so when I saw that he had written this novel I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I ordered it through interlibrary loan and started reading it only a few days after watching the film, The Last Days of Disco, for the third time.
At first I thought the book was going to be exactly like the movie (some scenes and lines are exactly the same, as if Stillman was transcribing the script) but then there are paragraphs of insightfulness from Jimmy and also added scenes or dialogue that is not in the movie.
I love the way Jimmy makes all sorts of commentary on society as well as specific people. For me, this book gave more depth into the movie and characters I already loved and was well worth reading through some things that I already knew really well from the movie.
Another thing that is fun about the book is that at the end ("cocktails at pretrossian afterward") all the charcters meet up again--17 years after the original story took place--after the movie screening! I think it really works well that the book is so self-aware about the fact that it was a movie first. It makes it all that more real feeling.
The only thing I would say against this book is that, well, I can see why Whit turned to film. I really think his way of writing works better in that media. And, although, it's a great book, there are times when the writing or dialogue just seems better suited for film (although, I suppose in film you would miss out on some of the more personal thoughts and commentary that I loved so much in the book). So I guess it's a give and take sort of thing, but as an example, sometimes Stillman seems to repeat certain words which, in a book, doesn't really work that well for me. But in diologue has an interesting effect on screne. But, as the books says at the very beginning, books and films have different strengths and weakenesses, so I guess that sort of thing happens.
Anyway...I would recomend this to any Stillman fans out there (and anyone else interested in a witty and insightful novel). And watch all of Stillman's movies, too!!
Not too different from the movie..........2002-07-18
I love Whit Stillman. I miss Whit Stillman. We haven't heard a cinematic peep from this fine director, among the best of the 90's, since he moved to Paris. Apparently the City of Light, or at least its ridiculous rents, inspired Whit to write and here we have the results.
Briefly, the literary conceit is that Jimmy the Dancing Ad Man from the film is drafted to do a novelization of the movie. Omnipresent in the film, he is largely a background character, but becomes the point-of-view for the book. The novel rarely ventures too far from the movie, which I thought was the lesser of his three films to date.
Some complaints:
- I was rather hoping that the "with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards" hinted at an expansion of the scope beyond the movie. Although providing us with additional character development, lacking in the film due to the large ensemble cast, the scope of the novel is the scope of the film.
- The entire book is written in the speaking-style of Jimmy the Ad Man. This is extremely funny for the first third, but wears thin. You're investing far more time with Jimmy than the two hour duration of the film and you may tire of the digressions and so forth.
It's still a fine book and I'd recommend to anyone who liked the movie. Just don't watch the film and read the book back to back, or even close together, otherwise you won't get much out of it. It's still very funny and I'd be interested in reading more by Whit should Paris (or the landlord) get him in the mood again. Perhaps something new and original...
Superb.......2002-02-07
An unusual novelization of a film after its theatrical release, that also happens to be written by its director/writer. By telling the story of the movie from the point of view of one of its characters -- who knows about the movie, its script, and various other background materials -- The Last Days of Disco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards actually improves upon what was an excellent, enjoyable film to begin with. But don't be concerned that this is some trite post-modern, deconstructionist gobbledygook, because Stillman is just as talented a novelist as he is a filmmaker, and he allows the wonderful, affecting story about a group of young people finding their way in the world hold center stage. Set against his marvelous descriptions of New York City at night, and its early 1980s club scene, along with the great dialogue Stillman's films are known for, Stillman's novelization of his own film succeeds greatly on its own.
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The Music May Have Stopped, but the Party’s Never Over.
Bar Mitzvah Disco. Everyone's Invited
Pick up your table card and come be our guest on this journey back to a time when style, music, and lust went hand in hand with a Day-Glo necklace, a pair of Z Cavaricci jeans, and Vuarnet shades. In this parallel universe, tall girls slow-danced with short boys at arm’s length, suburban break-dance pioneers vied with Lionel Richie fanatics for dance-floor space, Aunt Edna came ready to mount an assault on the dessert buffet in her best lime-green polyester pantsuit, and the phrase “the higher the hair, the closer to God” took on a whole new meaning.
