Boots and boys. Glitter and Girls. Music and madness. Lust and life...
AB- It's good... because it's glam!
Music
Blondie, Kraftwerk, Buzzcocks, Cure, T-Rex, Visage, Pixies, Peaches, Bowie, Smiths, Arcade Fire, Miss Kittin, Joy Division, Franz Ferdinand, The Teardrop Explodes, Modern Lovers, LCD Soundsystem, Kate Bush, S-Express, Le Tigre, Roxy Music, Hot Chip, Adam And The Ants, Vitalic, Depeche Mode, BRMC, Bomb The Bass, The Presets, New Order, ABC, Sonic Youth, The Faint, Velvet Underground, White Stripes, KLF, Gang Of Four, CSS, Sparks, Cramps, The Gossip, Deaf School, Talking Heads, Elastica, Prince, Television, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Suede, The Long Blondes, Magazine, A-ha, Interpol, XTC, New York Dolls, The Damned, Human League, Echo And The Bunnymen, Jesus And Mary Chain, Kim Wilde, The Knife, Sex Pistols, Duran Duran, Wire, Madonna, The Fall, Soft Cell, Ramones, Tubeway Army / Gary Numan, PiL, The Slits, Fischerspooner, The Adverts, Pere Ubu, Squeeze, Fun Boy Three, Devo, Go Gos, The Rapture, The Undertones, Zoot Woman, X, Violent Femmes, Associates, B-52s, Dead Kennedys, Eighties B Line, OMD, Clash, Pulp, Electrelane, DNA, The Sweet, Goldfrapp, ESG, The Raincoats, M, Justice, The Specials
Movies
"Adult Books- The Movie"
Television
Too small a screen for our ideas...
Books
Adult ones. With tall stories and gorgeous covers.
Heroes
Those we met who made the following day's hangover so worthwhile... "All the cats, you know who you are..."
"Utterly debauched and achingly hip, in years to come clubbers will nostalgically recall their hazy Adult Books nights as their walk on the wild side" - Big Issue In The North
"The influential punk-glam-new-wave-electro gorgeousness of Adult Books" - Itchy Liverpool Guide '06
"Packed to the rafters with tainted lovers taking a walk on the wild side... the best crowd this side of CBGB circa 1979" - NME
"Adult Books is laughter, dancing, sex, frivolity... the soundtrack varied, ecstatic and excitable" - Citywise
"Hipper-than-thou glam punk electro-fest" - Metro
"Ultra cool but friendly, Adult Books is a must for connoisseurs of the latest in underground chic. Sexy, sharp and undeniably super" - 24/7
"The quickest way to meet great and gorgeous people..." - EYH!
"A cool scene for Liverpool's pop literate glamour kids- hip and dressed up, but friendly, excitable and decidedly decadent" - Live Magazine
"A night of sexy electro punk new wave sparkle cool for those glam kids for whom yer typical indie disco floor fillers will just not do. Hosted by top record-spinners Chris and Zoe, and made all the more spectacular by the low door rates and cheap drinkies - get those glad-rags on and get down there!" - FACT Magazine
"When in Liverpool, the only place we go is Adult Books..." - Sparks (yes, the band!)
"Liverpool's coolest midweek night out" - The Fly
If you are looking for something a bit more sophisticated, boogie the night away at Adult Books' legendary mix of new wave, electro and current hits... One of Liverpool's best loved club nights" - Liverpool Echo
Who I'd like to meet: YOU!
Adult Books had its last dance on Tuesday 4th November 2008, over-running into the small hours with Liverpool's finest and glitteriest glam-angels smooching deliriously into the night...
Thanks to all of you who were there over the years who made it the fun it was!
A.B was hosted by Liverpool pop types Sex Education, mostly taking place on Tuesdays, 10.30pm-2am, at LE BATEAU,
62 Duke St, L1.
Click here for a handy map to get you there ('cause there's still lotsa good stuff going on!)!
Entrance was around the 2-3 quid mark, and catsuits were only optional.
With gorgeous drinks at gloriously cheap prices:
Kronenbourg £1,
Smirnoff £1.20,
Jagermeister £1... All bloomin' night! Mmmm...
Missed it? You MISSED OUT!!!
Adult Books: Be sinful, be glam, be well read!
'Adult Books: The Movie!'- Produced and directed by Leon Seth:
Meshuggy is 3 years old next Monday, 8th December. To celebrate we are putting on a show with drumming legend Zach Hill from Hella and other cult U.S bands. He is playing 5 select dates in the UK for his new solo album Necromancer. We also have four local bands who will be playing 20 minute sets before Zach goes on stage. These include Avenging Force, Indica Ritual, Eastfifefourforfarfive and Eighth Day Army. 8pm Doors.
For anyone who comes to the birthday show we will be giving out free posters from the last 3 years of gigs. There will be colour and black and white prints from the likes of Battles, Nina Nastasia, Trans Am, Deerhoof, Marnie Stern, Fuck Buttons, Polysics SSS, Blood Red Shoes, Dananananaykroyd, Grabba Grabba Tape, That Fucking Tank, Woman and some old favourites.
I miss you AB..sadly I can't make next months either(going to Manc to see Steve Coogan on the same night!) gah! sucks. Hopefully December shouldn't be an issue x
You KNOW I'll be there! I can't resist a place where even the spam knows my name. It's like 'Cheers' with more glitter. I leave you with the words of Dr Crane: 'I'm listening!'
XXX
P.S the new/old flyer is fabulous. Red lipstick is possibly one of the best things ever.
I've only just remembered writing that now :-/ I could be sure I wasn't that drunk but obviously not...oh dear. Ooo maybe that's why goths have such bad eyeliner, it's modelled on vampires who can't see what they're doing...
I've been moved down the top friends! I'm aghast and alone away from my partner in dancing like middle aged women and and avoiding the monosyllabic pitfalls of text speak when writing on walls.
Excellent, are there any flyers announcing this Vicky-tastic Birthday extravaganza?? Perhaps pictures of my face dotted around in celebration of my birth?? Actually don't do that, peoples eyes will bleed.
