Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. (51 page)

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Authors: Viv Albertine

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36. A skinhead attacking Ari, by Ray Stevenson
37. Slits flyer, courtesy of the author
38. Excerpt from a letter by Sid Vicious, courtesy of the author
39. Reggae, soul, punk-rock flyer, courtesy of the author
40. Viv with Ari and Tessa © Ann Summa
41. Flyer for a sound system, courtesy of the author
42. Dennis Bovell with the Slits, by Pennie Smith
43. Cover of the Slits’ record,
Cut
. Photo by Pennie Smith, artwork Neville Brody
44. Steve Beresford, by Lisa Haun
45. Flyer, courtesy of the author
46. Ad for Slits tour 1979, courtesy of the author
47. Viv at Alexandra Palace © David Corio (www.davidcorio.com)
48. Viv and Ari, by Christine Robertson
49. Sun Ra fan club application, courtesy of the author
50. Viv and Ivi in Regent’s Park, courtesy of the author
51. The Slits, by Pennie Smith
52. The Slits at Malibu beach, by Christine Robertson

Side Two

 

1. Viv teaching aerobics © David Corio (www.davidcorio.com)
2. Viv in the eighties © David Corio (www.davidcorio.com)
3. Viv throwing bouquet, by Oliver Curtis
4. Viv and Baby, courtesy of the author
5. Viv’s first ceramic, by Clive Bremner
6. Vincent Gallo, 2008, by Shawn Ehlers © Getty Images
7. Viv with new Fender Telecoustic, courtesy of the author
8. Trace, courtesy of the author
9. Viv at her Hastings studio, by Carolina Ambida
10. Viv with Rotten Hill Gang, by Simon Tyszko
11. Viv touring France, courtesy of the author
12. Viv at the kitchen table, by Arla Albertine
13.
The Vermilion Border
, 2012, photo by Carolina Ambida, artwork by Slim Smith
14. Still from the film
Exhibition
, by Sophie Mollins, 2013

 

Every effort has been made to trace or contact all copyright holders. The publishers would be pleased to rectify any omissions or errors brought to their notice at the earliest opportunity.

About the Author

Viv Albertine grew up in London. In 1976, while studying at Chelsea School of Art, she formed the Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious, and joined the Slits in 1977. After a career as a filmmaker, she is now back making art and music. She lives in London with her daughter.

Copyright

First published in 2014
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2014

All rights reserved
© Viv Albertine, 2014

The right of Viv Albertine to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly

ISBN 978–0–571–29777–1

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Introduction

Side One

1. Masturbation

2. Arcadia

3. Pet Sounds

4. Bad Boys

5. The Belt

6. You Can’t Do That

7. Chic

8. John and Yoko

9. Gone

10. The Kinks

11. Shit and Blood

12. Too Cool for School

13. Woodcraft Folk

14. Music Music Music

15. Hello, I Love You

16. Amsterdam

17. Art School

18. Dingwalls

19. 22 Davis Road

20. Peacock

21. Horses

22. First Love

23. The Leap

24. Viv and Mick

25. The Clash

26. First Guitar

27. The Roxy

28. Mick and Viv

29. Something in the Air

30. Twist of Fate

31. Shock

32. Blow Job

33. Chained

34. The Shop

35. The Flowers of Romance

36. The 100 Club

37. Christmas ’76

38. Me and Johnny T

39. Heroin

40. Shift

41. Sidney’s Dream

42. The Coliseum

43. Daventry Street

44. The Slits

45. Ari Up

46. White Riot

47. Jubilee

48. Peel Session

49. Abortion

50. Sid and Nancy

51. Personality Crisis

52. Songwriting

53. Grapevine

54. Cut

55. Simply What’s Happening

56. Space Is the Place

57. Return of the Giant Slits

58. Overdose

59. The End

Side Two

1. Lost

2. Wishing and Waiting

3. Get a Life

4. Camera Obscura

5. The Pact

6. Nab the Biker

7. The Wonderful World of Work

8. Baby Blu

9. Hell

10. Heaven and Hell

11. Blood on the Tracks

12. The White House

13. Hastings Housewife Rebels

14. Beautiful Fortress

15. The Letter

16. The Year of Saying Yes

17. Fairytale in New York

18. To Play Guitar

19. Bel Canto

20. A Matter of Death and Life

21. The New Slits

22. Falling Apart

23. Yes to Nothing

24. A Rainy Night in Nashville

25. Liberation

26. Sex and Blood

27. Flesh and MILF

28. The Midfield General

29. Beautiful Psycho

30. Lives Well Lived

31. The Vermilion Border

32. Friendly Fire

33. False Start

34. Feeling the Weird

35. Aloneness

36. An Orange

Clothes Music Boys

List of Illustrations

About the Author

Copyright

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