TATP: Talk About The Passion

by Ben J. Baker, Tim Worthington

For lovers of pop culture everywhere from a wonky British perspective. Over 130 pages of in-depth articles, facts, quizzes and fun starring The Beatles, Sesame Street, Godzilla, BBC Records and idents, David Bowie and The Laughing Gnome, Video Nasties, Frank Sidebottom, Viz Comic, Newsradio, Spitting Image, My Bloody Valentine, Earl Brutus, British comics, puppets, cheapo movies, TV pilots and lots of other things far too exciting to share in just one description. Its simply a celebration of all the things we love and you might do too!

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138 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2014

About the author

I was born in a crossfire hurricane but conceived on a wet Wednesday in West Yorkshire. I have been writing for various publications, online and print, since I was 21 and now aged 42, I am right good at it.

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wonder if I can get through this review without using the ridiculous word 'cornucopia'? Let's see. Written by fanzine stalwarts Ben Baker and Tim Worthington, with contributions from Justin Lewis, Phil Catterall, Dave Rolinson. Christopher D. Bate and Garreth F. Hirons, TATP is a cornucopia of articles...damn! Used it in the first bloody sentence. Ah well. Never mind. I'll try not to use it again. This book is a celebration of culture, a foaming flagon raised in loyal toast to the brainfruits of a thousand ingenious artistic endeavours, a veritable cornucopia of ...oops. Sorry. Sorry. If you like reading amusing, well-written and cogently argued articles about pop culture in all its diverse forms, YOU SHOULD BUY ANOTHER BOOK!!!1 Haha! Jokes! No, no, seriously. This book has brilliant articles about ace stuff like Frank Sidebottom, video nasties, Christmas singles, Northern Soul (that last one's a guess as I haven't finished reading it yet but books like this always have at least one article on Northern Soul) and lots, lots more brilliant things. Maybe even Northern Soul. Yes, for the discerning buyer of books containing lots of fanzine articles about pop culture, TATP must surely be near the top half of your top 100. Buy it today. It's a bloody cornucopia!

[James Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've always been a fan of the TATP site, and this book represents a collection of the ephemera associated with it, from the fanzines, to the articles and more besides.

Certainly worth a look, as to describe any one bit of it is to perhaps spoil the pleasure of the discovery.