Mark Sullivan wrote
>
>As for the music in George's books. As well as good
reportage of the DC
>scene, George's musical choices also provide insight
into the characters
>who listen to the various strains. Mark B and I were
recently
>discussing this off list (it's also come up here
before), that there is
>some polarity among readers about these shout outs.
It really annoys
>some people, while others get a big kick out of it.
We agreed that
>generation might play some role in the
reaction.
>
>I was thrilled when "my music" started showing up in
hardboiled novels.
>I first noticed this in James Grady (Springsteen,
among others),
>Benjamin Schutz (REM, Talking Heads, etc, and
Springsteen, again),
>Michael Cormany (Iris Dement, Replacements and Husker
Du, the
>pronunciation of which defined the difference between
the cool PI and
>the old cop) and George (too many to list). I wonder
if it's just a
>coincidence that three out of four of these are DC
writers.
>
>And Richard, how can you list DC Go-Go bands and
leave out Trouble Funk,
>my old school favorites? I remember this one concert
with them on a
>double bill with DC's premier punk band Minor Threat
(featuring Ian
>MacKaye, now of Fugazi), now that was a night . .
.
I'm embarrased to admit that I've so far only read King
Suckerman among his books - I enjoyed it, but haven't gotten
around to acquiring any others yet
(until recently, nonfiction dominated all my reading). I
especially enjoyed the musical aspects of the book, and like
the local setting (I'm a Bethesda native)). I'm also a GoGo
head (and Trouble Funk is my favorite also) - check out my
page of GoGo links at http://funkmasterj.tripod.com/gogo.htm
I just finished reading Red Harvest (Hammett's), now reading
A Red Death.
Jordan
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