Apocalypse jukebox

the end of the world in American popular music

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Apocalypse jukebox

the end of the world in American popular music

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Soft Skull Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

The end is near, there, and everywhere
Are you ready for that great atomic power?
The Harry Smith apocalypse of American folk music
John Coltrane's harmonic convergence
Bob Dylan's poetics of apocalypse : the case of infidels
Leonard Cohen : sacred soul, profane flesh
The end, and? : Arthur Lee's death trip
"The beginning was the end" : Devo's beautiful (post-apocalyptic) world
"Calling out" : R.E.M.'s apocalyptic evocations
Apocalypse after 9/11 : the end is still here
"Here come the planes" : Laurie Anderson's concert amdist the ashes
Apocalypse now/here : Sleater-Kinney's resistance
Green Day's American idiot : apocalypse in the 7/11 parking lot.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Brooklyn, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.640973
Library of Congress
ML3921.8.P67 J36 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22658985M
Internet Archive
apocalypsejukebo0000jans
LCCN
2008045325

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