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Thread #138336 Message #3166483
Posted By: SteveMansfield
07-Jun-11 - 08:48 AM
Thread Name: Review: 'Electric Eden' by Rob Young
Subject: RE: Review: 'Electric Eden' by Rob Young
You can tell that by how fast threads like this (and many others) drop off the list; like a stone through water, which is a shame.
Or maybe, in this case, it's because we discussed the various viewpoints and areas of interest we had around this book when it came out last year?
What did you think of the book Mr / Mrs / Ms Astray? Personally (as I said last year) I thought it was very interesting in parts, rather less so in its over-hyping of the relevance and 'visionaryness' of the likes of Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake, and my central problem with it was that by the end I was even less certain of what he meant by 'Visionary Music' than I was when I started the book; but there's a lot of good sections in there and I'm glad he wrote it and I read it.
No, Jack, he goes nowhere near Rolf Gardiner, and the viewing of the footage of Sharp in the opening paragraphs is about as close as he ever gets to ever touching on the whole dance revival.