The provocative, highly acclaimed memoir of one man's life long passion for getting the look just right.'A bloody brilliant book' Paul Smith'The youth cult confessional to end them all . . . Funny, accurate and touching' Dylan Jones, "GQ"'Think of this terrific book as The Rotter's Club of schmutter and you won't be too wide of the mark' "Daily Mail "'Incisive, obsessive, confessional and quite brilliant' "Observer "'Provocative, charming and fiercely proud' "Daily Telegraph"'Insightful and passionate . . . as stylish and witty as the finery it obsesse over' "The Independent On Sunday "'Highly entertaining. . . a must read for anyone interested in fashion' " Sunday Express "'Elms's opinionated stances are half the fun of this book' "Sunday Times"'Taps into an energy that helped shape post-war Britain' "Mail On Sunday "'A hymn to the burning desire of young men to look right and look smart' "Evening Standard"'Should be read by everyone who enjoys sharp, witty writing and a shuddering sense of humour' "Times Literary Suppliment"
Robert Elms Boeken
Robert Elms is een Britse schrijver en radiomaker, bekend om zijn langlopende radioprogramma op BBC London. Zijn werk duikt in de evolutie van mode, waarbij hij deze vakkundig verweeft met de sociale geschiedenis van die tijd. Elms biedt scherpe inzichten in hoe persoonlijke stijl bredere culturele verschuivingen weerspiegelt en vormgeeft.



A personal journey - part anecdotal, part impressionistic - through London's constantly shifting cityscape by BBC Radio London's Robert Elms
In 1972, when Robert Elms was thirteen years old, he saw the Jackson Five play live at the Empire Pool. At some point during the performance, he describes experiencing three minutes of 'divine delirium' as he found himself in a state of otherworldly perfect synchronicity with everything happening around him. This single event would set him off on an endless pursuit for that same height of pleasure. Since then, Robert has lived his life through live music, from pub rock to jazz funk, punk to country, and everything in between. Each gig is memorable in its own way, and his snapshots of musicians past and present are both evocative and startlingly concise: *Tom Waits showboating with an umbrella, Grace Jones vogueing with a mannequin, Amy shimmying shamelessly like a little girl at a wedding, Gil Scott-Heron rapping with a congadrum. * While in our changed times, Robert notes that we have found new ways of listening- of being part of something special by uniting fans with their favourite performers online- there is not, nor can ever be, anything quite like the live experience. Live!: Why We Go Out is a memoir and a musing on why experiencing live music really matters.