"Against Health and Efficiency: Independent Music in the 1980s"

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Has anyone ever read this article? I think it's from the mid-80s; I just encountered it today while thumbing through Angela McRobbie's "Zoot Suits and Second-Hand Dresses" for a Sociology report. The article's by Simon Reynolds and it's a really fascinating look at the psychology / sexual politics of 80s indie-pop that still seems very relevant today. It might be interesting to have a discussion about this. If no one's read the article (it doesn't seem as if it's been extensively published, but I'm not sure) I'll be glad to put up a few excerpts so as to generate some discussion.

― justin s., Monday, 12 May 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi Justin

We discussed this a while ago here, if you're interested.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 12 May 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I should have searched first. Bah. :) Well, thank you anyway!

― justin s., Monday, 12 May 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone have a link to the actual article?
Or will this be another fruitless assault on Google?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 12 May 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't track it down on Google, and I think the book is out of print. Lord, if you're really interested in this topic, I could probably copy pages out of the book to the ol' Lexmark all-in-one and upload them somewhere.

― justin s., Monday, 12 May 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd be curious to read this as well
i dunno what a lexmark all-in-one is,but if it's a device that would enable you to make the article available to us without too much effort ,please do so
if its too much hassle could someone scan it in or something?

― robin (robin), Monday, 12 May 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i dunno what a lexmark all-in-one is
its a printer thats also a copying machine and a scanner. I have the X-85 model and its a great scanner but a wonky printer.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

sometime tomorrow i'll scan it up and... ummm, i'll find somewhere temporary to upload it to. if anyone has web space and would like me to email it to them, let me know :)

― justin s., Tuesday, 13 May 2003 05:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I've wanted to read it for a while. I can host it if you mail it to me.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 06:52 (twenty-two years ago)

... oops, I wandered into this thread with the express purpose of defending This Heat's rather wonderful "Health and Efficiency" 12" single from some time in the 1980's and find out it has nothing to do with the thread.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

artful little namecheck there

― Chip Morningstar (bob), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

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