This fascinating and extremely well-written book examines the relationship between art, the avant-garde, and popular music from the late 19th century Parisian cabaret scene through the late 20th century New York punk and new wave scene.
This sounds great. I've read (and heard) Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century (1989) which follows similar lines from Dada and the Situationists, but Gendron sounds like he can find even earlier antecedents. Thank you for alerting me to its existence!
Lipstick Traces is one of my favorite books - reading it in high school was a life-changing experience. Alas, I find Marcus' other writings a bit uneven.
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This sounds great. I've read (and heard) Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century (1989) which follows similar lines from Dada and the Situationists, but Gendron sounds like he can find even earlier antecedents. Thank you for alerting me to its existence!
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