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Go All The Way

A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop

Paul Myers editor S W Lauden editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rare Bird Books

Published:28th Nov '19

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  • Paul Myers has 12k twitter followers and will promote to them
  • Paul Myers is the brother of Mike Myers, and we're working on a possible event featuring Paul for the book
  • Fun, bright, and playful, Power Pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the 70s and 80s to its resurgence in the 90s and 00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go All The Way, today's best and brightest writers go deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go All The Way is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.

    Featuring:
    Heather Havrilesky on Blondie
    Carrie Courogen on Liz Phair
    Michael Chabon on Big Star
    Jeff Rougvie on Cheap Trick
    David Yaffe on XTC
    Kate Sullivan on Jeff Lynne and ELO
    Dylan Champion on Guided By Voices
    Joe Clifford on The Hold Steady
    David Bash on His So-Called (Power Pop) Life
    Justin Fielding on The Road to Power Pop
    Paul Myers on Sloan
    Jeff Whalen on Power Pop as Beatles Obsession
    S. W. Lauden on Fountains of Wayne
    Ira Elliot on Putting the Pow! in Power Pop
    Rex Weiner on September Gurls
    Marko DeSantis on Surrender
    Ken Sharp on The Secret Power Pop History of KISS's Paul Stanley
    Tom Petty on The Strange Magic of Jeff Lynne (as told to Ken Sharp)
    John M. Borack on The Women of Power Pop
    Dave Holmes on Tommy Keene
    Daniel Brummel on Weezer
    Nancy Rommelmann on Analog Anthems
    Allison Anders on Nick Lowe's Pub Rock Roots
    Annie Zaleski on How Jelly Fish Changed the Game
    Chris Holm on The Brainy Power Pop of Allan Carl Newman
    Scott Miller excerpts from Music: What Happened?
    Kurt Baker on Pop Punk to Power Pop

    ISBN: 9781945572784

    Dimensions: unknown

    Weight: unknown

    280 pages