Hang the DJ
Subtitle: an alternative book of music lists
By: edited by Angus Cargill
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781593762599
Description: "Mixing anecdote, humor, reference, and sheer dorkiness--but with the bizarre insight of an anthropological study in pop-culture protocol--Hang the DJ is a collection of lists about musical loves, hates, dreams, and nightmares. Featuring contributions from Rick Moody, Jonathan Lethem, Simon Reynolds, Ali Smith, and Amanda Petrusich, among numerous other bloggers, journalists, novelists, poets, and musicians, this is the literary equivalent of a great dive bar jukebox--inspiring, provocative, and irresistible."--from cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pure pop (from stuttered vocals to songs that should have hit the top spot); title: Heartbreakers (from Tom Waits to camping-trailer blues); title: Rock (from power ballads to the power of plaid); title: Songs of terror (from pixies to comas); title: Lo-fi (from English folk to pirate radio); title: Waxing lyrical (from short stories to liner notes); title: Soundtracks (from revolutions to all-day drinking sessions); title: Take two (from dirty Dylan to bad influences); title: Come together (from confluence to disaster); title: Just plain nasty (from bitchy Beatles to murder ballads); title: Covers (from country soul to recast spells); title: Encore (from a mass singalong to alternative Christmas classics).