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From jailhouse to suburban rock: music once had the ability to appal and shock. Now the most radical symbol worn by fans on the streets is the iPod. As
Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old truck driver walked into a Memphis recording studio and changed the world. There are, inevitably, furious arguments over ......(Continue Reading) Hornby, Nick, guest ed.; Ben Schafer, series ed. Da Capo best music writing 2001; the year's finest writing on rock, pop, jazz, country, & more - Book
Perseus, Da Capo. 337p. c2001 0-306-81066-2. $14.00. A As a middle-aged guy who firmly believes that rock 'n' roll had already begun its aesthetic ......(Continue Reading)Pop Music
While there has always been "popular" music in the United States, and all forms of music are popular with certain audiences, the term "pop ......(Continue Reading)OutKast: they've gone from hip-hop fringe dwellers to mavens of the mainstream. But how far can OutKast's journey to the center of pop music go?
Their Grammy-winning, multiplatinum, double-concept album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista), did for hip-hop what the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely ......(Continue Reading)God-Worthy Pop: Iranian rock 'n' roll - Citings - popular art in an Islamic society - Brief Article
IN IRAN, NOT even public lashings have subdued a multi-million-dollar black market for pop music, banned there since theocrats took power 22 years ago....(Continue Reading)
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