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Skinheads, Fur Traders, and Djs - by Kim Clarke Champniss (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Kim Clarke Champniss is best known as his 1980s/90s incarnation: the globe-trotting television music journalist for MuchMusic.
- About the Author: Kim Clarke Champniss (a.k.a. KCC) is an award-winning broadcaster who was a popular VJ on MuchMusic and special assignment reporter for The NewMusic.
- 200 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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About the Book
Kim Clarke Champniss is best known as his 1980s/90s incarnation: the globe-trotting television music journalist for MuchMusic. However, KCC's adventures in Canada began earlier, when he was a hot DJ in 1970s Vancouver. And even earlier than that, when he signed on with the Hudson's Bay Company in the Northwest Territories.Book Synopsis
Kim Clarke Champniss is best known as his 1980s/90s incarnation: the globe-trotting television music journalist for MuchMusic. However, KCC's adventures in Canada began earlier, when he was a hot DJ in 1970s Vancouver. And even earlier than that, when he signed on with the Hudson's Bay Company in the Northwest Territories.Review Quotes
Anyone interested in the Arctic, pop music, youth culture, and that mystical period known as the '70s will find Clarke Champniss's story immensely entertaining.
Champniss writes well and makes life sound exciting even in difficult times.
I liked the writing style and found his story interesting.
Sparkles with particular brightness when Champniss is recounting his teenage dalliances with bikers and skinheads, punks and new wavers ... His razor sharp observations make the characters brim-full of energy.
Anyone interested in the Arctic, pop music, youth culture, and that mystical period known as the '70s will find Clarke Champniss's story immensely entertaining.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Champniss writes well and makes life sound exciting even in difficult times.-- "Evilcyclist"
I liked the writing style and found his story interesting.-- "Teena in Toronto"
Sparkles with particular brightness when Champniss is recounting his teenage dalliances with bikers and skinheads, punks and new wavers ... His razor sharp observations make the characters brim-full of energy.-- "Hope Collective"
About the Author
Kim Clarke Champniss (a.k.a. KCC) is an award-winning broadcaster who was a popular VJ on MuchMusic and special assignment reporter for The NewMusic. KCC is also the author of The Republic of Rock 'n' Roll. He lives in Toronto.Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 200
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Kim Clarke Champniss
Language: English
Street Date: October 3, 2017
TCIN: 1001764566
UPC: 9781459739239
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-9041
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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