Dispatches from the Front Line of Popular Culture

by TonyParsons (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.24

  Tony Parsons is a regular commentator on popular culture and his views are often contentious. His television work such as The Tattooed Jungle and A Clockwork Orange achieved acclaim and also many complaints. This book draws from the best and most provocative of Parson's writing. From 1976 and the height of Punk, through to 1980s obsessions with style and onto the 1990s obsessions with sex and sex wars, this book includes articles, essays and interviews from a variety of sources, including Elle , The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail . From The Tattooed Jungle to The Polenta Jungle , why women shouldn't drink and why David Bowie did, from The Clash to Suede, it offers Parson's views of Britain.

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.24

  Tony Parsons is undoubtedly Britain's finest and best known commentator on popular culture. From his teenage years at the New Musical Express where he helped the magazine to build a circulation of over 250,000 and defined the essence of Punk, up to the present and his widely-read weekly column in The Daily Telegraph , Parsons' view on all matters are considered and often contentious. His television work such as The Tattooed Jungle in which he explored the state of Britain's working class, and Clockwork Orange in which he defined the appeal and mystery of Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film, earned rave reviews and scores of complaints. These dispatches are drawn from the very best and most provocative of Parsons' writing. From 1976 and the height of Punk through the 1980s obsession with style and on to the 1990s obsession with sex and sex-wars, here are the articles, essays and interviews from a variety of sources including the NME , Arena , The Face , Elle , The Spectator , The Daily Telegraph and The Times .