Mark E. Smith and the Fall: Art, Music and PoliticsMichael Goddard, Benjamin Halligan This volume offers a comprehensive range of approaches to the work of Mark E. Smith and his band 'The Fall' in relation to music, art and politics. The book opens up new possibilities for writing about contemporary music beyond traditional approaches grounded in the sociology of music. |
Contents
Music for a Second City | 19 |
Manchester Images from the 1981 documentary Exchange 2224 | 24 |
A Manchester Band? | 33 |
The Fall and the War against Conformity | 57 |
Acoustics and Primitive Recording in the Music | 77 |
The Falls Pulp Modernism | 95 |
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Mark E. Smith and The Fall: Art, Music and Politics Mr Benjamin Halligan,Mr Michael Goddard Limited preview - 2013 |
Mark E. Smith and the Fall: Art, Music and Politics Michael Goddard,Benjamin Halligan Limited preview - 2010 |
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