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Book · 2017 · Music

Meet Me in the Bathroom

Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

by Lizzy Goodman · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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I loved one called meet me in the bathroom by Lizzy Goodman which was hey oral history of sort of the New York music scene around the year 2000 The Strokes the yeah yeah yes if I have that right Ryan Adams.
Dwight Garner · The Book Review · Feb 2024 Listen at 21:12

The best things said about it

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She'd an article my friend that I went to college with his Lizzy Goodman she wrote that book meet me in the bathroom.
Whitney Cummings This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Jun 2018

Why people recommend it

Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman is a compelling oral history documenting the vibrant and gritty New York City music scene around the year 2000, featuring iconic bands like The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. On The Book Review, Dwight Garner enthusiastically recommended Lizzy Goodman's oral history, praising its vivid depiction of the era's musical renaissance and cultural impact. Additionally, on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, Whitney Cummings mentioned Lizzy Goodman as a college friend and referenced her authorship of the book while discussing the complex, behind-the-scenes perspective of fame, management, and the entertainment industry. Both mentions highlight the cultural significance of the work in capturing a defining moment in modern rock history through the firsthand accounts of the artists, journalists, and industry insiders who lived through it. Readers seeking an authentic, unvarnished look at the early 2000s music underground regularly find this oral history to be an essential chronicle of artistic ambition, youthful excess, and the serendipitous collision of talent and timing that created a legendary global musical movement in Lower Manhattan and beyond, cementing the book's status as a modern classic of music journalism and cultural documentation.

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Dwight Garner I loved one called meet me in the bathroom by Lizzy Goodman which was hey oral history of sort of the New Y… 1
Recommended
“I loved one called meet me in the bathroom by Lizzy Goodman which was hey oral history of sort of the New York music scene around the year 2000 The Strokes the yeah yeah yes if I have that right Ryan Adams”
Whitney Cummings she'd an article my friend that I went to college with his Lizzy Goodman she wrote that book meet me in the… 1
Recommended
“she'd an article my friend that I went to college with his Lizzy Goodman she wrote that book meet me in the bathroom”

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Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Whitney Cummings, Ashley Graham / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).