ISBN: 1851585737
Godina izdanja: 1993
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Muzika
Autor: Strani

Myles Palmer - Small Talk, Big Names: 40 Years of Rock Quotes
Mainstream Publishing, 1993
192 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro, pečat na predlistu.

40 Years of Rock Quotes, 1953-93

Half of this funny, wise and provocative compendium of rock quotes consists of small talk on such promising themes as Sex, Drugs, Money, Fame, Punk, Couples and the Press.
The other chapters of this unique book, which focus on big names like John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and Madonna, feature chronological comments which summarise the controversial careers of key superstars.
Myles Palmers, who became the London rock correspondent of the Scotsman after writing for The Times, Time Out, Rolling Stone, Radio Times and other magazines, says, `Being a rock critic is the best job in the world as long as you don`t take it too seriously. As Malcolm McLaren said, groups are just something to talk about. As Mick Jagger sang, it`s only rock & roll, but I like it. Having said that, to be asked to create a personal overview by editing together 60,000 words spoken or written by other people is a massive privilege.`

Preface
Favourites
Sex
Drugs
Fame
Money
Ego
Bitching
Songs
The Fifties
Elvis
The Beatles
Phil Spector
Soul
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Groups
Female Singers
David Bowie
The Seventies
Guitarists
Punk
New Wave
New Pop
On the road
In the studio
Press
Managers
Performance
Madonna
Couples
Bibliography

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Myles Palmer

London-based author. Started as advertising copywriter after doing sociology and student journalism at Manchester University. Rock journalist and feature writer in 70s. Big break was working with Peter Gillman and Geoffrey Cannon at Radio Times from 1970 onwards.

Seeking edgier material, began to write for Time Out`s first music editor Ian Pollock. We gave Rod Stewart the cover three months before Maggie May was a hit. One of Ian`s favourite groups was the Grateful Dead and that led to Myles asking John Higgins, the arts editor of The Times (who wrote about opera) if he was interested in a review of this hairy, druggy, subversive group from San Francisco, who were playing four nights at the Lyceum. John published that review and many others up to 1974.

Also wrote for Rolling Stone, Let It Rock, and for Felix Dennis at Oz. Made fun of pop culture books for Miles Kington at Punch. Also wrote for The Listener, New Society, Let It Rock. Managed and co-managed groups. Football journalist for The Scotsman from 1982, covering all games at Wembley, plus matches at Arsenal, Spurs, QPR, West Ham and Chelsea. Meeting George Graham in 1986 was galvanising, as I realised within 90 seconds that something different would happen. The arrival of Arsene Wenger in 1996 showed me a different animal, a new species, someone who was nothing like any of the hundreds of managers I had known. Met many wonderful people through Arsenal and began to blog on Ian Grant`s Arsenal News Review in 1998.

Started interviewing musicians again and reviewing concerts circa 1985 into the 2000s. Married with son & daughter. Big fan of Book Slam and have learned a lot from hearing authors and poets read from their work at 12 Acklam Road, The Tabernacle and Clapham Grand. Elliott Jack and Patrick Neate asked Myles to write the introduction to Too Much Too Young, Book Slam`s second book of short stories, which opened with a witty tale about a class of schoolboys who get a lovely new English teacher. Author: the esteemed and deservedly popular David Nicholls.


Nonfiction, Music, 1851585737