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Ferocious. i recommend the audiobook, played at 1.25 speed while walking downhill. It’s an avalanche - like Alice in the Cities adapted by The Birthday Party. (Includes “skeleton trees”).
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I heard this book recommended by Tracey Thorn on Jude Rogers Songbook podcast. It’s an absolute beauty, a perfect distillation of time (1970s/80s) and age (punky teens). Also has GIRL information. I liked the description of Neil Young having a voice ...more
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