Kid Congo Powers - You're Booked

There's a true rock and roll legend entering You're Booked Towers this week and we couldn't be happier. Kid Congo Powers has played in such beloved bands as The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his own Pink Monkey Birds. His astonishing new memoir Some New Kind of Kick talks about growing up queer and Mexican-American in 1970s, the glam rock and punk rock scenes, music, addiction, fandom, tragedy and fun. It's utterly compelling and sure to enter the pantheon of great music memoirs. We talked to Kid about Nick Cave's book recommendations, the power of Eve Babitz, great grudge writing, appearing in the classic film Wings of Desire and the troubling book that appeared on Lux Interior's coffee table. Find out more about the books mentioned on the episode by visiting our bookshop.org shop.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable Daisy Buchanan - Careering Cookie Mueller - Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black Eve Babitz - Eve's Hollywood Ludwig Bemelmans - Madeline William Burroughs - Naked Lunch Herbert Huncke - Reader Herbert Huncke -The Evening Sun Turned Crimson John Rechy - City of Night Viv Albertine - Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. Ian Hunter - Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star Barry Adamson - Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars Warren Ellis - Nina Simone's Gum Wreckless Eric - A Dysfunctional Success Harriet Evans - Going Home Derek Raymond - I Was Dora Suarez James Ellroy - The LA Quartet Flora Rheta Schreiber - The Shoemaker K Mason - Concentration Camp Bestiality William Burroughs - Junky Geoffrey Wolff - Black Sun J. Randy Taraborrelli - Call Her Miss Ross Kitty Kelly - His Way Albert Goldman - Elvis Nick Tosches - Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story Caryn Rose - Why Patti Smith Matters Rimbaud - Collected Poems Baudelaire - Complete Poems Fred Vermorel - Starlust John Rechy - Sexual Outlaw Raquel Gutierrez - Brown Neon Chris Womersley - The Diplomat Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved William Boyd - Any Human Heart Patricia Highsmith - Ripley's Game Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.