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92 reviews for:
Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Tim Mohr
3.98 AVERAGE
92 reviews for:
Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Tim Mohr
3.98 AVERAGE
This book was recommended by Dusty Gannon of Vision Video at one of their shows I went to and it did not disappoint. True to the reviews, this book was very readable and engaging. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of photos (so if you listen to the audiobook see if you can get ahold of some of the inserts).
I found the content very interesting! I was ignorant of most of the information covered and I enjoyed learning about it. I half read, half listened to this and I recommend both versions.
I found the content very interesting! I was ignorant of most of the information covered and I enjoyed learning about it. I half read, half listened to this and I recommend both versions.
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I enjoyed this. As someone who came of age in the 80s, this was a fascinating trip behind the scenes of some of the most significant events in the day. The role of punk culture and churches in the fall of the Berlin Wall — and how the aftermath and this scene helped shape the city of Berlin today is fascinating.
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I wish this was a more scholarly book, but I will admit I enjoyed it, learned a lot, and suspect that I will be returning to it at some point for band names and places.
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Anarchist punks did far more to bring down the Berlin Wall and the DDR than that shitbird Reagan ever did.
This book was fascinating. I picked it up because of the punk angle but ended up learning so much about a country that ceased to exist when I was 10 years old.
A quote from an interview with the author really sums this one up: "This book is sort of a corrective to the Western triumphal view that has become almost an article of faith at this point." It's a compelling story of the struggles and sacrifices made to bring down the East German dictatorship, not out of worship for the West, not in the service of hyper-individualism and profit, not in the search for Levis, hamburgers, and Reaganism, but in the hope of building something far better than capitalism. We often learn about people who wanted to escape life behind the Iron Curtain, but this is the story of those who instead stayed and worked for an egalitarian society that provides for all its people, not just the lucky few.
A history of the last decade of East Germany, told through the prism of the punk rock movement.
Mohr, a former Berlin DJ, writes in a lively way and has interviewed scads of the punks who were tortured and went to prison for their ideas and outfits.
I learned so much about East Germany from this book. My heart went out to the youths with "too much future": facing a life where their jobs (and it was illegal to be unemployed), educational level, where they lived, and what they wore was controlled by the state.
Mohr, a former Berlin DJ, writes in a lively way and has interviewed scads of the punks who were tortured and went to prison for their ideas and outfits.
I learned so much about East Germany from this book. My heart went out to the youths with "too much future": facing a life where their jobs (and it was illegal to be unemployed), educational level, where they lived, and what they wore was controlled by the state.