File Under Popular: Theoretical and Critical Writings on MusicFervent and deep takes on pop music arguing against the culture of alienation and for a meaningful form, arrived at through theory, consciousness, and praxis. By one of music’s most ardent thinkers and innovative drummers (Henry Cow, Cassiber). “A stirringly aggressive antidote to contemporary pop cynicism.” —Simon Frith |
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Necessity and Choice in Musical Forms concerning musical and technical means and political needs | 21 |
Sun Ra Intergalactic Research Arkestra | 41 |
The Residents | 73 |
Copyright | |
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