| Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music Contributor(s): Whitelock, Edward (Author), Janssen, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1593762216 ISBN-13: 9781593762216 Publisher: Soft Skull OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal |
| Dewey: 781.640 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From its indefinite beginnings through its broad commercialization and endless reinterpretation, American rock-and-roll music has been preoccupied with an end-of-the-world mentality that extends through the whole of American popular music. In Apocalypse Jukebox, Edward Whitelock and David Janssen trace these connections through American music genres, uncovering a mix of paranoia and hope that characterizes so much of the nation's history. From the book's opening scene, set in the American South during a terrifying 1833 meteor shower, the sense of doom is both palpable and inescapable; a deep foreboding that shadows every subsequent development in American popular music and, as Whitelock and Janssen contend, stands as a key to understanding and explicating America itself. Whitelock and Janssen examine the diversity of apocalyptic influences within North American recorded music, focusing in particular upon a number of influential performers, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Devo, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, and Green Day. In Apocalypse Jukebox, Whitelock and Janssen reveal apocalypse as a permanent and central part of the American character while establishing rock-and-roll as a true reflection of that character. |