- Title
- The mayor's a square: live music and law and order in Sydney
- Creator
- Homan, Shane
- Relation
- http://www.localconsumption.com/
- Publisher
- Local Consumption Publications
- Resource Type
- book
- Date
- 2003
- Description
- The Mayor's a Square is a unique and exciting history of Sydney's live rock music scenes from the 1950s to the present. Drawing on interviews with musicians, promoters and venue owners, Shane Homan reveals the haphazard development of Australian rock and roll. The book examines many clashes between moralising governments and a vibrant music culture, including rocker Johnny O'Keefe's battles with 1950s town hall authorities; the surfies and rockers clashes in the 60s; the infamous 1979 Star hotel riot; and 90s media panics about ecstasy-fuelled rave parties. It offers a detailed insight into contemporary live music culture and its relationship to urban planning, arts, youth and law and order policies
- Subject
- live music culture; law and order policies; Sydney
- Identifier
- uon:2313
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/28933
- Identifier
- ISBN:949793302
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