Popkiss

Michael White has been writing about popular and underground music, for publications in his native Canada and internationally, for 20 years.

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Songs of Innocence and Inexperience: The Roots of Sarah Chapter Two: "Let's Just Communicate!": The 1980s Fanzine Underground Chapter Three: "How Much Do One Thousand Flexidiscs Weigh?": When Matt Met Clare Chapter Four: "Come to My World": The Sea Urchins and the Beginning of Sarah Chapter Five: "A Constant Source of Bemusement and Wonder": The Orchids Chapter Six: "Another Fucking Harvey Band": The Ubiquitous Harvey Williams Chapter Seven: "Sarah Records Unequivocally Supports a Fully Integrated Light-Rail Rapid-Transit System for the Greater Bristol Area": Expressions of Civic Pride Chapter Eight: "A Diary of Sorts": The Field Mice, Northern Picture Library, and the Quicksilver Bobby Wratten Chapter Nine: "I Sometimes Feel So Lost": Brighter Chapter Ten: Safe Harbour: The Wake and The Hit Parade Chapter Eleven: "I Am Telling You Because You Are Far Away": Internationalism and Sarah's Written Communiques Chapter Twelve: "Atta Girl": Heavenly, Riot Grrrl and Feminism Chapter Thirteen: Sadness is Unisex": Blueboy and "the Best Album" Sarah Released Chapter Fourteen: An Economy of Ambition: Sarah's Short-Term Visitors Chapter Fifteen: "We Had an Outsider's Perspective": Sarah's Foreign Visitors Chapter Sixteen: "A Day for Destroying Things...": The End of Sarah Chapter Seventeen: The Afterlife of Sarah The Sarah Discography Index