Lizzy Goodman

An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of iconoclastic rock bands.In the second half of the twentieth-century New York was the source of new sounds, including the Greenwich Village folk scene, punk and new wave, and hip-hop. But as the end of the millennium neared, cutting-edge bands began emerging from Seattle, Austin, and London, pushing New York further from the epicenter. The behemoth music industry, too, found itself in free fall, under siege from technology. Then 9/11/2001 plunged the country into a state of uncertainty and war—and a dozen New York City bands that had been honing their sound and style in relative obscurity suddenly became symbols of glamour for a young, web-savvy, forward-looking generation in need of an anthem.Meet Me in the Bathroom charts the transformation of the New York music scene in the first decade of the 2000s, the bands behind it—including The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, and Vampire Weekend—and the cultural forces that shaped it, from the Internet to a booming real estate market that forced artists out of the Lower East Side to Williamsburg. Drawing on 200 original interviews with James Murphy, Julian Casablancas, Karen O, Ezra Koenig, and many others musicians, artists, journalists, bloggers, photographers, managers, music executives, groupies, models, movie stars, and DJs who lived through this explosive time, journalist Lizzy Goodman offers a fascinating portrait of a time and a place that gave birth to a new era in modern rock-and-roll.

No other superstar has the full package like Lady Gaga. In less than one year, she transformed herself from pop singer to pop icon, thanks to her talent, drive, and oh yes--her fashion. She's reached a new level of "living the fame" with her collection of extreme, often controversial couture. Lady Gaga: Critical Mass Fashion takes an in-depth look at Gaga's litany of eye-popping leotard, asymmetrical dresses, and fashionably impractical heels.Top designers love the Lady--everyone from Armani to Hussein Chalayan to the late lamented Alexander McQueen has taken her under their wings. On message twenty-four hours a day, Lady Gaga never stops. From the fake eyelashes to the faux nails down to her toes, she's living out her ideas of celebrity to the last detail.Visual explosion on screen, on stage, and on the page: that's Gaga's goal. All the of the 120+ images in this book showcase the gorgeous insanity of her vision.

Da questo libro è uscito, nel 2022, l’omonimo documentario diretto da Dylan Southern e Will Lovelace. Alla fine degli anni Novanta, New York aveva ormai abbandonato il ruolo di avanguardia musicale, sostituita da Seattle e Londra. Anche i colossi dell’industria della musica erano in caduta libera, insidiati dalle nuove forme di tecnologia e dall’aumento del mercato immobiliare che costringeva gli artisti a cercare città più abbordabili. Poi ci fu l’11 settembre 2001. L’intero paese precipitò in uno stato di dolore e incertezza, e fu allora che alcune band che avevano affinato la loro arte nell’ombra si trovarono a essere il riflesso di una città determinata a riprendersi dalla devastazione che l’aveva colpita. Gruppi come Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Vampire Weekend e LCD Soundsystem divennero i simboli di un glamour giovane, di una generazione che cercava un inno per il suo futuro. Dai club del Lower East Side ai capannoni di Williamsburg, Lizzy Goodman offre un affascinante ritratto di un’epoca che ha cambiato non solo la musica mondiale ma anche l’aspetto della stessa città di New York.In un’avvincente oral history, sono gli stessi artisti, giornalisti, fotografi, produttori musicali e tanti altri a dar voce (in quasi 200 interviste) a un tempo e un luogo che hanno formato una nuova era nel rock’n’roll moderno. Una seconda generazione attendeva con impazienza dietro le Franz Ferdinand, Killers e Kings of Leon, che avevano quasi rinunciato a evadere dai loro angoli di provincia, ricevettero il messaggio che il rock era tornato e usarono i club di New York come trampolini di lancio verso concerti da sold out nelle arene di tutto il mondo.Da questo libro è uscito, nel 2022, l’omonimo documentario diretto da Dylan Southern e Will Lovelace.

Author of MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM Lizzy Goodman's ALL MY FRIENDS: LOVE, LOSS & ROCK & ROLL IN NEW YORK CITY, evoking the infinite possibility of being young in New York and the life-changing power of music, pitched as a feminist Almost Famous for the Post-9/11 Generation, to Libby Burton at Holt.