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Spin: 20 Years of Alternative Music: Original Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Techno, and Beyond
by
Will Hermes (Goodreads Author) ,
Sia Michel
Twenty years ago, SPIN magazine began with the promise to feature uncompromising writing about the music that was turning on/freaking out the Reagan generation. Through the introduction of MTV and the alternative rock revolution, it's been many things. Rude. Brilliant. Soulful. Snotty. Angry. Delirious.
In the past two decades, genres have spawned like mad, from goth, indi...more
In the past two decades, genres have spawned like mad, from goth, indi...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
September 27th 2005
by Three Rivers Press
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Intussen wat zitten bladeren in SPIN - 20 Years Of Alternative Music (2005), een terugblik op wat er allemaal gebeurde sinds de oprichting van het Amerikaanse muziekmagazine in 1985, met, als ik het goed heb begrepen, een verzameling oude (klassieke) en nieuwe (overzichts-)artikels. Het tijdschrift wilde oorspronkelijk een leemte opvullen en was daarmee net op tijd. Alternatieve muziek was bezig aan een tocht uit de underground, en SPIN was de missing link tussen de subculturen en de mainstream....more
If only I had heard half the stuff described herein...or felt like I could spring for the cost of buying it all to hear for myself. Oh well, I'll settle for slowly increasing my music collection at SPIN's behest.
This book is a quick and detailed read for anybody interested in modern music. The problem is not with the music this book covers, but the arrogant, snobbish tone that is employed throughout (just like an issue of Spin magazine!) If you can get past the feeling that the authors of this book are looking down their noses at you, then this is a pretty good read.
One of my favorite magazines...turned into a book!
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Hi there. I write about music and popular culture for Rolling Stone, The New York Times and other outlets, and am a regular contributor to National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." I co-edited "SPIN: 20 Years of Alternative Music" with my pal Sia Michel.
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