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Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My library. Diacritics are treated as the corresponding letter, without the diacritic mark. It consists of thirteen mini-mysteries that Lemony Snicket solves while staying in Stain'rator: Seth.
This episode steps outside science and technology to give a glimpse behind the scenes of one of the great science fiction franchises, The X-Files. Last edited by Kajishicage. File under popular Chris Cutler. Dealing with music for over four decades, Cutler can be heard on over a hundred music releases. Cutler also runs an independent label, Record Records. Together with associates from Henry Cow, he initiated the Rock in Opposition movement, which articulated demand for resistance to the music industries in order to promote the work of marginalized music groups whose music did not enter the radar of commercial music companies because it was based on experimentation and improvisation.
In the field of music theory, he deals with avant-garde, popular music, technology, improvisation, the problem of using other people's music in composing, etc. He is the author of the book File Under Popular , a collection of theoretical and critical texts on music from the perspective of artists. Navbar items Back to site. Leave this field blank. User account actions Log in. Srpski English. Designed by atamaweb. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.
File under: 13 Suspicious Incidents is a very mysterious book. It is written by Lemony Snicket. File under Popular — process and work by Edwin Jakobs. Also, "Absolute Music" by Arved Ashby. Cutler was one of the major forces behind RIO Rock In Opposition , an art rock movement that never achieved wide renown, but I loved it.
The discography on pgs. In these essays, Cutler covers a number of subjects. He shows off his Cambridge education in a couple of them. In "What is Popular Music? His perspective is a fairly standard leftist one, and he believes that the new technologies will require greater collaboration and thus a music that comes more from the hearts of the people.
His view is that progressive music should somehow reflect progressive politics, and that the stuff produced by the big capitalist music industry is not truly popular music. One has to respect Cutler for being a serious thinker as well as a unique contemporary drummer. It is more interesting to read the author's views on some of his favorite musicians and what they meant to him. There is a piece on Phil Ochs, whom he compares favorably with Elvis Presley. Cutler admires Ochs's leftist commitment, but views "The King" as pretty much of a sell-out, a great talent who was packaged and sold to the public.
There is a piece on The Residents, a wacky bunch of art purists. Another group that Cutler is fascinated with is Sun Ra and his Arkestra, and he discusses with admiration the group's communal music-making, and how they all lived in the same house, with no girls or alcohol or drugs permitted. He also admires their very adventurous and odd free jazz, which is not for all tastes. My favorite piece here is "Progressive Music in the U.
At this point, Cutler says, the creative thread was lost, and hedonism and commercialism took over. He has little positive to say about progressive rock groups like Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson. He is entitled to his opinion, and his opinions make for thought-provoking reading for anyone who has put some eartime into this kind of music. Sep 29, Morgan rated it really liked it Recommends it for: the avant nerde.
The scope of this book seems obvious today, but I couldn't believe that such a book would exist when I first saw it.
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