I'll second Brock's vote of approval for David Toop. I really enjoyed
"Ocean of Sound" in part because it walked a surreal line between
intellectualism and pure emotionalism. I think Toop's going to end up being
one of the "pop" music scholar that people refer back to decades from now.
And it was good, too. ;-)
Cheers!
John
-- "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." - Douglas Adams> From: "Brock @ Motormouthmedia" <bmotor@pacbell.net> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:49:00 +0800 > To: Kurt Iveson <kiveson@coombs.anu.edu.au> > Cc: acid jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu> > Subject: Re: music writing... > >> So this got me thinking .... what do people on this list read about music? >> Not just magazines, but what books, which writers? I know that lots of us >> have found Straight No Chaser invaluable (and for me, that's despite the >> fact that it always arrives in Canberra about three months after it's been >> published!) ... but what else? > > David Toop is one I'd recommend, "Ocean of Sound" is incredibly dense, > name-dropping galore, and traces the connections between a lot of > experimental and electronic music. Completely academic but an interesting > read. Aside from that, he also wrote "Rap Attack" (Vol. One and Two) that's > one of the most accessible and easy to read books on the history of hip-hop > I've ever seen. Dope photos as well. Vol. 3 is s'posed to come out, > eventually. Blows my mind that he can write on both levels like that, > usually people are way on the arcane Wire journalism tip or totally > down-to-earth...Brock > > > ______________ > Brock Phillips > Motormouthmedia > 2525 Hyperion Ave. > Suite One > Los Angeles, CA 90027 > > fon 323.662.3865 > fax 323.662.3844 > >
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