With special appearances from:
AJ Jacobs, 99 red balloons, Ben Lee, the California Raisins, a well-intentioned Burt Reynolds impersonator, Jessi Klein, Joel Stein, DJ Squeak E. Clean, members of Foreigner (circa the Agent Provocateur tour), Sarah Silverman, OJ Simpson, Noah Tepperberg, Wendy Spero, the cast of Breakin’, Mark Ronson, Steve Fortgang and southern Florida’s number one Bar Mitzvah band
Bar Mitzvah Disco is an irresistible journey, two parts Fantasy Island to one part Vegas, rife with gorgeous girls, piles of cash, and ungracious thank-you notes presented straight from the source.
Customer Reviews:
EVERYBODY WANG CHUNG TONIGHT.......2007-07-01
This book is so much fun. Beyond the great photos that are too campy to be believed, this book is jammed with the reflections of others on their mitzvah experiences. No poignancy here, just a lot of laughs.
fantastic.......2007-01-30
This book is awesome - it perfectly captures this bizarre subculture of over-the-top celebrations of puberty among Jews in the 1980s, primarily in the New York metro area. If you are one of the chosen people that celebrated Bar and Bat Mitzvahs during that time, you will laugh until it hurts reading this book.
Kitch at its best.......2007-01-10
Loved the Disco Bar Mitzvah. Great collection of antecdotes and fantastic photographs. Oh Vey, to be 13 again - NO WAY.
Highly recommend this book.
Oh my god, I know them!!!!.......2006-12-18
I just received this book for the holidays. I was going to bar/bat mitvahs in the early eighties and throughly enjoyed this book. Then came the photo. I graduated junior high with the entire table!!!
There are no words to describe how happy I am with this book, except to say that reading it was pure enjoyment.
Disco Review.......2006-02-24
Cool book. I took it to work to show all my gentile co-workers and they loved it.
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The definitive visual diary of the New York club scene in the seventies, Disco Years presents an astounding collection of photographs from America's premier nightlife photographer, Ron Galella. His candid shots of the era's fabulous fashionistas, indulgent rock idols, outlandish artists, mystical muses, jet-setting socialities, and fantastic freaks reveal the delicious decadence that defined the decade.
Disco Years brings us the high life, literally and figuratively. Featuring unforgettable photographs of Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Halston, Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager, Liza Minnelli, Grace Jones, Madonna, Diane von Furstenberg, Mick and Bianca Jagger, Keith Richards, Truman Capote, Gloria Vanderbilt, Dolly Parton, Brooke Shields, Cher, Raquel Welch, David Bowie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jackson, and John Belushi, among countless others, Disco Years takes us back to a time when skiing was an indoor activity, velvet ropes were high security, and incredible style was the only requirement.
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Disco inferno still burning after all these years.......2006-12-14
"[Galella's] strongest period was the 1970's when his reality-based photography style was in perfect sync with that decade's gritty approach to filmmaking, a time when Hollywood had largely discarded the sugar-coated schmaltz of 50's and 60's artifice....Here is a startled Bette Midler looking behind her shoulder at the Grammy Awards, her askew tiara making her look like a lost, overgrown trick-or-treater. Alfred Hitchcock at the premiere of his film Family Plot wearing a stony, zombie-like expression that recalls Tor Johnson's performance in Plan 9 From Outer Space. A pre-Saturday Night Fever John Travolta already basking in fame, a crowd of fans restrained mere inches away and behaving as if Travolta's then unadulterated charisma had driven them to fits of ecstasy. And a miniscule Herve Villechaize ducking under a velvet rope at the Golden Globe awards like a mischievous gremlin hell-bent on carrying out acts of sabotage on the glamorous proceedings. Despite Galella's cinema verite hand, there is a persistent dream-like quality that emerges throughout the book. There are moments when the images almost threaten to tumble into a vortex where reality and fantasy merge - like the spiraling narrative of the amnesiac actress in Mulholland Drive, David Lynch's savagely surreal commentary on Tinseltown. Of all the visions in Galella's work, however, the most sobering seems to be the reminder of the ephemeral nature of fame and flesh."
