QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM
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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:
- Mark Kingwell on Soft Cell’s TAINTED LOVE
- Joanne McNeil on Gary Numan’s METAL
- Devin McKinney on Suicide’s FRANKIE TEARDROP
- Douglas Wolk on Family Fodder’s SAVOIR FAIRE
- Elina Shatkin on Marianne Faithfull’s BROKEN ENGLISH
- Steph Burt on Altered Images’ HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- Greg Rowland on Jilted John’s JILTED JOHN
- Gordon Dahlquist on XTC’s RESPECTABLE STREET
- Adrienne Crew on D-Day’s TOO YOUNG TO DATE
- Jonathan Lethem on The Blue Nile’s I LOVE THIS LIFE
- Josh Glenn on Tim Curry’s I DO THE ROCK
- Molly Wright Steenson on Missing Persons’ WORDS
- Anthony Miller on The Nails’ 88 LINES ABOUT 44 WOMEN
- Luc Sante on The Normal’s WARM LEATHERETTE
- Mimi Lipson on Dolly Mixture’s HOW COME YOU’RE SUCH A HIT WITH THE BOYS, JANE
- Tim Carmody on The Talking Heads’ LIFE DURING WARTIME
- Ingrid Schorr on Ian Dury’s CLEVOR TREVER
- Adam McGovern on Lene Lovich’s LUCKY NUMBER
- Deb Chachra on Rough Trade’s HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
- Tor Aarestad on Oingo Boingo’s LITTLE GIRLS
- David Smay on The B-52’s’ DANCE THIS MESS AROUND
- Jessamyn West on Blondie’s HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE
- Drew Daniel on The Human League’s MARIANNE
- Erik Davis on Tuxedomoon’s TIME TO LOSE
- 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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