Jim Butler has published a feature about my somewhat improbably journey from dancing to writing books about dancing to party hosting to DJing in IAMCRÜ.
You can find the full feature here.
Resident Advisor feature on Lucky Cloud Soundsystem
RA have published a lovely piece about Lucky Cloud Sound System. You can read it online here.
Vogue Hommes feature
Vogue Hommes (Paris) has published a 6-page interview with me about Life and Death on the NY Dance Floor.
"Il consacre avec Life and Death on the New York Dancefloor 1980-1983 [...] une somme prodigieusement fouillée, intensément politique, gorgée de détails, de titres de chansons, et d'anecdotes," writes Julien Gester in the intro. "Généreux et maniaque jusqu'à l'excès, le récit de Lawrence se nourrit aussi bien de playlists extensives que de documents d'époque et d'entretiens avec les principaux acteurs--devenus superstars ou restés dans l'ombre--de ce moment incandescent dont notre modernité ne s'est toujours pas remise."
I'm amazed. The only thing that would have amazed me even more is if they'd slipped a copy of the book into the picture of the mean-looking guys on the front cover--no, strike that, if they'd invited me to appear in the shoot.
In other news...
If your German is good and your French not so good, the Austrian magazine Malmoe has published an article about Life and Death on the NY Dance Floor, http://malmoe.org/artikel/tanzen/3263
If English is your preference, Matthew Billy has posted another episode of his Between the Liner Notes radio doc, 19: Discophobia (Disco Part 2). It includes i/vs with Joseph Carvello, Ray Caviano, Jim DeRogatis and me, http://bit.ly/BTLNdisco02
Signature has published a feature titled “10 Weird and Wonderful Biographies on the Music of the 1970s” that includes kind words about Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92. “As a musician and composer, Russell’s body of work includes everything from boldly experimental compositions to ecstatic dance tracks to heartfelt pop confessionals,” writes Tobias Carroll. “Lawrence’s book is a fantastic look at Russell’s music, and the impact it continues to have on what we listen to today.” http://www.signature-reads.com/…/10-great-biographies-on-t…/
If you haven’t already, please sign the petition “Let NYC Dance: Repeal NYC's Cabaret (No Dancing) Law Now”, https://www.change.org/p/new-york-city-council-repeal-nyc-s…?
Life & Death featured in Hyperallergic
Craig Hubert in hyperallergic argues that Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor along with Douglas Crimp’s new book Before Pictures "underline the close relationship between the New York art scene of the 1970s and '80s and that most unjustly maligned of musical movements, disco."
Read here.
Life and Death included in Donlon Books best books of 2016
Conor Donlon and the team at Donlon Books have included Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-83, in their list of the best books of 2016. It was great to do a reading/book event at the store earlier in the autumn and I’m thrilled the book is going down so well on Broadway Market!