QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM

By: HILOBROW
March 8, 2016

Each summer, for the past few years, HILOBROW has published an ENTHUSIASM series consisting of 25 posts, by 25 of our friends and contributors, on a particular topic: e.g., single Jack Kirby panels, fantasy novels from the Thirties, Captain Kirk scenes. We are pleased to announce this summer’s series: QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (title is tentative), which will be dedicated to New Wave songs from c. 1977–1982.

Here’s the lineup:

1. Mark Kingwell on Soft Cell’s TAINTED LOVE
2. Joanne McNeil on Gary Numan’s METAL
3. Devin McKinney on Suicide’s FRANKIE TEARDROP



4. Douglas Wolk on Family Fodder’s SAVOIR FAIRE
5. Elina Shatkin on Marianne Faithfull’s BROKEN ENGLISH



6. Steph Burt on Altered Images’ HAPPY BIRTHDAY
7. Greg Rowland on Jilted John’s JILTED JOHN
8. Gordon Dahlquist on XTC’s RESPECTABLE STREET



9. Adrienne Crew on D-Day’s TOO YOUNG TO DATE
10. Jonathan Lethem on The Blue Nile’s I LOVE THIS LIFE



11. Josh Glenn on Tim Curry’s I DO THE ROCK
12. Molly Wright Steenson on Missing Persons’ WORDS



13. Anthony Miller on The Nails’ 88 LINES ABOUT 44 WOMEN
14. Luc Sante on The Normal’s WARM LEATHERETTE
15. Mimi Lipson on Dolly Mixture’s HOW COME YOU’RE SUCH A HIT WITH THE BOYS, JANE



16. Tim Carmody on The Talking Heads’ LIFE DURING WARTIME
17. Ingrid Schorr on Ian Dury’s CLEVOR TREVER



18. Adam McGovern on Lene Lovich’s LUCKY NUMBER
19. Deb Chachra on Rough Trade’s HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
20. Tor Aarestad on Oingo Boingo’s LITTLE GIRLS



21. David Smay on The B-52’s’ DANCE THIS MESS AROUND
22. Jessamyn West on Blondie’s HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE
23. Drew Daniel on The Human League’s MARIANNE



24. Erik Davis on Tuxedomoon’s TIME TO LOSE
25. Dan Fox on Thomas Dolby’s EUROPA & THE PIRATE TWINS

Josh Glenn is the QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM series editor.

What a lineup! We’re thrilled. Stay tuned…

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