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[npc - or is there?] The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
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- Subject: [npc - or is there?] The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
- From: "Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:21:52 -0700
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The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
By Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor
http://www.amazon.com/Faking-Quest-Authenticity-Popular-Music/dp/0393060780
Keepin' It Real, On and Off the Charts
By Chrissie Dickinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041001349.html
[snip] As good as the authors' defense of disco is, it's topped by a
riveting analysis of the career of John Lydon, who first blasted into
the world's consciousness as Johnny Rotten, frontman for the notorious
British punk band the Sex Pistols. In this finely nuanced chapter,
Barker and Taylor penetrate the core contradictions within the punk
scene, a genre rife with internal debates over authenticity and
fakery. [snip]