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Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man by Dylan Jones
29.99 NZD
Category: Self Improvement
This is a witty, stylish and indispensable guide to being a modern man. It is tough being a man in the twenty-first century. First there are the big dilemmas, like how to get a pay rise and how to suck up to your boss. Then there are the minor irritations: how do you beat jet-lag, and how do you stop yo ...Show more
Sweet Dreams: From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
32.99 NZD
Category: Music
'Excellent' - Guardian 'Hugely enjoyable' - Irish Times 'Dazzling' - LRB 'Fascinating' - New Statesman'An absolute must-read'- GQ For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this. From the testimony of the people who lived it, comes Dylan Jones' masterful history of the Blitz kids, synth-pop and the styl ...Show more
Sweet Dreams - The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
45.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broa ...Show more
When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes That Shook the World by Dylan Jones
52.99 NZD
Category: Music
And then there was David Bowie, the uber-freak with the mismatched pupils, the low-tech space face from the planet Sparkle. This was Bowie's third appearance on TOTP but this was the one that properly resonated with its audience, the one that would go on to cause a seismic shift in the Zeitgeist. This i ...Show more
When Ziggy Played Guitar - David Bowie, the Man Who Changed the World by Dylan Jones
30.00 NZD
Category: Music
On 6 July 1972, David Bowie, with a flame-orange cockade quiff, lavishly applied make-up, wearing a multi-coloured jumpsuit that looked as though it were made from fluorescent fish skin, and carrying a brand spanking new blue acoustic guitar, made his third appearance on Top of the Pops. It was this per ...Show more
Wichita Lineman by Dylan Jones
32.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Faber Social Ser.
Dylan Jones' luminous excavation of Jimmy Webb's song 'Wichita Lineman' offers a portal into a defining moment of American cultural history. The sound of Wichita Lineman was the sound of ecstatic solitude - but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a ...Show more
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