Apocalypse jukebox
Subtitle: the end of the world in American popular music
By: by David A. Janssen and Edward J. Whitelock.
Contributors: Whitelock, Edward J.
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Popular music -- Religious aspects; Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Popular music -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The end is near, there, and everywhere; title: Are you ready for that great atomic power?; title: The Harry Smith apocalypse of American folk music; title: John Coltrane's harmonic convergence; title: Bob Dylan's poetics of apocalypse : the case of infidels; title: Leonard Cohen : sacred soul, profane flesh; title: The end, and? : Arthur Lee's death trip; title: "The beginning was the end" : Devo's beautiful (post-apocalyptic) world; title: "Calling out" : R.E.M.'s apocalyptic evocations; title: Apocalypse after 9/11 : the end is still here; title: "Here come the planes" : Laurie Anderson's concert amdist the ashes; title: Apocalypse now/here : Sleater-Kinney's resistance; title: Green Day's American idiot : apocalypse in the 7/11 parking lot.