Blondie, from Punk to the Present: A Pictorial History

by Metz, Allan; Metz, Allan; Stein, Chris; Bockris, Victor

• ISBN13: 9781892477231
• ISBN10: 1892477238
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Musical Legacy Pubns

Summary

A collection of articles and photographs about the pop/new wave rock band, Blondie, and its lead singer, Deborah Harry.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Preface	9	(2)
Prologue: ``Insomnia...Sleepless in Scotland''	11	(1)
Chris Stein
Foreword	12	(1)
Victor Bockris
Editor's Note	13	(2)
Robert Betts
Introduction	15	(6)
Allan Metz
Part I: Then
Background
``Visions of the Seventies: The Rise and Fall of a Cultural Challenge''	21	(10)
Victor Bockris
Punk
``The Emergence of Punk in America''	31	(3)
Jessamin Swearingen
``I Belong To The____Generation''	34	(2)
Jessamin Swearingen
``The New York City Punk Scene''	36	(3)
Jessamin Swearingen
``Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground''	39	(3)
Jessamin Swearingen
``Straight White Punks In Drag''	42	(3)
Jessamin Swearingen
``I Feel Just Like Some Misplaced Joan of Arc''	45	(2)
Jessamin Swearingen
``Live Cultural Criticism Starring Amiri Baraka and Patti Smith''	47	(2)
Jessamin Swearingen
``Broadway Looks So Medieval''	49	(2)
Jessamin Swearingen
``I'm A Teenage Lobotomy''	51	(4)
Jessamin Swearingen
``On the Nature of Punk''	55	(4)
Jessamin Swearingen
Blondie and Punk
``Blondie, Punk, and All the Other Stuff''	59	(7)
Robert Betts
``Ripped To Shreds''	66	(2)
Russell White
``Must Be Into the Shangri-Las...''	68	(7)
Gary Valentine
``Blondie and the Politics of Power Pop''	75	(3)
Jessamin Swearingen
``Downtown 81 in 2001''	78	(1)
Jon Erkider
``Blondie's Punk Roots''	79	(59)
Victor Bockris
Early Photo Section	83	(55)
Part II: Between Acts
``From Breakup to Reunion''	138	(4)
Lisa Diedrich
``Addendum''	142	(2)
Allan Metz
Lisa Diedrich
``Deborah Harry: The Solo Years''	144	(6)
Daniel Porter
``Deborah Harry Takes on `The World'''	150	(2)
Scott Coblio
``Accidents Don't Just Happen...''	152	(5)
Brian La Fountain
``Jazz Passengers and Deborah Harry''	157	(1)
Dan Ouellette
``Debbie Does the Commodore'' review	158	(1)
Stuart Derdeyn
``The Censored High Times Interview With Debbie Harry''	159	(4)
Victor Bockris
``Private Lesson: Debbie Does Jazz''	163	(42)
Robert L. Doerschuk
Solo Photo Section	165	(40)
Part III: Now
Interviews
``Don't Call It a Comeback''	205	(3)
Jeff Johnson
``Lightning Strikes Twice''	208	(5)
Paul Burston
``Blondie: No Introduction Necessary''	213	(2)
John Kappes
``Entering No Exit''	215	(2)
Cindy Rivers
``No Exit in Sight: The Rebirth of Blondie: An Interview With Deborah Harry''	217	(3)
Dino Balzano
``A Picture This Interview With Clem Burke''	220	(10)
Francois Wintein
``Bitz: Rock of Ages Puts No Limits on Blondie''	230	(2)
``Don't Call Me Debbie...''	232	(2)
Euan Ferguson
``A Cheap Date Exclusive...Debbie Harry'' interviewed	234	(4)
Anita Pallenberg
``Telling Stories With Dream Logic''	238	(4)
Jeff Miers
Profiles
``Blondie's Back''	242	(2)
Jim Farber
``Touched By Your Presence, Dear''	244	(2)
John Walsh
``Catching a New Wave''	246	(1)
Brett Milano
``One Way or Another''	247	(2)
David Bauder
``Blondie 2.0''	249	(3)
Jim Greer
``The Blonde Leading the Blonde''	252	(8)
Everett True
``...Deborah Harry Embodies Blondie Once More''	260	(2)
Deborah Wilker
``Flirty Harry''	262	(5)
Stuart Turnbull
