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本名では2冊目の訳書となる『レスター・バングス―伝説のロック評論家、その言葉と生涯』(ジム・デロガティス著/TONCACHI刊)の出版が明後日(4/30)です。

出版元のTONKACHI(トンカチ)のサイト内に特設ページが用意されていますので、ぜひチェックしてみてください。

特設ページには著者のショートインタビューや本書の概要、関係者のコメント、オリジナルの英語版に寄せられた書評(抜粋)なども掲載されています。

特に米国のポピュラーカルチャーに関心がある人にとって興味深い内容の評伝だと思います。

#LesterBangs #Creem #creemmagazine #レスター・バングス #レスターバングス #ロック評論家 #ロック評論 #RockCritique

shop.tonkachi.co.jp/blogs/spec

Tonkachi Storeレスター・バングス、 伝説のロック評論家、その言葉と生涯音楽について語ることが、表現し行動することであった激動的な1970年代。その真っ只中を生きて死んだ、伝説のロック評論家レスター・バングスの評伝、日本初書籍化。一人の、これ以上ないほどにクチの悪い男が「文学としてのロックンロール / ロックンロールとしての文学」を作り出すまで!

1000 Day Album Challenge (#14) The Clash: The Clash (1977) [14.01.24]

we're a garage band we come from garageland…

while we’re on the subject of great debut albums, I want to talk about one of the very finest ever, The Clash’s eponymous opening salvo. I don’t think I bought a Clash record until London Calling came out in early 1980, but by the time I bought the import version of Sandinista! in late 1981 I owned all of them. I was all-in on The Clash. for me, they really were, “The Only Band That Matters.”

The Clash, both the band and the album, are pure energy. listening as I write this I feel a bit like a kid again. I might be sitting on a chair at a table in front of my laptop, but in my head I’m bouncing around playing air guitar. the ringing guitar sound strikes deep for me as fo the words. “I’m so bored with the USA / now what can I do?!” the pace is relentless - one terse ball of fire followed by another. there’s barely enough room to catch one’s breath.

The Clash was import only in the U.S. until a reconfigured version appeared in 1979, eight months after Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978). I guess the record company thought we weren’t ready for The Clash. Deny, Cheat, Protex Blue and 48 Hours were replaced by five single-only songs, a-sides and b-sdes. even though two of the replacements, Complete Control and (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais might both rank among the five best Clash songs ever, I tend to be a purist about these things. I prefer the original version as the band intended.

I highly recommend Lester Bangs’ Six Days on the Road to the Promised Land (bit.ly/3vwrkhH), a three part series he wrote about The Clash for NME in late 1977. I read it years ago and plan on reading it again later today. for those who are unaware of Lester Bangs, he was one of the greatest music writers ever. he was also the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous (2000).

#otd 30 April 1982: #LesterBangs (*1948)

US-American music journalist, critic, author, and musician; wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines; fired from Rolling Stone for "disrespecting musicians"
conducted the legendary interview with #Kraftwerk for Creem and New Musical Express in 1975 that further shaped the group's image and reception outside Germany: pophistory.hypotheses.org/3378

~ accidentally overdosed self-medication for a severe case of flu

"For the majority of his life, Quentin Crisp lived in 2 small apartments. One, a bedsit in London where he lived for 41 years and steadfastly refused to clean, and one on 3rd St in Manhattan that I doubt was ever cleaned, either."

“After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.”

Tidy/Messy 6' x 3' painting on paper.

Also: Lester Bangs + Pete Bagge.

#PeterBagge