{"product_id":"going-into-the-city-portrait-of-a-critic-as-a-young-man-paperback","title":"Going Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Christgau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of our great essayists and journalists--the Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau--takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this vividly atmospheric and visceral memoir that is both a love letter to a New York long past and a tribute to the transformative power of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLifelong New Yorker Robert Christgau has been writing about pop culture since he was twelve and getting paid for it since he was twenty-two, covering rock for \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e in its heyday and personifying the music beat at the \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e for over three decades. Christgau listened to Alan Freed howl about rock 'n' roll before Elvis, settled east of Manhattan's Avenue B forty years before it was cool, witnessed Monterey and Woodstock and Chicago '68, and the first abortion speak-out. He's caught Coltrane in the East Village, Muddy Waters in Chicago, Otis Redding at the Apollo, the Dead in the Haight, Janis Joplin at the Fillmore, the Rolling Stones at the Garden, the Clash in Leeds, Grandmaster Flash in Times Square, and every punk band you can think of at CBGB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristgau chronicled many of the key cultural shifts of the last half century and revolutionized the cultural status of the music critic in the process. \u003cem\u003eGoing Into the City\u003c\/em\u003e is a look back at the upbringing that grounded him, the history that transformed him, and the music, books, and films that showed him the way. Like Alfred Kazin's \u003cem\u003eA Walker in the City, \u003c\/em\u003e E. B. White's \u003cem\u003eHere Is New York\u003c\/em\u003e, Joseph Mitchell's \u003cem\u003eUp in the Old Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Patti Smith's \u003cem\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/em\u003e, it is a loving portrait of a lost New York. It's an homage to the city of Christgau's youth from Queens to the Lower East Side--a city that exists mostly in memory today. And it's a love story about the Greenwich Village girl who roamed this realm of possibility with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. . . . Christgau writes with contagious insight about the records, novels, movies and paintings that have shaped his thinking.\"--\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau has been writing about pop culture since he was twelve and getting paid for it since he was twenty-two, covering rock for Esquire in its heyday and personifying the music beat at \u003cem\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e for over three decades. Christgau chronicled many of the key cultural shifts of the last half century and revolutionized the cultural status of the music critic in the process. \u003cem\u003eGoing into the City\u003c\/em\u003e is a look back at the upbringing that grounded him, the history that transformed him, and the music, books, and films that showed him the way. It is also a loving portrait of a lost New York--an homage to the city of Christgau's youth, from Queens to the Lower East Side, that exists mostly in memory today. And it's a love story about the Greenwich Village girl who roamed this realm of possibility with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Honest, detailed, stirring and sweet.\"--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply smart, charmingly gregarious read.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A New York love story like no other. . . . As caustic and confrontational as a Clash single, yet as sustaining as an Al Green LP . . . instantly memorable.\"--Rob Sheffield, author of \u003cem\u003eLove Is a Mix Tape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Los Angeles Review of Books\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent. . . . Christgau writes with contagious insight about the records, novels, movies and paintings that have shaped his thinking.\"--\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau has been writing about pop culture since he was twelve and getting paid for it since he was twenty-two, covering rock for Esquire in its heyday and personifying the music beat at \u003cem\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e for over three decades. Christgau chronicled many of the key cultural shifts of the last half century and revolutionized the cultural status of the music critic in the process. \u003cem\u003eGoing into the City\u003c\/em\u003e is a look back at the upbringing that grounded him, the history that transformed him, and the music, books, and films that showed him the way. It is also a loving portrait of a lost New York--an homage to the city of Christgau's youth, from Queens to the Lower East Side, that exists mostly in memory today. And it's a love story about the Greenwich Village girl who roamed this realm of possibility with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Honest, detailed, stirring and sweet.\"--\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply smart, charmingly gregarious read.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A New York love story like no other. . . . As caustic and confrontational as a Clash single, yet as sustaining as an Al Green LP . . . instantly memorable.\"--Rob Sheffield, author of \u003cem\u003eLove Is a Mix Tape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467987304701,"sku":"9780062238801","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NGJySHY0Q1FVVEJSK1lCeHdjUk1NQT09.webp?v=1777281779","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/going-into-the-city-portrait-of-a-critic-as-a-young-man-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}