| Physical description |
323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Whittling on Dynamite: The Difference Bert Williams Makes / W. T. Lhamon, Jr. 7 -- 2 Searching for the Blues: James McKune, Collectors, and a Different Crossroads / Marybeth Hamilton 26 -- 3 Abie the Fishman: On Masks, Birthmarks, and Hunchbacks / Josh Kun 50 -- 4 Kingsmen and the Cha-Cha-Cha / Ned Sublette 69 -- 5 Ghoulardi: Lessons in Mayhem from the First Age of Punk / David Thomas 95 -- 6 Magic Moments, the Ghost of Folk-Rock, and the Ring of E Major / David Brackett 103 -- 7 Mystery Girl: The Forgotten Artistry of Bobbie Gentry / Holly George-Warren 120 -- 8 "Is That All There Is?" and the Uses of Disenchantment / Franklin Bruno 137 -- 9 Ghetto Brother Power: The Bronx Gangs, the Beatles, the Aguinaldo, and a Pre-History of Hip-Hop / Benjamin Melendez, Henry Chalfant, Jeff Chang 150 -- 10 Grand Funk Live! Staging Rock in the Age of the Arena / Steve Waksman 157 -- 11 Sound of Velvet Melting: The Power of "Vibe" in the Music of Roberta Flack / Jason King 172 -- 12 All Roads Lead to "Apache" / Michaelangelo Matos 200 -- 13 On Punk Rock and Not Being a Girl / Lavinia Greenlaw 210 -- 14 Buddy Holocaust Story: A Necromusicology / Eric Weisbard 219 -- 15 ORCH5, or the Classical Ghost in the Hip-Hop Machine / Robert Fink 231 -- 16 White Chocolate Soul: Teena Marie and Lewis Taylor / Mark Anthony Neal 256 -- 17 Dancing, Democracy, and Kitsch: Poland's Disco Polo / Daphne Carr 272 -- 18 How to Act Like Darby Crash / Drew Daniel 286 -- 19 Death Letters / Greil Marcus 296. |
| Other author |
Weisbard, Eric.
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| Subject |
Popular music -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780822340225 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780822340416 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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