One of the best books about pop music is Rip It Up, which came out in the mid-2000s. Simon Reynolds chronicled the post-punk environment, introducing an eighteen-year-old ingenue (me) to a cast of misfits and characters including Genesis P-Orridge and Cosi Fan Tutti of Throbbing Gristle, Barney Sumner and Peter Hook of Joy Division/ New … Continue reading NOW 5: Scritti Politti – The Word ‘Girl’