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BOOKS | Cultural historian McNally takes readers on a long strange trip
For those who lived through the era and still care about issues of class, race, and gender, ‘Highway 61’ is the book to read about American music. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 16, 2014 [On Highway … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Bob Dylan, Books, Cultural History, Dennis McNally, Grateful Dead, John Lomax, Jonah Raskin, Lead Belly, Music History, On Highway 61, Popular Music, Rag Bloggers, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Social Change
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Marc Myers Tells Us ‘Why Jazz Happened’
‘Jazz, man, that’s where I’m at’: Chronicling the history of America’s music Myers provides the reader with a deep, rich, and broad perspective on the confluence of jazz and U.S. history in the decades following World War Two. By … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Jazz, Marc Myers, Music Business, Popular Music, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Love Goes to Buildings on Fire’
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: New York City, just like I pictured it From the steamy streets of the South Bronx and the future that would become hip-hop to the steamier bathhouses and clubs in lower Manhattan that became … Continue reading
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Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story
If Stacy Sutherland of the 13th Floor Elevators were alive he’d be celebrating his 65th birthday this May. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2011 HOUSTON — On the corner of Pacific and Hopkins streets … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Montrose, Popular Music, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Stacy Sutherland
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Bob Feldman : A People’s Folk Music History
Folksinger/activist Phil Ochs. Image from Child of the Sixties.A people’s folk musicHistory of the United States By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2010 If you’re a Rag Blog reader who’s into either urban protest folk music … Continue reading
MUSIC / Dynamic Compression : Yes, It Really is Too Loud!
Christopher Clark graphed the peak levels of and RMS levels of three hit songs a year over the past three decades. Here is a link to a PDF of his full poster, “A Visual History Of Loudness.”The loudness wars:Why music … Continue reading
Hall of Fame Concerts : Rocking the Garden!
Hall of Fame rock ‘n rollers: Bono and Mick Jagger. Photo from Mirror, U.K.Hall of Fame benefit: Taking rock and roll to a new level By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009[With Gary Baumgarten and Abbie … Continue reading
Carl R. Hultberg : Jazz Cigarettes
Lester Young was left a shattered man. Photo by Herb Snitzer.The Beatles called them ‘jazz cigarettes’ Race mixing was the fear and marijuana perceived to be the social lubricant making it happen. By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Jazz, Marijuana, Popular Music, Prohibition
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Juan Cole : Michael Jackson, Islam and the Middle East
Michael Jackson. Photo from Getty Images. Michael Jackson was deeply hurt and humiliated by the experience [of his 2005 trial], and his withdrawal to Bahrain and search for a different tradition of spirituality may well have come out of that … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Islam, Michael Jackson, Middle East, Musicians, Popular Culture, Popular Music
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Academic Study : Hot Sounds, Cool Stock Market
Dan Burrows: ‘Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” beat variance is as smooth as, well, a baby’s bottom. Maybe that’s why there was mad volatility on the market’s dance floor.’ ‘When the stock market endures periods of high volatility — such … Continue reading
