Disco Boy

A hilarious novel from a great comedic writer, one of the founders of The Chaser's War on Everything. No DJ can mix 'Celebration' into 'Come On Eileen' quite like Paul Johnson, the king of rancid retro. But while he has the musical jumper leads to get even the most dismal party started, he can't get his own life moving. Trapped in a job he despises, a perpetual failure with the ladies and living at home with his distinctly unhelpful parents, Paul's stuck in limbo while everyone around him is limbo-dancing. While he's avoided the corporate mousetrap that's ensnared his friend Nige, Paul dreams of one day playing his own music instead of John Farnham's. But it's much easier to joke about your problems with your friends than to do something about them. A romantic comedy that's equal parts bitingly cynical and naively idealistic, Disco Boy is a story for anyone who's ever hit the Pause button on their life, and found it hard to press Play again.

his out look it has been recognizable on earth and all the planets in our universe. the white suit with red stripes with his name mark on his back and his long ponytail that is being with him for a long time.. on this comic dance adventure is going to be totally different, going to be the opposite side of being spacewalker.. now the disco boy is going to have the best of disco era of dance and the high life of being rich and famous among his friends, will he be disco boy forever ending spacewalker for good

’Counterculture’ emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academic scrutiny of the concept of ’counterculture’ and a critical examination of the period and its heritage. Recent developments in sociological theory complicate and problematise theories developed in the 1960s, with digital technology, for example, providing an impetus for new understandings of counterculture. Music played a significant part in the way that the counterculture authored space in relation to articulations of community by providing a shared sense of collective identity. Not least, the heady mixture of genres provided a socio-cultural-political backdrop for distinctive musical practices and innovations which, in relation to counterculture ideology, provided a rich experiential setting in which different groups defined their relationship both to the local and international dimensions of the movement, so providing a sense of locality, community and collective identity.

Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. In this issue: THE RAISING OF HESTER MACRAE E.M. Anderson QUERY LETTER Riley Winchester OCTOBER MARDI GRAS Mary Jo Rabe SHE AIN'T HEAVY Anthony Ferguson THE SQUARE OF STARS Laurence Klavan THE GIRL WITH CHARTREUSE HAIR Terry Sanville THE GYRE Samuel Finn THE SPUD Gregg Sapp TIMBER AND ITS PURPOSES Charles Wilkinson URBAN DECAY Wayne Kyle Spitzer So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses!

A deep look at the work of one of the most insightful and incisive critics of late 20th-century American culture.

Summer may be over but the Star Club is definitely not and now it's time to plan their next show! Meg has to get used to a new town and new school and she doesn't want everyone to know a dramatic secret about her family. Luckily her Star Club friends are there to support her but can they keep her secret? Will other people accept Meg for who she really is? This second Star Club adventure is full of excitement, fun and of course drama!

Jim's Woods: Sapling, is a collection of true stories from my childhood and youth. I grew up in the seventies and eighties in the country and suburbs. A lot of what I experienced back then is an interesting mixture of traditional country life and suburban past times. Some of my life was easy, but some of it involved heartache and soul crushing difficulty. I was abandoned by my mother at birth and haven't a clue who she, or my father is, or was. Lucky enough to be adopted by good folk, with good intentions... my road through the woods led me to some interesting places.