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01-22-2010, 06:15 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Atchin' Akai
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The P.I.F Book Club
THE P.I.F. BOOK CLUB P.I.F.= PASS IT FORWARD I'm donating a brand new copy of 'Touching From A Distance' the biography of Ian Curtis & Joy Division written by Ian's wife Deborah Curtis, to be P.I.F'd between members of Music Banter with no less than 500 posts. I'll post the book free of charge to the first person to reply to this thread and pm me with a forwarding address (Uni/works or PO Box etc. will do for those not wanting to disclose their home address). Anyone else wanting to read this book should post an interest and I'll add them to a waiting list edited in this post. The last person to read the book then P.I.F.'s it on (at their expense) to the next in line after signing their username on the inside cover. The book eventually returns to me when it becomes obvious that the list has run it's course. Anyone else wishing to PIF a book can start their own PIF list in this thread. OK, where in the world is this going first... Piffing Rules. 1. First come, first served. 2. No breaking the sequence...keep the randomness. 3. Anyone wishing to remove their name from the list must notify me via PM. 4. Piffer pays for postage. 'Touching From A Distance' PIF LIST LoathsomePete...done Jackhammer...done nonsubmissivewife...done kayleigh...reading Duga... Last edited by right-track; 08-26-2010 at 05:36 PM. |
01-22-2010, 06:53 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Cheers mate, I've been trying to find something on post-punk in the stores around here, but they seem determined to only sell books about American heavy metal, The Beatles, and a few books on punk.
Anyhow I have one that I've been dying to pass on to someone: Not the biggest Spin fan, however I do think some of their writers are pretty good (Chuck Klosterman for instance). This is a collection of original writing on different bands, genres, movies, etc. Here's a list of each of the chapters: 01. The R.E.M. Method and Other Rites of Passage 02. MTV: Giving People What They Want (Jesus-Is This Really What They Want?) 03. Madonna: Icon of Mall Rats, Ph.D. Candidates and the Rest of us 04. Prince: Funky Sex God 05. U2: Revelation & Lust 06. Run-DMC: the Kings of Queens 07. The Smiths & Morrissey: Beautiful Misery 08. Goth: Suburban High Schools, the Cure, and the secret of happiness 09. Synth-Pop 10. '80s Teen Movies 11. Beastie Boys: White Dudes in the House 12. Rebels Without Pause: Public Enemy Rewrite Hip-Hop as a revolutionary force 13. Chicago House/Detroit Techno: A Tale of Two Cities 14. '80's Metal: Stars, Stripes, and Aqua Net 15. Hip Hop's Golden Age: Roughnecks, Radicals, and Undergrads 16. Metallica: Kill 'Em All 17. Nine Inch Nails: The triump of industrial 18. The Pixies: Gigantic 19. West Coast Hedonism: The Red Hot Chili Peppers & Jane's Addiction 20. Alt-Country: Dust-Bowling For Dollars 21. Gangsta, Gangsta: N.W.A. Dr. Dre, and the Monsters of Rap 22. Tupac: The Reality Show 23. Grunge: Seattle and the Heavy Rock Invasion 24. Nirvana: The Ghost of Saint Kurt 25. Heroin: Sister Morphine & Mr. Brownstone 26. Smashing pumpkins: Songs of Lunchroom Loners 27. Rap-Rock: From "Punk Rock Rap" to Mook Nation 28. Beck: Folk Music, electric boogaloo 29. Green Day: Pop Goes the Punk Rock 30. Ecstasy: Everything starts with an E 31. "Angry Women":Medusas, Riot Grrrls & Dangerous Nymphs 32. Courtney Love: The Girl with the Most Cake 33. Britpop: Champagne Supernovas 34. Radiohead: The Dark Side of the Moon 35. The Notorious B.I.G.: The Life and Death of Big Pappa 36. Electronica: Beats for Fun and Profit 37. Weezer: Geeks Like Us 38. Napster: Too ****ing Good To Last 39. Jam Bands: Smells like Phish 40. Indie hip-hop: Backpacking Across America 41. Emo: We Feel Your Pain 42. Eminem 43. Bjork: Pagan Poetry 44. OutKast: If the Beatles were Playas 45. The White Stripes and the (so-called) return of rock If this doesn't strike someone's fancy then screw you guys! |
01-22-2010, 06:55 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
Atchin' Akai
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