Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

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Knopf, 1987 - Music - 386 pages
This huge anthology contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--one of the most outrageous and most popular rock critics of the 1970's--who died at the age of 34 in 1982.

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Contents

PART TWO Blowing It
29
James Taylor Marked for Death 1971
81
PART THREE CreemworkFrauds Failures and Fantasies
93
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About the author (1987)

Greil Marcus is the author of "Invisible Republic," "Dead Elvis," "Lipstick Traces," & "Mystery Train." His pieces have appeared in a wide range of publications, including "Artforum," "Interview," "The New Yorker," "The New York Times," & "Esquire." He will be teaching at Princeton & Berkeley in fall 2000.

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TitlePsychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
A Borzoi book
AuthorLester Bangs
EditorGreil Marcus
Editionillustrated
PublisherKnopf, 1987
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 4, 2008
ISBN039453896X, 9780394538969
Length386 pages
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