Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor
Music, Manchester, and More: A Memoir
$39.96
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2019
Summary
‘Beautifully judged account of the Manchester scene … There is something of the fairy tale about Dave Haslam’s sage joyful testament to the kind of life that nobody could ever plan, a happy aligning of a cultural moment and a young man who instinctively knew that it was his once upon a time’ Victoria Segal, Sunday Times
‘Witty, sometimes dark, revealing, insightful, everything one could hope for from one of those folk without whom independent music simply woul…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472127518 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147212751X |
| Author: | Dave Haslam |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Wonderful– Maria Balshaw , Observer
The Hacienda DJ’s beautifully judged account of the Manchester scene … There is something of the fairy tale about Dave Haslam’s sage memoir of Manchester’s cultural life during the 1980s and 1990s … Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor … is a joyful testament to the kind of life that nobody could ever plan, a happy aligning of a cultural moment and a young man who instinctively knew that it was his once upon a time - Sunday Times
Witty, sometimes dark, revealing, insightful, everything one could hope for from one of those folk without whom independent music simply wouldn’t exist - Classic RockAbout The Author
Dave Haslam
DJ and writer Dave Haslam made his DJing debut at the Hacienda in 1986. He played there almost five hundred times, including on the final night of the club in 1997. Laurent Garnier, Ian Brown, Tim Burgess, Justin Robertson, and the Chemical Brothers were regular visitors to Haslam’s ground-breaking DJing events at the Hacienda, and all have credited Haslam as an inspiration.
His journalism has appeared in NME, the Guardian and many more. His first book, Manchester, England, a cultural biography of Manchester, was published in 1999. On World Book Day in 2003 Manchester, England was declared one of the ten books that best represent England (alongside books by Jeremy Paxman, Zadie Smith and George Monbiot). His latest book, Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues, was published in 2015.
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