OK< the book is SOLD OUT ! YAY. Some copies are left at some retailers. Stay Tuned for a follow up LOBROW 2 : "Everything Beeps in Japan". More stuff from the Music Biz, some Japanese observations and a LOT of plain weird stuff. Some time in late 2024. Inshallah
This will give you an idea of the flavour of the book. Some chapters are longer than others !
Fuji Rock Fiasco – Rather Bad Seeds
Hey Ho Lets Go – I Get Born
Ring Ring Goes the Bell – School Daze
The Lure of the Tropics – Teenage Boogaloo Dude
Living in the Seventies – Calm Before the Storm
Little Egypt – Cairo and more
London’s semi Brilliant Parade – Still Dull
White Light / White Heat – High Fidelity
Blondes Have More Fun – Booting Lou Reed
All Aboard for Fun Times – Punk arrives in Sydney
Xerox Music – Here at Last
Safety In Numbers – A Growing Concern
Grand Ambitions and Civic Duty – In the City
The Outer Limits – Be Suburban
You Only Think Twice – Doublethink
Easy Being GREEN – A Change of Face
On the Road – Get in the Van
Highlights of a Dangerous Life – The Johnnys
The Ballad of Wee Jasper – Tanaka and the Hillbillies
More Highlights, More Danger – More Johnnys
Wild Things – Throw in the Troggs
Like Calling Up Thunder – the Gun Club
Poster Wars – Read the Writing on the Wall
Spider Tap – Lime Green stuff
Anything Could Happen – Flying Nun comes along
Japan in a Dishpan – Try to make it in Nippon
How I Flushed Rick’s Teeth Down the Toilet – yep
The World’s Got Everything in it – More Japan
Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam – Up yours Christian Soldier
Heaven in Las Vegas – Cocteau Twins
Dive For Your Memory – Go-Betweens
Taking Care of Business – Managing to Manage
I’m giving up my 9 to 5 – Lost in Music
Thrive – Growing Up
The Good Son – Nick Cave
International Bright Young Things – Jesus Jones
PiL Story – it’s a Rotten business
Def Con One – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet – Pop Will Eat Itself
We get Weird – introducing Howeird
Easy Come, Easy Go – How to break your own bank
Now we are Lobrow – Proprietary Limited
Beef (How Low can You go ? ) – Gary Clail
Television’s Over – Television
Groucho Marks – Soho Squares
Blue Heelers – Dilemma
Soldiers – You Am I at Budokan
The Polyphonic Spree – Polygram Beckons
I’m Gonna Get me a Gun – Lawyers
The General Electric – Shihad
On the Road (Again) – More touring
Your Funeral, My Trial – Michael Hutchence
Parallel Lies – Importing some Bullshit
Back in the USSR – Paul McCartney in Red Square
A Wizard, A True Star – Todd Rundgren
Boots – Nancy Sinatra and the B52s
Glastonbury – From broke to biscuits and back
Festival Beckons – News from News
Cannes the Cannes – Midementia
Some Boiled Frogs – Festival staff
T. Rextasy – Looking after T. Rex
Bijou and Mael Models – Artistic Licences
Sound and Vision – Music for Films
The Sequel – Music for Films pt 2
Staffing Up – Getting Big while staying small
Jive Talking – Hit me Baby, One more Time
Rollin’ – On a roll
I believe you, Mr Wilson – Factory supremo and me
Chairman of the Board – That’s me
Big in Japan – Getting there
Other Worldly – International Passport to Pleasure
International Rescue – Gerry Anderson
Brussels Sprouts – PIAS come to the Party
London Calling (again ) – Back in Black
Hullabaloo – Musing on Muse
HeHullabaloo – Musing on Muse
Death Disco – Alan McGee and Me
The D4 and the Sake Bombs – Magic Drinking Castle
The Clash are Full of Shit – yeah whatever
Push It – garbage
The Hong Kong Farewell – A Tale of One City
How I Put my Foot in It – Disrupting Paul Foot
You don’t need Skill , just the interest
Independents Day – Indy 500
Exhibitionists – Festival Turns 50
People Funny Boy – Stephen Cummings
Wired For Sound – Let’s get Digital
Big Champagne – Primitives times
Everything Now – On Demand musings
How Bizarre – Phil Spector and OMC
( When there’s This ) Party – Kylie in Milan
Post Hypnotic – After the Flood
Trouble’s Plaything – Ben Mullins at Steve Earle’s
Station to Station – Trans Europe Express
Radio with Pictures – Moshcam
Ennossification – Drawn from Life
Peace, Love and Under Surveillance
Future Perfect ? – Who Knows ?
Stranger than Fiction – Random Weird Shit