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Dispatches from the Front Line of Popular Culture - Tony Parsons

Description: ISBN 0863699456 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Tony Parsons / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 272 Pages / Book is published 1995-06-15 by ... more

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Newest Review: ... with George Michael, a piece on Jim Morrison and a funny review of a 1991 Kylie Minogue concert. "She can loll ... more

... about," writes Parsons. "In a leather fig-leaf and sing about pumping it up all night long - but Kylie is half a pint of semi-skimmed milk and she always will be." A 1993 interview with Morrissey is good fun too ("Though he looks like an unshaven fairground greaser, Morrissey still talks like a particularly waspish member of the Algonquin club") as is Parson's 1994 encounter with Brett Anderson of Suede. "The wanton fop you see pouting and teasing is replaced by a young man who is vey tall an...more

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Dispatches from the Front Line of Popular Culture - Tony Parsons: Bigmouth Strikes Again (1126 words)
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Dispatches from the Front Line of Popular Culture is a collection of journalism from Tony Parsons and was published in 1995. The book is split up into different sections with each section containing a series of essays around that topic. The different sections are; Music, Love and Sex, Travel, Polemic and Culture. The music section is possibly the best part of the book, starting with a 1976 NME article about The Sex Pistols and, with nice symmetry, ending in 1993 with a review of John Lydon's autobiography. Subjects include The Clash, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Morrissey, Brett Anderson, The Ramones and many more. Many of Parson's NME days articles are ... Read the complete review

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