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TV A-Go-Go
Jake Austen
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Description for TV A-Go-Go
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
From Elvis and a hound dog wearing matching tuxedos and the comic adventures of artificially produced bands to elaborate music videos and contrived reality-show contests, television—as this critical look brilliantly shows—has done a superb job of presenting the energy of rock in a fabulously entertaining but patently "fake" manner. The dichotomy of "fake" and "real" music as it is portrayed on television is presented in detail through many generations of rock music: the Monkees shared the charts with the Beatles, Tupac and Slayer fans voted for corny American Idols, and shows like Shindig! and Soul Train somehow captured the unhinged ... Read more
From Elvis and a hound dog wearing matching tuxedos and the comic adventures of artificially produced bands to elaborate music videos and contrived reality-show contests, television—as this critical look brilliantly shows—has done a superb job of presenting the energy of rock in a fabulously entertaining but patently "fake" manner. The dichotomy of "fake" and "real" music as it is portrayed on television is presented in detail through many generations of rock music: the Monkees shared the charts with the Beatles, Tupac and Slayer fans voted for corny American Idols, and shows like Shindig! and Soul Train somehow captured the unhinged ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781556525728
SKU
V9781556525728
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-36
About Jake Austen
Jake Austen is the editor of Roctober magazine, produces a cable-access children's television dance show called Chic-a-Go-Go, and writes for magazines including Playboy. He lives in Chicago.
Reviews for TV A-Go-Go
"Sprawling, high-definition retrospective of pop music on the tube."
Giant "Fans of Chuck Klosterman's insightful pop culture skewering will love Jake Austen's Tv-a-Go-Go ."
Zink "Takes up the cause of nearly every pariah music elitists love to pillory."
Time Out Chicago "Engaging."
Chicago Tribune "Impressive . . . Not ... Read more
Giant "Fans of Chuck Klosterman's insightful pop culture skewering will love Jake Austen's Tv-a-Go-Go ."
Zink "Takes up the cause of nearly every pariah music elitists love to pillory."
Time Out Chicago "Engaging."
Chicago Tribune "Impressive . . . Not ... Read more