Once in a Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards

by Jane Bussmann

A nostalgic look at Acid House and the dance and social culture that spawned it. The book sees the key to Acid House as fun, and presents a year-by-year celebration of the decade in anecdotal style.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Cultural

184 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 1998

Reviews

[Petty Lisbon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't tell if this was supposed to be an informative book or a memoir but it felt like a you had to be there moment. I feel like I didn't learn about the author either. Maybe an audiobook was a bad format for this.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jane Bussmann gets a load of people (some famous, some not) to tell their stories about time spent living the life of the raver. Possibly incomprehensible to anyone who was not There themselves, to anyone who was this is the best book ever. It is funny but also makes me wonder why I am wasting my time here writing this when I could be off E-ing my nuts off to electronic dance music, as the book gives the impression that this would be a fun thing to do.

[Amar Pai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently rereading this amazing book. Makes me nostalgic for an era I never actually experienced. Really packed with detail. Clearly a labor of love. Quite funny too. If I can be arsed to do it I'll paste in some excerpts later

[Allison Thurman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a SCREAM! Truthful by it's more sensational aspects.