Memphis Underground

Stewart Home is the internationally-acclaimed author of Red London, 69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess (Canongate, 2002), Down and Out in Shoreditch and Hoxton (Do-Not Press, 2004) and Tainted Love (Virgin Books, 2005), among others. His new book, Memphis Underground, documents his obsessions with Soul music and the theory and practice of art while marking another step up in his progress as one of the country's most fascinating avant-garde writers. Is It In?......Page 5 Nowhere To Run......Page 15 Going To A Go-Go......Page 18 It Hurts So Good......Page 24 Singing In The Rain......Page 27 I Know The Score......Page 34 Let’s Groove......Page 36 Shakey Ground......Page 40 No Money Down......Page 44 Crumbs Off The Table......Page 45 Wicky Wacky......Page 48 Raise Your Hand......Page 49 Shoreditch Low Riders......Page 52 Dance To The Drummer’s Beat......Page 55 Grab This Thing......Page 58 So Far Away......Page 59 You should have been in the pub last night.......Page 62 At The Woodchoppers Ball......Page 69 Mysterious Vibes......Page 72 Everybody’s Going To A Love In......Page 74 A Quiet Place......Page 77 Karate Boogaloo......Page 80 Got Myself A Good Man......Page 84 Think About The Good Times......Page 85 Rhythm Is Rhythm......Page 87 Ain’t It Funky......Page 88 Do The Dog......Page 91 INTERLUDE :ON THE MISERY OF LITERARY LIFE......Page 92 Never Love A Robin......Page 98 Love For Sale.......Page 100 I Can’t Stand It......Page 103 Soul Superman......Page 105 Wade In The Water......Page 108 Burn Baby Burn......Page 111 Two Stupid Feet......Page 114 Our Love Will Grow......Page 115 Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)......Page 117 Bok To Bach......Page 118 Sham Time......Page 120 Heavy Bopper......Page 121 Home Is Where The Hate Is......Page 124 What About The Music......Page 125 Spear For The Moondog......Page 128 Sunshine Of Your Love......Page 130 Unreal City......Page 132 Right Track......Page 136 So Many Rivers To Cross......Page 138 A Quitter Never Wins......Page 140 Skin I’m In......Page 143 Hold To My Baby......Page 144 Drop The Bomb......Page 146 Have You Ever Had The Blues......Page 149 Quick Change Artist......Page 151 The Beat Goes On......Page 156 The Infernal Return......Page 159 The BRIDGE : FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITA’S TWEETER:......Page 160 PART 3: COMIN’ HOME BABY......Page 174 Let’s Murder The Moonlight (Again, Like We Did Last Summer)......Page 175 Stump Juice......Page 192 Afrodesia......Page 194 The Gigolo......Page 200 Blow Your Whistle......Page 205 Funky Wah Wah......Page 208 Natural Soul Brother......Page 211 Green Tambourine......Page 214 Live Injection......Page 219 Haunted Castle......Page 227 (Keep On) Bumpin’......Page 230 A Sack Full Of Soul......Page 236 Dread Ina Jamdong......Page 241 INTERLUDE : MEMORIES AND TRACES: LIZ YOUNG’S ESCAPE FROM THIS WORLD......Page 245 Thinking Of One Thing & Doin’ Another......Page 251 Trouble Funk Express......Page 254 I Got Ants In My Pants......Page 258 Chicken Strut......Page 266 Slow Down......Page 270 Shifting Gears......Page 279 Groove Me......Page 284 The World Is A Ghetto......Page 292 Bustin’ Loose......Page 298 Soul Chills......Page 304 I’ll Never Sail The Sea Again......Page 307 Long After Tonight Is All Over......Page 312