Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 is an oral history which details the rebirth of the New York rock scene in the new millennium, written and compiled by music journalist Lizzy Goodman. It was published in May 2017 by Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. [1] The book is named after the Strokes song of the same name from their 2003 album.
- Rob Sheffield, The Village Voice "In her terrific new book, Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001-2011, author Lizzy Goodman has meticulously traced the story of that revival" - Paste Magazine "A vivid, kaleidoscopic, extremely fun ode to a moment in time that only just became the past.". 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. About the Book "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.
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Introduction What is Meet Me in the Bathroom about? This book is an oral history, capturing the vibrant New York City music scene from 2001 to 2011. It explores the rise of iconic bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and LCD Soundsystem. Author Lizzy Goodman invites us into a chaotic world shaped by creativity, drugs, and change.
Guardian (Summer Reads Recommendation) Critic Reviews Meet Me in the Bathroom, an oral history by Lizzy Goodman, who arrived in New York from her native New Mexico in 1999 and was evidently immersed in everything that happened. Her interviewees - there are 161 - beautifully capture the era, and illustrate its tensions and contradictions. This page contains details about the book Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman published in 2017.
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This book is the 11914th greatest book of all time as determined by thegreatestbooks.org. Amazon.com: Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 eBook: Goodman, Lizzy: Kindle StoreNamed a Best Book of 2017 by NPR and GQ Joining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can't Stop Won't Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old.
