
Son of Sam.
The Blackout
Reggie’s 3 for 3
Bella, Mario, Ed, Abe
Arguably the freakiest summer in New York history.
Yet…the book is oddly, frustratingly flat.
Posted in Books/Films/Media, The City on May 23rd, 2006 |
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Jonathan Mahler non-fiction reviews the Bronx

May 21, 2006
Legs McNeile and Gillian McCain
New York, NY
Dear Sir and Madam:
Just finished your magnificent book, Please Kill Me, and although I found it a fascinating, disturbing, ultimately-depressing page-turner, I have two problems:
First, you never explain how The Sex Pistols, a group, as I understand it, made up kids who had almost zilch musical training and craft, recorded Never Mind the Bollocks, arguably the greatest rock and roll album ever. Compared to Bollocks, Marquee Moon is pretentious and flat. That [...]
Posted in Books/Films/Media on May 21st, 2006 |
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Gillian McCain Legs McNeile non-fiction punk rock reviews