-From my essay on Galella's work that accompanied an exhibition of his photos
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- Excellent! Fast Pace Read.
- Mighty, mighty real
- Fabulous
- You Would Only Want To - - - - Read This
- FAB-U-LOUS, daaaarling!
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The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
Joshua Gamson
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A journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change-the '70s-as told through the life of ultra-fabulous superstar Sylvester Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome-to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco sensation Sylvester was the piper. Joshua Gamson-a Yale-trained pop culture expert-uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom. Gamson captures the exuberant life, feeling, energy, and fun of a generation's wonderful, magical waking up-from the parties to the dancing and music. The story begins with a little black boy who started with nothing but a really big voice. We follow him from the Gospel chorus to the glory days in the Castro where a generation shook off its shame as Sylvester sang and began his rise as part of a now-notorious theatrical troup called the Cockettes. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle and merge around this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture.
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Excellent! Fast Pace Read........2006-11-04
Joshua Gamson took the reader on a magical journey of Sylvester's glitter world of music, sex, and drugs with the abandonment that was the time of the 70's. Sadly, there was no gold at the end of the rainbow and we, like Sylvester, saw the decline with terrible retribution.
I highly recommend this book; it's a quick read and you won't be able to put it down.
Mighty, mighty real.......2006-06-07
Magic happens where reality and fantasy overlap. It's a space that dance music star Sylvester effortlessly occupied during the outrageous and flamboyant club scene of the mid-70s to early 80s, when those lines were happily blurred on a nightly basis.
Gamson does an excellent job of showing Sylvester's `six-degrees of separation' influence - he worked with emerging stars like Bette Midler, Patti LaBelle, The Weather Girls ("It's Raining Men"), American Idol judge Randy Jackson and Patrick Cowley (Megatone Records).
By focusing mainly on Sylvester, Gamson gives the reader an inside look and feel of the gay club scene that was a mix of Broadway and Bowery Row. Sylvester epitomized that drama and contrast with his falsetto voice but powerful vocals and androgynous but commanding stage presence. He created a propulsive musical genre ("Do Ya Wanna Funk?" "You Make Me Feel") that defined the era's manic, raw and pulsating energy.
AIDS turned the party lethal, killing off both his audience and the mood for high energy music. Soon, Sylvester, along with hundreds of others in the arts and entertainment community, was dead. There are lots of devil-may-care musicians whose audiences escape through their lives and music, but there will probably never again be a time when the audience and the artist were so intimately in synch, both feeling and living the beat.
Fabulous.......2006-01-11
It took 17 years for someone to realize that the world needed to know who Sylvester was and how he impacted music and society. This book was wonderful. Being a huge fan of Sylvester, this was truly a treat. A very good read. I must say, I did learn some things about Syl that were very shocking, but I am glad that I have finally been told his true life story. It is so sad that we can not hear that wonderful falsetto voice anymore. He will always be missed. I met him early in 1987 and he was truly fabulous!
You Would Only Want To - - - - Read This.......2005-11-15
This book is by far the best book I have read this year. I travel alot so I read about 1 to 2 books a week. The Fabulous Sylvester is absolutely fabulous. This book made me Cry, made me Laugh, made me Sing, made me Rejoice, and made me Remember. If you were there in days of disco weather the early, middle or last days of it, take a stroll down memory lane with Gamson's accurate discription of the Garage. And although I learned alot about Sylvester I did not know, this book is a great tribute to the Disco era, as well as the Fabulous Sylvester himself. Like I said YOU WOULD ONLY WANT TO. (DATING MYSELF HERE)
FAB-U-LOUS, daaaarling!.......2005-08-31
This was the best book I read all year! I devoured it... I did not want it to end! I did not know much about Sylvester before I read it but felt like I lost an old friend by the time I finished. Naturally, I had cut the rug to his songs as a young teen and saw his wild costumes as well. However, this book covers his childhood, his struggle to make it big and of course the sad ending that came too soon.
