Radiohead and Philosophy
Contributors: Reisch, George
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780812697001
Subjects: Fine Arts
Description: Since their breakthrough hit "Creep" in 1993, Radiohead has continued to make waves throughout popular and political culture with its views about the Bush presidency (its 2003 album was titled Hail to the Thief), its anti-corporatism, its pioneering efforts to produce ecologically sound road tours, and, most of all, its decision in 2007 to sell its latest album, In Rainbows, online with a controversial "pay-what-you-want" price. Radiohead and Philosophy offers fresh ways to appreciate the lyrics, music, and conceptual ground of this highly innovative band. The chapters in t.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Title Page; 1 Step; Anyone Can Play Philosophy.; Art and Belief.; Radiohead and the Music Industry.; Radiohead's Existential Politics.; Radiohead, Heidegger, and Technology.; Radiohead and the Postmodern.; Selected chronological radiohead discography; Where we got our big ideas; Index (for a book); Copyright Page.