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“Let’s be clear, a lot of people met because of cocaine.”

April 30, 2018 by Halbs 2 Comments

Lizzy Goodman opens Meet Me in the Bathroom with this quote from NME writer Conor McNicholas: “Everybody is living through their own golden age, but you only realize it afterward, so start living it now.” Get to the end of this book, read the first chapter again, and that quote makes perfect sense. MMITB is Goodman’s wistful love letter to her New York City. What I mean by her New York City is that, as she establishes early in the book, people move to NYC because it’s […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cocaine, DFA, James Murphy, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lizzy Goodman, music, New York City, The Killers, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Halbs's CBR10 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Cocaine, DFA, James Murphy, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lizzy Goodman, music, New York City, The Killers, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs ·
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