A review by loujoseph
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes

4.0

I liked that it covered everything- i've heard plenty of books about ny punk from the 70s and some about the beginnings of hip-hop but it was really interesting to weave everything together- salsa, jazz, classical, even bruce springsteen and bob dylan and others passing through. (that stuff helped make patti smith make more sense to me now.) the author inserted himself in there just enough for some perspective without making it all about himself- a tricky line to walk. also liked that he mentioned things like going to see led zeppelin (of course you'd go if you could, no matter what's going on in your city..) would have liked the epilogue to be a little more in depth, maybe more about why punk died in the city, spread around the county and then came back in the 00's, (he makes is sound like it just re-appeared for no reason) but, a minor complaint.