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Billy Bloom is gay, but it's mostly theoretical, as he hasn't had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he can't believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes, none of which are exactly his type. Billy's efforts to fit in and stand out at the same time are both hilarious and heartrending. In this novel from adult author and media personality James St. James, readers are in for a wild ride as he tells Billy's fascinating story of bravado, pain, and unexpected love, inspired by his own experiences.
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Wonderful Read!.......2007-08-02
Being a fan of James St. James other novel, Party Monster, I was so excited for this book! He captured my attention and I couldn't put it down! Everyone can relate to the main character, whether you were a teenage girl or a homosexual male (not outted yet) in high school.
an absolte must-read.......2007-08-01
whether you're gay, straight, bi, transsexual, transgender, young, old, or a little bit of everything, this book will change the way you think. i loved every minute of it. james st. james really knows how to evoke all kinds of emotions in the readers. i liked it better than party monster.
One of a kind.......2007-07-07
This is a very funny novel about a drag queen in a conservative private high school in Florida. The main character is charming, his voice is unique, the pace is fast, and the writing is hilarious. After reading a lot of young adult novels, it was so refreshing to read this one. It really stands out from the pack.
Extremely Strange but Fabulous.......2007-06-11
I have been a fan of James St. James for years. I had previously read Disco Bloodbath and watched Party Monster (both the Movie, and the Shockumentary). James St. James is awesome with words and has a gift of interpreting them. From the very first sentence of Freak Show, I knew the book was going to be over-the-top fabulous. I made the mistake of starting to read it right before I went to bed. I could not put the book down and as a result I only got 3 hours of sleep. I read the whole thing in one sitting. It was just too good to put down! I suggest that everyone read Freak Show. As strange as it is, one can also learn from the book.
Loved It.......2007-06-05
Imagine "Disco Bloodbath" without the sex and drugs, and guess what? It's still a blast! This novel is a witty romp through the perilous high school world of one very special 17 year-old boy named Billy Bloom. It even has a happy ending, though not quite the one you might expect. I loved it. Tears, I'm telling you, TEARS WELLED!
Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland
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Praise for Colin Cotterill's Dr Siri Series:
"Wonderfully fresh and exotic.... The multiple cases spread out on Siri's examining table are not cozy entertainments but substantial crimes that take us into the thick of political intrigue."-The New York Times Book Review
"A fresh and innovative detective who goes straight to the heart and soul, without any sappy sentiment. The author gives us exotic locations; a world that few of us know well; crisp, intelligent, and often witty writing; and most of all a hero unlike any other."-Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current government had hidden out in caves, waiting to assume power. Now, as a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to take place, an arm is found protruding from the concrete walk that had been laid from the President's former cave hideout to his new house beneath the cliffs. Dr Siri is ordered to supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify the corpse, and discover how he died.
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Fun, Easy Mystery.......2007-09-15
Colin Cotterill's third book about the 70 year-old Laotian coroner does not disappoint. It's a perfect airplane read and you could finish it on a coast-to-coast flight. It's fun and any implausibility will be cheerfully overlooked by someone who wants to relax. The series should probably be read in order so start with The Coroner's Lunch if you haven't enjoyed one of these yet.
Disco for the Departed.......2007-09-13
Cottreil's mystery series on Laos are excellent. Having travelled to Laos shortly after the period set out in the book I can attest to its good capture of the atmosphere at the time.
