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50th Anniversary
We Have to Deal With It: Punk England Report
Robert Christgau
Tuesday, October 18th 2005
Finally, a book: Caroline Coon's 1988: The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion. It's no musicological classic, but for an exploitation quickie it's well-informed, intelligent, passionate, and good to look at. The interviews—especially with the Slits—are uniformly fascinating, if partial. Ask for it at Bleecker Bob's. It's an import, too.
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