Tag Archives: Lester Bangs

The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “Kind of Grim: Unraveling the Miles Perplex”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 29, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs In high school, Lester Bangs wasn’t into rock ‘n’ roll. Or so he says. He was a jazz man, almost … Continue reading →

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The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “I Only Get My Rocks Off When I’m Dreaming: So You Say You Missed the Stones Too? Cheer Up, We’re a Majority!”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 23, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs There are three essays about the Rolling Stones in this collection, two written in 1973 (one essay is called “1973 … Continue reading →

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The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “On the Merits of Sexual Repression”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 21, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs In his writing, Bangs often refers to the angry mail he gets (you know, mail with stamps and envelopes, member … Continue reading →

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The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “Helen Reddy: Long Hard Climb”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 15, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs I grew up surrounded by the music of Helen Reddy. I think my main introduction to her (as was true … Continue reading →

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The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “Dandelions in Still Air: The Withering Away of the Beatles”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 12, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs The following essay was published in The New Paper in 1975, and features Lester Bangs’ thoughts on each individual Beatle, … Continue reading →

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The Books: Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader; “Two Assassinations and a Speedy Retreat Into Pastoral Nostalgias”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 10, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, by Lester Bangs This is the second collection of Lester Bangs’ work, this one edited by John Morthland, a friend and colleague of … Continue reading →

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The Books: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll; “from Notes for Review of Lost Highway”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 9, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll, by Lester Bangs The following was not meant for publication. Lester Bangs was writing a … Continue reading →

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The Books: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll; “Growing Up True Is Hard to Do”, by Lester Bangs

Posted on January 1, 2014 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’N’Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’Roll, by Lester Bangs Bob Seger’s got an interesting story. He hailed from Detroit and was … Continue reading →

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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by sheila

Some of the things I’ve written in 2013, for my own site, and also other outlets. Thoughts on Memphis. “Memphis is wounded, and Memphis is obviously depressed. There are a lot of sad ghosts here. But Memphis does not forget. … Continue reading →

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2013 Books Read

Posted on December 30, 2013 by sheila

It’s been a hell of a year. Devastating as well as redemptive. I started it out in Memphis, and end it here in New Jersey. And now my new niece Pearl has arrived! It’s been both a busy year as … Continue reading →

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