Ebook {Epub PDF} Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the 90s by Marc Spitz

 · In his candid, wistful, touching, and hilarious memoir, Poseur, the music journalist, playwright, author, and blogger recounts his misspent years as a suburban kid searching for authenticity, dangerous fun, and druggy, downtown glory: first during New York's last era of risk and edge, the pre-gentrification '90s, and finally as a flamboyant and notorious rock writer, partying and posing during 4/5(1). Time Out New York, 5/13/13 "Spitz captures the Lower East Side in its last days of authentic grittiness in this memoir.", B uffalo News, 2/10/13 " Poseur is a marvelous spin through 90s New York…It is a truly moving study of a disappeared New York…[Spitz] is a needle-sharp, self-deprecating writer with pop culture coursing through his veins…This is criticism and memory merged, and it's funny, beautiful Brand: Hachette Books.  · Think of Spitz’s Poseur as the Life of rock memoirs, with less Stones and more typewriters. Spitz is a rare find: the self-aware bad boy, the articulate addict, the .

Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s J September 2, Lindsay Marshall 0 Comment Marc Spitz, memoir, music journalist This dirty, witty memoir finds music journalist Marc Spitz careening through the scene, meeting and sometimes clashing with cultural icons. MARC SPITZ is a senior writer at Spin magazine. His work has also appeared in Maxim, Nylon, the Washington Post, and the New York Post, as well as on MTV, M2, and VH Spitz is the co-author (with Brendan Mullen) of WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB: The Untold St. In Marc Spitz's new book, "Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s," the author offers a glimpse into the gritty beginnings of his life as a rock www.doorway.ru rubbing shoulders with Courtney Love in the late '80s and running with "It Girl" Chloë Sevigny in the '90s, Spitz lived a dark existence characterized by fame-chasing, heroin addiction and post-punk debauchery that.

In his candid, wistful, touching, and hilarious memoir, Poseur, the music journalist, playwright, author, and blogger recounts his misspent years as a suburban kid searching for authenticity, dangerous fun, and druggy, downtown glory: first during New York's last era of risk and edge, the pre-gentrification '90s, and finally as a flamboyant and notorious rock writer, partying and posing during the music industry's heady, decadent last gasp. Time Out New York, 5/13/13 "Spitz captures the Lower East Side in its last days of authentic grittiness in this memoir.", B uffalo News, 2/10/13 " Poseur is a marvelous spin through 90s New York…It is a truly moving study of a disappeared New York…[Spitz] is a needle-sharp, self-deprecating writer with pop culture coursing through his veins…This is criticism and memory merged, and it's funny, beautiful and wise…It is the music memoir as art."Â, B uffalo News, 2. In his candid, wistful, touching, and hilarious memoir, Poseur, the music journalist, playwright, author, and blogger recounts his misspent years as a suburban kid search. Marc Spitz assumed that if he lived like his literary and rock ’n’ roll heroes, he would become a great artist, too. He conveniently overlooked the fact that many of them died young, broke, and miserable.