Another Solid Dr. Siri Adventure.......2007-01-07
This third installment of the "Dr. Siri" series continues to document the adventures of the national coroner of newly Communist Laos. Set in 1977, the story opens with the elderly coroner and his sensible nurse sent to the remote town of Vieng Xai. Located in the northern Hua Phan province, the town is being built at the base of a vast cave system that served at the Pathet Lao headquarters during the struggle against the American-backed monarchy. Now, as it is being prepared to stage an important ceremony to mark a new friendship treaty with Vietnam, a very strange corpse has turned up. Since there is no police force to speak of, Dr. Siri is called in to make sense of it with all due haste.
The body turns out to be that of a Cuban attached to a nearby "advisory" unit. After establishing Dr. Siri's credentials as a spirit host/medium in the first two books, it comes as no surprise that this adventure finds him tangled up with the Caribbean spirit world of santeria. While the villain of this storyline, which involves a beautiful Vietnamese girl and doomed love, is rather obvious, there's still plenty to like. The history of the caves is fascinating, the corpses to be investigated very unusual, and the bureaucratic red tape both comic and instructive. Meanwhile, Nurse Dtui is given her own subplots, including a stint heading up a hospital treating mine victims, and an unexpected romantic proposal. Meanwhile, back in Vientiane, morgue assistant Mr. Geung is exiled to a northern work camp by a nefarious judge with an axe to grind with Dr. Siri. The determined Geung resolves to escape and make his way the hundreds of miles back, leading to adventures that are variously droll and deadly.
As in the two previous books. Dr. Siri's ability to commune with the spirit world is key to the resolution of the mysteries, as well as another subplot involving a sick little girl. Enough backstory is given so that newcomers to the series will not be confused about the spirit world element, and can dive right in. As in the other books in the series, there's plenty of sly humor and celebration of traditional "Laotianness" which is slowly dying off. A very solid addition to the series and well worth the time of anyone with an interest in Laos or mysteries with unusual settings.
[Warning: Potential spoiler in this review].......2006-12-28
Let me say first that I am in awe of (most of) the other reviews. Not only are they dead-on; they also express my view of the book with great eloquence and perceptiveness. However, I do not give this work five stars, because I believe the author doesn't play fair re. the supernatural. In Asian literature it is common for supernatural beings to aid and/or motivate the detective, and I have no problem with this. However, this doesn't square well with the mystery novel in its Western form, where readers are expected to track the detective's experience, recognize the clues, and (perhaps -- I rarely accomplish this) figure out the mystery as the detective does. In _Disco for the Departed_, however, I felt tricked by the final resolution, where we are supposed to grant the reality of some supernatural events while dismissing others. In short, the logic of this fictional world (and the mystery within it) is muddied to some extent by the conjunction of the Asian and Western presuppositions about such novels.
Dancin' at the Disco!.......2006-11-05
Colin you dog. How do you do it? Usually by the third book the characters get paper thin and it seems like the writer is just "phoning it in."
"Disco" is even stronger and more fleshed out than the first two books in the series and they are superb. I am even a tougher critic now as I now live in Vientaine and check facts with former (?) Pathet Lao members and those who remember all that happened. No one has anything but the highest regards for your sense of history or accuracy in character. I have been to the hospital where Dr Siri's morgue is supposed to be located. I live in the same neighborhood. No one writes with more depth and feeling for the Lao people than Cotterill.
Even if you have no interest in Lao, Dr Siri is a detective that could stoke a pipe with Holmes. Nurse Dtui is more that a Watson.
This is a rich and brilliant read about an exciting and deep culture.
Have you ever seen a book on Amazon where all the reviewers gave it five stars?
