{"product_id":"b-52s-cosmic-thing","title":"B-52s Cosmic Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in the B-52s music, using \u003ci\u003eCosmic Thing \u003c\/i\u003eas  a launching point. Alongside the authors own queer awakening, this book  looks at what was obvious all along – the B-52s aren''t just pop culture  icons, they are queer history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe B-52s fifth record \u003ci\u003eCosmic Thing \u003c\/i\u003etook the world by storm in 1989 in the wake of the band''s single greatest tragedy: losing guitarist Ricky Wilson to complications from AIDS in 1985. \u003ci\u003eCosmic Thing \u003c\/i\u003eis a celebration of queer joy in the face of that seismic setback. Not only did the B-52s have to fight through their pain and grief to make \u003ci\u003eCosmic Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, they were up against a conservative government under Reagan (then Bush), a misunderstood virus still ravaging the queer community and the expectations of what ''serious'' artists were supposed to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305205211518,"sku":"NW9798765133125","price":10.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798765133125.jpg?v=1778561689","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/b-52s-cosmic-thing","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}