{"product_id":"marquee-moon-paperback","title":"Marquee Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryan Waterman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo kids in their early twenties walk down the Bowery on a spring afternoon, just as the proprietor of a club hangs an awning with the new name for his venue. The place will be called CBGB \u0026amp; OMFUG which, he tells them, stands for \"Country Bluegrass and Blues \u0026amp; Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers.\" That's exactly the sort of stuff they play, they lie, somehow managing to get a gig out of him. After the first show their band, Television, lands a regular string of Sundays. By the end of the year a scene has developed that includes Tom Verlaine's new love interest, a poet-turned rock chanteuse named Patti Smith. American punk rock is born. Bryan Waterman peels back the layers of this origin myth and, assembling a rich historical archive, situates Marquee Moon in a broader cultural history of SoHo and the East Village. As Waterman traces the downtown scene's influences, public image, and reputation via a range of print, film, and audio recordings we come to recognize the real historical surprises that the documentary evidence still has to yield and come to a new appreciation of this quintessential album of the New York City night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryan Waterman teaches American literature and culture at New York University. His previous books include, with Cyrus R. K. Patell, \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.5 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731408916543,"sku":"9781441186058","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7f08ef2254e51f8a9dcdbd8effa3f399.webp?v=1765128768","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/marquee-moon-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}