{"product_id":"terminated-for-reasons-of-taste-9780822361893","title":"Terminated for Reasons of Taste","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTerminated for Reasons of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy brings lost, ignored, and maligned pop music to the fore, considering marginalized styles and artists right alongside pop music's heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, and Taylor Swift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taking his cue from rock writer Lester Bangs and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, Eddy consistently assumes the literary character of a victimized, knowledgeable, smart-ass rock writer who has just uncovered the latest hidden musical treasure.\" -- David P. Szatmary * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"Eddy's smarts, freakish knowledge of the obscure, and some hilarious takedowns make the collection feel like hanging out with a cool uncle who gifts you music knowledge nuggets impossible to find elsewhere.\" -- Libby Webster * Austin Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTerminated for Reasons of Taste \u003c\/i\u003ereads like an eclectic Spotify mix on shuffle. . . . Eddy’s knowledgeable and clever writing makes even his most exploratory essays feel less like indulgent ‘Think Pieces’ and more like listening to a clerk at a store that sells records to a very diverse customer base: no judgment, no arrogance, just a pure love of music and some honest opinion.\" -- Eric Rovie * PopMatters *\u003cbr\u003e\"Can we talk for a second about what a good year Duke University Press is having with rock critic anthologies? They’ve released Greg Tate’s long-awaited \u003ci\u003eFlyBoy 2: The Greg Tate Reader \u003c\/i\u003eand this tasty slab by Austin-based, Detroit-reared critic Chuck Eddy . . . . This collection draws from such diverse outlets as the Village Voice, Creem magazine, Rhapsody.com, music message boards, and Eddy’s high school newspaper and presents all sides of the seasoned scribe: combative and thoughtful, contrary and compelling.\" -- Joe Gross * Austin American-Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\"Prioritising enjoyment over critical dogma with a rigour that becomes almost ideological, Eddy scrapes off the barnacles of conventional wisdom to help the music he loves sail into uncharted realms of aesthetic scrutiny. . . . [A] selection which blends Eddy’s ‘proper’ \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e journalism with fanzine clippings and message board posts seamlessly enough (and with a sufficient absence of 'generational kvetching') to suggest music writing might have a future as well as a past.\" -- Ben Thompson * Mojo *\u003cbr\u003e\"A challenging and rewarding book for those interested in music history and criticism, and a quirky introduction to so much of what has passed for popular music over the decades. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- R. D. Cohen * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Sold a Decade at a Time  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. B.C.\u003cbr\u003e The Best Songs of 1930  11\u003cbr\u003e Depression Music  13\u003cbr\u003e Country Rap Prehistory  15\u003cbr\u003e Country Songs I  17\u003cbr\u003e Niela Miller: \u003ci\u003eSongs of Leaving\u003c\/i\u003e  25\u003cbr\u003e '60s Catholic Folk Mass  27\u003cbr\u003e Country Songs II  28\u003cbr\u003e CB Jeebies  39\u003cbr\u003e Can't Fool Mother Nature  40\u003cbr\u003e Prog on the Prairie: Midwestern Bands Roll Over Beethoven  41\u003cbr\u003e Past Expiry Hard Rock Dollar Bin  44\u003cbr\u003e Sonic Taxonomy: Fake New Wave  56\u003cbr\u003e Inventing Indie Rock  64\u003cbr\u003e Urinals→No Age 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. 80s\u003cbr\u003e Sonic Taxonomy: Unsung '80s R\u0026amp;B Bands  77\u003cbr\u003e Country Rap: The 80s  85\u003cbr\u003e Sonic Taxonomy: Old Old Old School Rap Albums  87\u003cbr\u003e Public Enemy Do the Punk Rock  96\u003cbr\u003e Beastie Boys: Lay It Down, Clowns  98\u003cbr\u003e Aerosmith, Endangered No More  105\u003cbr\u003e Metallica: \u003ci\u003eKill 'Em All\u003c\/i\u003e Turns 30  110\u003cbr\u003e Fates Warning and Possessed Open Up and Say . . .  