Books
From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
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Morrissey & Marr: 25 Years Since The Alliance Was Severed
This year sees the 25th anniversary of the split of The Smiths. Johnny Rogan's masterful book The Severed Alliance has itself just had a 20th anniversary reprint by Omnibus. Here, reprinted in full, is the chapter that deals with the band's last few weeks
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Unmasking Dishonest ‘Big Society’ Logic: Alex Niven & Mark Olden Reviewed
Two new volumes published through Zer0 Books, Alex Niven's Folk Opposition and Mark Olden's Murder In Notting Hill, both push for greater understanding of politics at ground level, and provide examples of what can occur if this does not happen, writes Joe Kennedy
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The Search For The Perfect Pub: An Extract From A Thirsty Tome
Paul Moody & Robin Turner's new book Looking For The Moon Under Water - The Search For The Perfect Pub will make you want to run down to the nearest Dog & Duck for a swift one. In this extract, Slayer and the RZA soundtrack a trip to the back of beyond
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Is Pop Culture Consuming Itself? Simon Reynolds Discusses Retromania
The great Simon Reynolds talks to Colin McKean about his new tome Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past, and explains why conditions for musicians and consumers today are unprecedented - even if the art itself isn't
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Ohhh! Vienna: Writer Lewis Crofts On Egon Schiele
This spring, a new exhibition of rare drawings and watercolours by Austrian artist Egon Schiele will open at Richard Nagy in Mayfair. In anticipation of that unveiling, Christiana Spens interviews Lewis Crofts, the author of The Pornographer of Vienna, a novel based on the tumultuous life of the artist.
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Wire: Back To The Ratinger Hof
As we look to Wire's future with their Quietus gig at the Lexington tonight and tomorrow, we look at a new book about Düsseldorf's Ratinger Hof venue, where Wire played in the late 1970s, and publish an extract where Colin Newman recalls how, in Düsseldorf, Wire felt at home. Wire live at the Ratinger Hof pic by Carmen Knoebe
