Come on helen - we both agreed it was 'good' yet at the same time 'pants'
(again) - In a position such as Mr Hewitt is, i felt that he could have
done something far better other than just regurgitate well-established mod
articles that most peoiple with a love of the scene have already sought
out individually at sometime.
It's good, but there was so much promise that just wasn't recognised.
Tinx!
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Helen Barrell wrote:
> it was very good, but i found it frustrating that they seemed only to
> recognise 60's mods - ie. no journalism about mod revival or mod in the
> 90's. saying that though, as we hve just been saying about VH1, mainstream
> jounrnalism on the mod in the 90's has been nothing short of innacurate. i
> think they could have found some more female writers, though, apart from
> just Mary Quant! and i fail to see why they went on in the book about mod
> girls having short Sassoon cuts with eyeliner and white lipstick, and then
> put a girl on the cover that had none of these! they should have put in the
> Marc Feld 1962 interview, as Mojo magazine said in their review of it,
> instead of just referring to it! but, still, it was nice to see hundreds of
> pages of a book all devoted to mod, and put together with some idea of what
> it's about. makes a nice change!
>
>
> >From: David Steel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: The Sharper Word
> >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:15:23 -0800
> >
> >Apologies if this thread has been and gone but how many of you out there
> >have read this book? I just finished it a week back and found it a good
> >concise read. Ideal for anyone just getting into Mod from a theoretical
> >point of view, or even just from an interest level.
> >
> >Particularly liked the interview with Pete Meaden, and the piece by 'Mr
> >Orange Socks' himself, Tony Parsons.
> >
> >Any comments anyone?
> >
> >David
> >
> >np - 'Forever My Love' - The Association
> >
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