The B-52s' Cosmic Thing lou reed following a pattern of behavior

following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage

Rather than narrating this history through musical style or composer biography

conceptual art

laughing and singing under the moonlight

Just as jazz did in the first half of the twentieth century

The B-52s' Cosmic Thing lou reed following a pattern of behaviorThe B 52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in their music, using 1989's Cosmic Thing as a focal point. Alongside the author's own queer awakening, Crighton investigates the band's history and recorded work to date, providing cultural context along the way, and proves what was obvious all along the B 52s aren't just pop culture icons, they are queer history. Cosmic Thing took the world by storm in