Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor by Dave Haslam

Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor by Dave Haslam

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is a lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam's life and work in some of the most interesting corners of contemporary culture. It's a masterful insider account of life at the Hacienda, the rise of Madchester and the birth of the rave era.

The Hacienda DJ's beautifully judged account of the Manchester scene. . There is something of the fairy tale about Dave Haslam's sage memoir of Manchester's cultural life during the 1980s and 1990s . . . Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor . . . is a joyful testament to the kind of life that nobody could ever plan, a happy aligning of a cultural moment and a young man who instinctively knew that it was his once upon a time -- Victoria Segal * Sunday Times *
A natural storyteller . . . insightful and gripping . . . a full and warm-hearted memoir * The Skinny *
Exhilarating . . . For fans of club culture, pop music, youthful exuberance and grown-up wisdom * Q magazine *
Resonant and thoughtful . . . Manchester - and British nightlife in general - is lucky to have Haslam as its archivist * The Quietus *
Vibrant * Irish Independent *
The easy-read essential of the summer * DJ magazine *
Wonderful -- Maria Balshaw * Observer *
Book of the year * Gilles Peterson *
So good . . . an incredible work * Black Madonna *
Terrific stuff . . . looking back, looking forward and looking at the here and now * Ian Rankin *

DJ and writer Dave Haslam made his DJing debut at the Hacienda in 1986. He played there almost five hundred times, including on the final night of the club in 1997. Laurent Garnier, Ian Brown, Tim Burgess, Justin Robertson, and the Chemical Brothers were regular visitors to Haslam's ground-breaking DJing events at the Hacienda, and all have credited Haslam as an inspiration.

His journalism has appeared in NME, the Guardian and many more. His first book, Manchester, England, a cultural biography of Manchester, was published in 1999. On World Book Day in 2003 Manchester, England was declared one of the ten books that best represent England (alongside books by Jeremy Paxman, Zadie Smith and George Monbiot). His latest book, Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues, was published in 2015.

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ISBN 13	9781472127518
ISBN 10	147212751X
Title	Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor
Author	Dave Haslam
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2019-04-25
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Long-listed for Penderyn Music Book Prize 2019 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.