"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Hamelman modulates, transitions, contrasts moods, shifts tones, and uses complementary colors like a classic double-album set. The closest parallel to existing work is not some other book on musicology, but perhaps "London Calling" by the Clash.--Allen Michie "Iowa State University "
In "But Is It Garbage?," Hamelman brilliantly explains the centrality of the trash trope to rock music aesthetics. It's a significant new approach, and the author's rock 'n' roll sensibility will be refreshing not just to scholars of rock music and pop culture, but also to the serious fan.--Thomas Kitts "coeditor of "Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with the Kinks" "
Like the music he celebrates, Steven Hamelman isn't afraid of wretched excess. His thirty-four explorations of rock 'n' roll as trash demand an answer: Why should we be embarrassed that we love this trash? A lesser writer would have tried to impress us with a sweeping theory of postmodern bricoleur, but Hamelman is content to call it as he hears it. We love rock 'n' roll because it embodies the broader culture of disposability. But we also love it because it allows us to cope with that culture. Although few readers will embrace everything that Hamelman says about rock 'n' roll, fewer will deny the insight and passion informing his readings of rock culture and of specific rock texts. Like Lester Bangs with a Ph.D., Hamelman is a unique voice in popular music studies. Chill some beer, crank some tunes, and start reading anywhere in this collection.--Theodore Gracyk "author of "I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity" "
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Book Description HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CA-9780820325361
Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Trash has been blowing across the rock 'n' roll landscape since the first amplified guitar riff tore through American mass culture. Throwaway tunes, wasted fans, crappy reviews. In this book, Steven L. Hamelman guides us across five decades of rock to explore the trash trope in all of its audible, visual, and emblematic power. Seller Inventory # B9780820325361
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0820325368
Book Description HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CA-9780820325361