These are all somewhere in my heart (pages): Adverts, Afghan Whigs, Amps. Arab Strap, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Ash, Auteurs, Belle and Sebastian, Beta Band, Big Flame, bis, Bloc Party, the Blood Arm, Boo Radleys, Bluetones, Blur, Breeders, BRMC, Bright Eyes, Chapterhouse, Cibo Matto, Coldplay, Cornershop, Creation Records, Depeche Mode, the Divine Comedy, Domino Records, Doves, Dweeb, Echobelly, Elastica, Elbow, Erusure, Factory Records, Flying Saucer Attack, Folk Implosion, Franz Ferdinand, Godfathers, Hives, Hole, the House of Love, Idlewild, Interpol, the Jazz Butcher, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kaito UK, the Kills, Kingmaker, Klaxons, KLF, Joy Division, the LA's, the Lemonheads, the Libertines, Libido, Locust, Loop, Lush, Magnetic Fields, Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, Menswear, Mogwai, Mojave 3/Slowdive, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Palace, the Pastels, Pavement, Liz Phair, Pixies, Postal Service, Postcard Records, Primal Scream, Primitives, Pulp, Quasi, Radiohead, The Railway Children, Redd Kross, Ride, Ruby, Sarah Records, Sea Wolf, the Senseless Things, Sex Pistols, Sleeper, Elliott Smith, the Smiths, Smudge, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, Soup Dragons, Stereolab, the Stills, Stone Roses, Stooges, Suede, Swervedriver, Symposium, Teenage Fanclub, Tiger, the Tindersticks, Travis, Urusei Yatura, the Verve, Wedding Present, Wolf Hounds, the White Stripes, and Neil Young.
The ones I've come to love since then are too many to list, but I really wish I was going to that Great Escape festival in Brighton
Movies
Trainspotting, Withnail & I, Another Country, Another State of Mind, The Wild One, Our Time, 24 Hour Party People, Control....
Television
Don't you mean Youtube videos, well then...The Office, Top of the Pops, ....
Books
Empire of Dirt, Trickster Makes This World, Mind and Nature, Lolita, The Great Gatsby, Cold Water....
Heroes
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Who I'd like to meet: I am a book about UK indie music and culture ranging from the early 1990s to present. This is what my publisher has to say about me. But I have a better sense of humour. I'm written by an anthropologist and I've been involved in indie music for more than 15 years. I have worked at Domino, Reprise, and UCLA. Exposure to british people has improved my sense of irony.
This in-depth study of the British independent music scene explores how the behavior of fans, artists, music industry professionals, and sexual acolytes produce a community with a specific aesthetic based on moral values. Author Wendy Fonarow, a scholar with years of experience in the various sectors of the indie music scene, examines the indie music “gig” as a ritual in which all participants are actively involved. This ritual allows participants to play with cultural norms regarding appropriate behavior, especially in the domains of sex and creativity. Her investigation uncovers the motivations of audience members when they first enter the community and how their positions change over time so that the event functions for most members as a rite of passage. Empire of Dirt sheds new light on music, gender roles, emotion, subjectivity, embodiment, and authenticity.
People who love music, particularly those who dedicate their lives to it. As long as this is wish fulfillment: manatees, my ex-students who are making their contributions to the world, all of my ghosts, people who can make fun of themselves, a real puggle, a penguin, every dog in my neighborhood -- actually your neighborhood too, good conversationalists.....
I definitely have some top fave chapters !! you've expressed things i've wondered about but had no background to put it into context. unique and awesome! i wish i read it before it was even on paper. it rocks!!!
This shit looks tight. I think we need to loosen it up a bit and give a good wipe down at UC-Riverside. I am a doctoral candidate (English/film visual culture) at this large dumpster and it needs to be filled with your beautiful shit. Let me know if you are interested in dropping seeds and mashing mud in the Inland Empire.
