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The Church of the Sonic Guitar
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- The Eighties 1
- The Church of the Sonic Guitar 13
- The Enemy Within: Censorship in Rock Music in the 1950s 39
- A Corpse in Your Mouth: Adventures of a Metaphor, or Modern Cannibalism 73
- Why Don't We Do It in the Classroom? 93
- Playing for England 101
- Rock &Roll as a Cultural Practice 117
- Tracking 135
- Signposts on the Road to Nowhere: Laurie Anderson's Crisis of Meaning 149
- Concerning the Progress of Rock &Roll 167
- Los Angeles, 1999 183
- Sexual Mobilities in Bruce Springsteen: Performance as Commentary 197
- About a Salary or Reality?-Rap's Recurrent Conflict 219
- Voguing at the Carnival: Desire and Pleasure on MTV 235
- Living by Night in the Land of Opportunity: Observations on Life in a Rock &Roll Band 271
- Index 303
- Notes on Contributors 315
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- The Eighties 1
- The Church of the Sonic Guitar 13
- The Enemy Within: Censorship in Rock Music in the 1950s 39
- A Corpse in Your Mouth: Adventures of a Metaphor, or Modern Cannibalism 73
- Why Don't We Do It in the Classroom? 93
- Playing for England 101
- Rock &Roll as a Cultural Practice 117
- Tracking 135
- Signposts on the Road to Nowhere: Laurie Anderson's Crisis of Meaning 149
- Concerning the Progress of Rock &Roll 167
- Los Angeles, 1999 183
- Sexual Mobilities in Bruce Springsteen: Performance as Commentary 197
- About a Salary or Reality?-Rap's Recurrent Conflict 219
- Voguing at the Carnival: Desire and Pleasure on MTV 235
- Living by Night in the Land of Opportunity: Observations on Life in a Rock &Roll Band 271
- Index 303
- Notes on Contributors 315