Ahh!  113\u003cbr\u003e Dead Milkmen vs. Thelonious Monster: Battle of the Lame  114\u003cbr\u003e Einstürzende Neubauten \/ Killdozer: The Graystone, Detroit, 11 June 1986  116\u003cbr\u003e New Wave über Alles 118\u003cbr\u003e Frank Chickens→M.I.A.  124\u003cbr\u003e Owed to the Nightingales  127\u003cbr\u003e Mekons Stumble toward Oblivion  130\u003cbr\u003e Mekons: \u003ci\u003eSo Good It Hurts\u003c\/i\u003e  132\u003cbr\u003e Pet Shop Boys: 18 Shopping Days Left  133\u003cbr\u003e Billy Joel: It's Not His Fault!  135\u003cbr\u003e John Hiatt: \u003ci\u003eBring the Family\u003c\/i\u003e  139\u003cbr\u003e John Anderson Serves the Doofus Majority  140\u003cbr\u003e Country Songs III 142\u003cbr\u003e The '80s: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back  145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. 90s\u003cbr\u003e TLC and Kris Kross: Women and Children First  157\u003cbr\u003e Cause \u0026amp; Effect: \u003ci\u003eTrip\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e The Cure: Spectrum, Philadelphia, 16 May 1992  161\u003cbr\u003e SOS from the Metal of Nowhere  163\u003cbr\u003e Motörhead Überkill  164\u003cbr\u003e Pankow and Treponem Pal Ring in Desert Storm  168\u003cbr\u003e How Nirvana Didn't Kill Hair Metal  170\u003cbr\u003e Sponge: From Grunge to Glam  171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio On\u003c\/i\u003e Reviews I 172\u003cbr\u003e Travis Marries a Man!  178\u003cbr\u003e John Mellencamp: \u003ci\u003eDance Naked\u003c\/i\u003e  179\u003cbr\u003e Sawyer Brown: \u003ci\u003eCafé on the Corner\u003c\/i\u003e  181\u003cbr\u003e Patricia Conroy: \u003ci\u003eA Bad Day for Trains\u003c\/i\u003e  182\u003cbr\u003e Grupo Exterminador: \u003ci\u003eDedicado a Mis Novias\u003c\/i\u003e  183\u003cbr\u003e When FSK Plays, Schnitzel Happens  184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio On\u003c\/i\u003e Reviews II 185\u003cbr\u003e Alanis Morissette: Addicted to Love  189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. '00s\u003cbr\u003e Singles Again: Backstabs in the Material World  197\u003cbr\u003e Bruce Springsteen: \u003ci\u003eWorking on a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e  202\u003cbr\u003e Frat Daze, Clambake, Anyways, It's Still Country Soul to Kenny Chesney  204\u003cbr\u003e Country Music Goes to Mexico  204\u003cbr\u003e September 11: Country Music's Response  204\u003cbr\u003e Battle of the Country Hunks  214\u003cbr\u003e Country Songs IV  217\u003cbr\u003e The Ladies of Triple A  222\u003cbr\u003e Anvil Won't Go Away  225\u003cbr\u003e Excellent Boring Metal from Germany  227\u003cbr\u003e The Many Ideas of Oneida  228\u003cbr\u003e Next Little Things  232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. '10s\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingles Jukebox\u003c\/i\u003e Reviews  248\u003cbr\u003e The Dirtbombs: Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey!  252\u003cbr\u003e Redd Kross: Researching the Blues  256\u003cbr\u003e Mayer Hawthorne←Robert Palmer 258\u003cbr\u003e Kanye West: VEVO Power Station, Austin, 20 March 2011  261\u003cbr\u003e Taylor Swift and Ke$ha: Not So Different 263\u003cbr\u003e Ke$ha: \u003ci\u003eWarrior\u003c\/i\u003e  267\u003cbr\u003e Strange Brew: Metal's New Blare Witch Project   269\u003cbr\u003e Metal's Severed Extremities  275\u003cbr\u003e Walking Dead: The Divided States of Metal  278\u003cbr\u003e Voivod: \u003ci\u003eTarget Earth\u003c\/i\u003e  281\u003cbr\u003e Merchandise: \u003ci\u003eTotale Nite\u003c\/i\u003e  285\u003cbr\u003e Mumford and Sons: \u003ci\u003eBabel\u003c\/i\u003e  287\u003cbr\u003e The Gospel Truth  289\u003cbr\u003e Southern Soul Keeps On Keepin' On  293\u003cbr\u003e Jamey Johnson Sprawls Out  297\u003cbr\u003e Country Songs V  300\u003cbr\u003e Bro-Country Isn't as Dumb as It Looks  302\u003cbr\u003e Ashley Monroe and Kacey Musgraves Are What They Are  304\u003cbr\u003e When the Angels Stopped Watching Mindy McCready  308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. 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