``Debbie Deserves the T-Shirt''	267	(1)
Grace Bradberry
``Blondie Ambition''	268	(4)
Will Stokes
Album Reviews
``Blondie Makes a Grand Exit: No Exit (Beyond/BMG)''	272	(1)
Jim Farber
``Blondie With an Edge: No Exit Proves Innovative Group's Return Is for Real''	273	(1)
Joey Guerra
``Blondie: Behind the Music''	274	(4)
Michelle Goldberg
Concert Previews and Reviews
``Still Hip, Still Gutsy, Still Clever and Still Blonde''	278	(1)
Nicholas Barber
``The Tide Is High Again for Rejuvenated Blondie''	279	(1)
Sarah Rodman
``Blondie's Back...''	280	(1)
Neva Chonin
``In a Great Comeback, Blondie Has More Fun''	281	(1)
Jim Farber
``Enduring Music Gives Blondie a Pop Legacy''	282	(2)
Joey Guerra
``Blondie Respects Roots, Focuses on Present''	284	(2)
Joey Guerra
On Their Craft
``Blondie's Clem Burke''	286	(6)
Adam Budofsky
``Back in Blondie''	292	(4)
Michael Molenda
``Timeless Pop---On the Top---Again''	296	(47)
Henrik Tuxen
Now Photo Section	301	(42)
Part IV: In Retrospect
Overviews
``What Was Blondie's Cultural History, Legacy and Success?''	343	(13)
John Hart
``Blondie: The Misfits''	356	(10)
Barney Hoskyns
``The Power of the Visual Image''	366	(1)
Scott Coblio
``state of the arts? (transparencies circa 2000)''	367	(1)
John Sibby
``Debtalk''	368	(6)
Victor Bockris
Comprehensive Discography Commentary
``Blondie: Once More (Into The Bleach)''	374	(18)
Ralph Heibutzki
``Nothing Is Real But the Girl''	392	(6)
James R. Blandford
Appreciations
``Icon of the Month: Deborah Harry''	398	(1)
Aletha Milam
```The Highest Compliment'''	398	(1)
Everett True
``Deborah Harry: `The Mark of an Icon'''	399	(1)
Cindy Rivers
``Blondie: `Some Love Never Dies'''	400	(1)
Henrik Tuxen
``Blondie and Me''	401	(1)
Ralph Heibutzki
``I Am Wearing Debbie Harry's Panties''	402	(3)
Teresa R. Hale
``Deborah Harry: Diva!''	405	(1)
Alan Foster
``Meeting a Goddess''	406	(2)
Sherry Gunderman
``(Can I) Find the Right Words (to Say)''	408	(1)
Jon Erkider
``Blondie: `A New Concept'''	409	(2)
Scott Coblio
``Deborah Harry: `I'll Send You a Bill'''	411	(1)
Brian La Fountain
``...The Greatest High'' & ``An American Icon''	412	(1)
Steve Knight
``Who I Admire''	413	(1)
Dan Lideen
``blondie: `nyc a-go-go...'''	414	(2)
John Sibby
APPENDICES
The Blondie Genealogy/The Blondie Chronology	416	(5)
Robert Betts
Allan Metz
Selected Discography	421	(2)
``Louis A Bustamante: From Our LAB to Your Home: An Exclusive Interview''	423	(4)
Robert Betts
Joe Ryan Photo Exhibits
``Plastic Letters''	427	(1)
Eric Wiener
```Atomic' Photo Exhibit''	428	(1)
Dawn N. Volkman
``Physiological Analysis of Clem Burke During Blondie's 1999 `No Exit' World Tour''	429	(3)
Marcus Smith
``Blondie in the Library'' adapted and edited	432	(3)
Allan Metz
Selected Web Links	435	(2)
``Michael Young Interviews Deborah Harry on the Program `Kids Are People Too'''	437	(3)
``Wigstock 2001''	440	(4)
Andrea Farina
``Mike Morton''	444	(1)
```A Very Jack the Ripper Christmas,' The Slipper Room, New York City, December 22, 2001''	445	(1)
``Deborah Harry, Gershwin Hotel, New York City, January 29,2002''	446	(2)
AFTERWORD
Afterword	448	(1)
John Sibby
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS	449	(5)
PERMISSIONS	454	(6)
REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY	460	(51)
INDEXES
Author	492	(1)
Subject	493	(7)
Name	500	(5)
Band/Group	505	(2)
Album/Song/Video	507	(4)
Photo Credit and Illustrator	511