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Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany
Right-wing extremist rock music--so-called "Nazi rock"--is one of the most problematic of popular musical genres. Emerging from the skinhead ......(Continue Reading) What is indie rock?
This article defines the music category "indie rock" not just as an aesthetic genre, but as a method of social differentiation as well as a marketing tool. Using Pierre Bourdieu's concept...(Continue Reading)Faithful or foolish: the emergence of the "ironic cover album" and rock culture
Introduction Through the 1980s and into the 1990s, American popular culture has been marked by an increasing tendency to utilize an ironic sensibility....(Continue Reading)The best music is closer than it appears
These are two outstanding and contrasting musical expressions. They represent some of the best contemporary art today, from musicians already transcending ......(Continue Reading)The rise of the creative class; why cities without gays and rock bands are losing the economic development race
AS I WALKED ACROSS THE CAMPUS OF Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University one delightful spring day, I came upon a table filled with young people chatting ......(Continue Reading)
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