{"product_id":"terminated-for-reasons-of-taste-other-ways-to-hear-essential-and-inessential-music-9780822362258","title":"Terminated for Reasons of Taste: Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music","description":"In \u003ci\u003eTerminated for Reasons of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy writes that \"rock'n'roll history is written by the winners. Which stinks, because the losers have always played a big role in keeping rock interesting.\" Rock's losers share top billing with its winners in this new collection of Eddy's writing. In pieces culled from outlets as varied as the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreem\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the streaming site Rhapsody, music message boards, and his high school newspaper, Eddy covers everything from the Beastie Boys to 1920s country music, Taylor Swift to German new wave, Bruce Springsteen to occult metal. With an encyclopedic knowledge, unabashed irreverence, and a captivating style, Eddy rips up popular music histories and stitches them back together using his appreciation of the lost, ignored, and maligned. In so doing, he shows how pop music is bigger, and more multidimensional and compelling than most people can imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Eddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822362258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2016 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Eddy is an independent music journalist living in Austin, Texas. Formerly the music editor at the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, he is author of \u003ci\u003eRock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press; \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40660801060979,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":34.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_78b8aace-236f-4031-a7e7-7aff20c78a88.jpg?v=1673450316","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/terminated-for-reasons-of-taste-other-ways-to-hear-essential-and-inessential-music-9780822362258","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}