33 revolutions per minute
Lynskey, Dorian2012
Book
Why 33? Partly because that's the number of rotations performed by a vinyl album in one minute, and partly because it takes a lot of songs to tell a story which spans seven decades and five continents, to capture the colour and variety of this shape-shifting genre. This is not a list book, rather each of the 33 songs offers a way into a subject, an artist, an era or an idea. The book feels vital, in both senses of the word: necessary and alive. It captures some of the energy that is generated when musicians take risks, and even when they fail, those endeavours leave the popular culture a little richer and more challenging. Contrary to the frequently voiced idea that pop and politics are awkward bedfellows, it argues that protest music is pop, in all its blazing, cussed glory.
Main title:
33 revolutions per minute / Dorian Lynskey.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2012, c2010.
Collation:
xviii, 843 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571241354
Dewey class:
782.4215920904782.4215
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
11919
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 782.4215 LYNS | Available |