Sparks-Tastic
Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London
1st Edition
Published on 22. April 2013
208 pages
978-1-940207-01-8 (ISBN)
Description
In 2008, Tosh Berman?author and publisher of TamTam Books?got on a plane with a single motive: Sparks Spectacular. It had been announced that the band Sparks would perform all twenty-one of their albums in a succession of twenty-one nights in London...a monumental experience for any Sparks fanatic, which Tosh certainly is. Part travel journal, part personal memoir, Berman takes us through the streets of London and Paris, observing each city's history and culture through the eye of an obsessive Sparks fan. Including album-by-album reviews of all twenty-one shows and beyond, Sparks-Tastic defines a place and time in music history that's too defining to be ignored.
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Tosh Berman is an author and publisher (TamTam Books). His books are "Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World," "Sparks-Tastic," and a book of poems "The Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding."
Content
- Intro
- Sparks-Tastic
- Introduction
- A Strange Obsession
- Paris
- Jardin Des Plantes
- Twenty-One Nights
- Halfnelson/Sparks (1972) May 16, 2008
- Encore: "England"
- A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing (1973) May 17, 2008
- Encore: "Arts & Crafts Spectacular"
- Kimono My House (1974) May 18, 2008
- Encore: "Barbecutie"
- Propaganda (1974) May 28, 2008
- Encore: "Lost and Found"
- Indiscreet (1975) May 21, 2008
- Encore: "Gone With The Wind"
- Big Beat (1976) May 23, 2008
- Encore "Tearing The Place Apart"
- Introducing Sparks (1977) May 24, 2008
- Encore: "Alabamy Right"
- No. 1 In Heaven (1979) May 25, 2008
- Encore: "Too Dangerous To Dance"
- Terminal Jive (1980) May 27, 2008
- Encore: "Singing in the Shower"
- Whomp That Sucker (1981) May 28, 2008
- Encore: "Go Crazy"
- Angst In My Pants (1982) May 30, 2008
- Encore: "Minnie Mouse"
- Sparks In Outer Space (1983) May 31, 2008
- Encore: "Sports"
- Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat (1984) June 1, 2008
- Encore: "Crime Awareness Week"
- Music That You Can Dance To (1986) June 3, 2008
- Encore: "Change"
- Interior Design (1988) June 4, 2008
- Encore: "Big Brass Ring" & "Like The Movies"
- Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins (1994) June 6, 2008
- Encore: "Marry Me"
- Plagiarism (1997) June 7, 2008
- Encore: "Looks Aren't Everything"
- Balls (2000) June 8, 2008
- Encore: "What Would Katharine Hepburn Say?"
- Lil' Beethoven (2002) June 10, 2008
- Encore: "Wunderbar"
- Hello Young Lovers (2006) June 11, 2008
- Encore: "Profile"
- Exotic Creatures Of The Deep (2008) June 13, 2008
- Encore: "Fourteen Song Set"
- Afterword: Los Angeles
