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From the Ground Up: U2 360 Tour by JONES DYLAN
$65.00 NZD
Category: Music
U2 360degree by numbers 7,100,000 fans saw the show; 10 million people watched a live stream of U2 360degree at the Rose Bowl on YouTube; 320,000 fans saw 360degree in Mexico City; 9,760 guitar strings utilized; 7,100 miles - approximate distance travelled by space station while talking with U2; 5,200 y ...Show more
Sweet Dreams: From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
'Excellent' - Guardian 'Hugely enjoyable' - Irish Times 'Dazzling' - LRB 'Fascinating' - New Statesman'An absolute must-read'- GQ For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this. From the testimony of the people who lived it, comes Dylan Jones' masterful history of the Blitz kids, synth-pop and the styl ...Show more
The Wichita Lineman - Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song by Dylan Jones
$24.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The sound of 'Wichita Lineman' was the sound of ecstatic solitude, but then its hero was the quintessential loner. What a great metaphor he was: a man who needed a woman more than he actually wanted her. Written in 1968 by Jimmy Webb, 'Wichita Lineman' is the first philosophical country song: a heartbre ...Show more
When Ziggy Played Guitar - David Bowie, the Man Who Changed the World by Dylan Jones
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
On 6 July 1972, David Bowie, with a flame-orange cockade quiff, lavishly applied make-up, wearing a multi-coloured jumpsuit that looked as though it were made from fluorescent fish skin, and carrying a brand spanking new blue acoustic guitar, made his third appearance on Top of the Pops. It was this per ...Show more
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