'A night out in book form. The joy the rush the mates the exhilaration the highs the
shakes the fear the comedown... And then that wild animal urge to go and do it again. This
will surely be the defining book on the era.' RUSSELL T. DAVIESThe defining book on the iconic
noughties-era of pop culture in London as told by DJ Jodie Harsh who saw did and survived it
all. Jodie Harsh arrived in London aged fifteen in 2001 heading straight off the train from
Canterbury to her first club night at the Astoria. Intoxicated by this initial taste of city
nightlife she didn't leave the party for years falling in with the right wrong people and
exploring the sides of London best experienced under cover of darkness. Throughout the
noughties from Camden and Soho to Mayfair from Notting Hill and Primrose Hill to Hackney Road
the city was a messy beating slick and sordid melting pot. New music new fashion new art
all came together in a mad dizzying rush before - and during - the financial crash of 2008.
Different scenes collided exploded were reborn and shaped across the city at rapid speed.
Harsh grabs us by the hand and leads us back to those decadent times: from the Astoria to The
Cross the Soho Revue Bar to Mahiki Boombox to The End and her famous friends' houses to a
time before social media and cameraphones were ubiquitous and a life without their perpetual
scrutiny allowed for a more liberated hedonistic and creative existence. You had to be there
and Jodie Harsh was. Every single night.
