David J. Haskins' "Who Killed Mister Moonlight" (2017)

London, England: Jawbone Press (book, memoir, signed, numbered), 2017.

8.75" x 6.25" x 1.375", 318 pages, limited hardcover without dust-jacket as issued, signed and numbered, ISBN 978-1-911036-10-4.

Who Killed Mister Moonlight? Bauhaus, Black Magick, and Benediction by David J. Haskins, as published by Jawbone Press (London, England) in a second edition signed/numbered hardcover without dust-jacket as issued in 2017.  Edited by Tom Seabrook. Jacket design by Mark Case (for the trade edition). Forward by Jeremy Reed.  This is a memoir of David J. (Haskins) life in music, magick, and art, including his time with the bands Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, an enjoyable read. 

This includes several references to William S. Burroughs, including two longer passages on encounters with Burroughs at pages 125-126 and 134-136.

A reproduction of a poster for Burroughs' 70th birthday is in the photo section following page 160.

An encounter with Brion Gysin at his apartment in Paris is at pages 90-91.

This specific copy is #27 of 100 signed and numbered copies. This was additionally signed by David J. at the title page following a performance at my home on 7 August 2025.

Contents:

• Jeremy Reed: foreword
• Explanations, Disclaimers, and Plaudits
• David J. Haskins: Who Killed Mister Moonlight?:
• Prologue: Gestation 1961-78
• Part One: Fornicating in the Gods 1979-83:
• Chapter One: Children of the Night
• Chapter Two: New York's a Go-Go and Everything Tastes Nice
• Chapter Three: From Weimar to Walthamstow
• Chapter Four: White Lines and Wanderlust
• Chapter Five: Decadence
• Chapter Six: Sigil
• Part Two: Alchemy 1984-2004:
• Chapter Seven: New Directions
• Chapter Eight: Enter Hecate
• Chapter Nine: Juju Shit
• Chapter Ten: Voodoo
• Chapter Eleven: Raising Old Ghosts
• Chapter Twelve: The Undertaker
• Chapter Thirteen: Yogi, Sidi, Sufi, Salim
• Part Three: Some Lonesome Devil's Row 2005-06
• Chapter Fourteen: The Hanged Man
• Chapter Fifteen: Djinn, Petal, and Thorn
• Chapter Sixteen: Coffin Nails
• Chapter Seventeen: Territorial Pissing
• Appendix One: The Bryonic Mutant King
• Appendix Two: Bauhaus 1919/Bauhaus Timeline
• Appendix Three: David J. Discography
• Endnotes
• Index