Vivien Goldman, "Revenge Of The She-Punks" Book (2019)

Details: What makes Punk a liberating art form? Vivien Goldman explores this while weaving in stories, playlists, and interviews of other punk musicians. Short Description: "As an industry insider and pioneering post-punk musician, Vivian Goldman's perspective on music journalism is unusually well-rounded. In Revenge Of The She-Punks, she probes four themes--identity, money, love, and protest--to explore what makes punk such a liberating art form for women." Grade: M (new stock) Full Description: "With her visceral style, Goldman blends interview, history, and her personal experience as one of Britain's first female music writers in a book that reads like a vivid documentary of a genre defined by dismantling boundaries. A discussion of the Patti Smith song, "Free Money," for example, opens with Goldman on a shopping spree with Smith. Tamar-Kali, whose name pays homage to a Hindu Goddess, describes the influence of her Gullah ancestors on her music, while the late Poly Styrene's daught