{"product_id":"a-hidden-landscape-once-a-week-the-unruly-curiosity-of-the-uk-music-press-in-the-1960s-80s-in-the-words-of-those-who-were-there-9781907222634","title":"A Hidden Landscape Once a Week: The Unruly Curiosity of the UK Music Press in the 1960s-80s, in the Words of Those Who Were There","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Sinker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary from the heyday of British pop music writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn its heyday, from the 1960s to the 1980s, the UK music press was the forging ground for a new critical culture, where readers could encounter anything from comics and cult films to new musical forms and radical underground politics. It created an off-mainstream collective cultural commons improvised through a networked subculture of rival weeklies, monthlies, and fanzines, including such titles as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSounds,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecord Mirror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Echoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLet It Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStreet Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZigzag,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmash Hits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis anthology of conversations and essays, memories and commentary explores how this uncharted space first came about, who put it together, what it achieved, and where it went. Along the way, it unearths the many surprising worlds explored by this network of young anarchists, dreamers, and agitators who dared to take pop culture seriously, and considers what remains of their critical legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eValerie Wilmer, Charles Shaar Murray, Richard Williams, Penny Reel, Jonh Ingham, Jon Savage, Cynthia Rose, Paul Morley, David Toop, Bob Stanley, Barney Hoskyns, Jonathon Green, Simon Frith, Paul Gilroy, and many others\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith cover and illustrations by legendary comics artist Savage Pencil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268911259799,"sku":"9781907222634","price":1422.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781907222634.webp?v=1769236776","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-hidden-landscape-once-a-week-the-unruly-curiosity-of-the-uk-music-press-in-the-1960s-80s-in-the-words-of-those-who-were-there-9781907222634","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}