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This is the first book - anywhere - of the complete history of Billboard's national "Dance/Disco Club Play" chart. From Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye" to Chic, Village People, Donna Summer, Prince, Bowie, Madonna ... the list goes on. Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003 lists every one of the over 3,800 artists and over 8,000 hits that have appeared on Billboard's "Dance" charts. Packed with basic chart facts, intriguing info, and fantastic features. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2, 368 pages
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Amazing and full of information.......2006-02-02
I was wating for years for this book to be released, and finally I got it. The information is complete and detailed about the songs/tracks that were listed on the dance charts. You can find the date that the song was first entered on the lists and the peak positions. You'd be amazed that many of the dance hits that peaked # 1 on the 100 pop chart did not make the # 1 on the dance/club play chart, and even more did not enter the chart at all. Great presentation and very well organized, it worths every penny $$$ I spent on it. I have only 2 complains about this book, first: the Dance Maxi Single Sale chart information is not listed here at all. It's a most, to have the sales information to be included in this book. How do I know that the song I danced for years was also a success on sales, for the next release of this book please have this information included. Second: it's a total pitty that the information from the electronic music charts were not included here either. The massive and most popular clubs that makes most pop/dance artist have a hit on the billboard dance charts, have been playing only danceable electronica music for years, to be more accurate, since the mid 80's. I hope this will be also included in the next release of the Hot Dance/Disco. Also I have the hope that the world hits (mostly Europeans hits) also listed on weekly billboard magazine gets to be relased on a book soon. Until then, enjoy this wonderful book.
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Disco Pigs and Sucking Dublin: And, Sucking Dublin : Two Plays (Nick Hern Books)
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intense.......2000-04-03
I saw this play before i read it. It is an intense view in to the lives of two characters, pig and runt. Both have just had their 17th birthday, and are determined to celebrate. We follow them on 2 nights out in cork in Ireland, they drink and fight, and yet communacate in their own made up language, like children. They are both endearingly naive, and at the same time appalingly violent. By the end of the play i was left feeling utterly washed out, i wanted to care for the characters, i did care for them, but felt utterly revulsed by what i had seen. Enda walsh avoids all the stereotypes that could run rampant in this type of scenario, and portrays a glimpse into the lives of two characters who seem both real, and absurdly exagerated. When reading the play one should bear in mind the extremely physical nature of the performance that the 2 actors depicted on the cover gave, like children playing the reenact their births, and the fights they get into extremely vividly, sexual tension oozes of the page, and i was left with enthralled and repelled by the characters. read it now, see it if you can.
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Disco Biscuits is a Direct Link to Alternative Culture.......2000-03-28
Editor Sarah Champion's second compilation of stories from the chemical generation explores postmodern angst and premillenial tension in an entirely innovative format. The authors selected span the entire spectrum of subcultural discourse from science fiction to cyberpunk to frustrated romance. The gritty experiences of contemporary youth technoculture saturate every selection with brilliant poetry and prose. These are the voices of club kids past, present and future--voices heard in no other forum. These contemporary dramas offer insight into the twisted minds of the international rave scene through the imaginative format of cyberficion. An absolute must read for people who have experienced the journey into the techno-underworld!
One story chronicles a new year's eve party set in a South East Asian shrine to hedonism. Complete with every Baccanalian vice, the partiers chart the unexplored territory of higher consciousness. The journey from England to the Asian rave space recapitulates the traditional hero myth through dialgoue and plot that directly speaks to the contemporary disillusioned mindset. The two main charcters learn a new philosophy of non-dualism, synthesizing pleasure and pain, masculine and feminine, heaven and hell. Alluding to the binary unities of Archetypal Psychologist Carl Jung, the characters portray the evolution of mind, body and soul possible only through alternative avenues. The rich, velvety prose and hypermetaphors give this story a unique depth that contextualizes it within the history of literature proper. And to think that is just one of many amazing short stories and poems contained within this anthology!
Not some pedantic anthology sent out by tired english professors from the ivory tower to bore hungry readers with soporific sagas of bourgeousis crisis and cultural overanalysis. Champion's anthologies (Disco 2000, Disco Biscuits and Fortune Hotel) rehabilitate poetry and prose, making these formats once again a powerful vehicle for expression.
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