{"product_id":"9781869409838-chris-knox","title":"Chris Knox","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot Given Lightly\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I’ve got things I can’t recall\u003cbr\u003eLike the colours of my bedroom wall\u003cbr\u003eOh, I can’t decide if I\u003cbr\u003eWant to know these things or why\u003cbr\u003eThey bother me and tantalise me so’\u003cbr\u003e— from ‘I’ve Left Memories Behind’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e described Chris Knox as ‘indie rock’s premier oddball singer songwriter’ and, when Knox suffered a stroke a decade later, music icons such as Yo La Tengo, Bill Callahan, Neil Finn and Shayne Carter all showed up for concerts and a tribute album. Who is this epileptic, opinionated, shorts-and-jandals-wearing, endlessly creative musician and artist from New Zealand?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is his story – from a childhood in ‘flat, rectangular and boring’ Invercargill to years of creative experimentation in Dunedin to family life in Auckland; from The Enemy’s first gig at Dunedin’s Beneficiaries Hall to Toy Love’s tour of Australia and on to Tall Dwarfs’ escapades around the globe; from tape loops and crashing cutlery recorded on a TEAC 4-track to the biting satire of \u003ci\u003eJesus on a Stick\u003c\/i\u003e comics and \u003ci\u003eListener \u003c\/i\u003eopinion pieces; and from home-recorded LPs delivered by hand to the ubiquitous voice on ads for Vogels and Heineken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Knox: Not Given Lightly\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of one extraordinarily creative man’s journey from the obscurity of punk rock to the heart of New Zealand culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Then again, all the time, every minute, neverending, unrelenting, all around us, without pausing, endless endless, all-pervading, movement motion, this way that way, ticktock, freefall, love love, kiss kiss, make do be is was I me b c d e f g h I think nothing’s going to happen.’\u003cbr\u003e— from ‘Nothing’s Going to Happen’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59258142753142,"sku":"9781869409838","price":38.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41097561.jpg?v=1793946627","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781869409838-chris-knox","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}