Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 The Year's Finest Writing On Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country & More

, by Groening, Matt; Bresnick, Paul

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ISBN: 9780306812361 | 0306812363
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/9/2003

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Matt Groening returns to his music journalism roots in the fourth volume of Da Capo's highly acclaimed series

Matt Groening, who began his career as a rock critic, changed television forever when he brought animation back to prime time with the immortal nuclear family The Simpsons. He is also creator and executive producer of the FOX animated series Futurama, as well as the comics Life in Hell and Akbar and Jeff. He lives in Los Angeles.

Paul Bresnick is a literary agent and editor who has edited many award-winning music books. He lives in New York City and East Hampton.

Introduction

by Matt Groening

BILL TUOMALA

(8)

Best Band in the Land

Exiled on Main Street

TERRY MODERMOTT

(26)

Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics

Los Angeles Magazine

LYNN HIRSCHBERG

(21)

Who's That Girl?

New York Times

PAUL TOUGH

(10)

City Still Breathing: Listening to the Weakerthans

Geist

CHUCK KLOSTERMAN

(8)

Viva Morrissey!

Spin

LAWRENCE JOSEPH

(15)

The Music Is: The Deep Roots of Detroit R&B

Tin House

ELIZABETH GILBERT

(18)

Play it Like Your Hair's On Fire

MICHAEL HALL

107

(15)

Mack McCormick Still Has the Blues

Texas Monthly

PAUL BESTON

122

(4)

Life and Death on "The Late Show"

American Spectator

EDITORS OF THE ONION

126

(2)

"37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead in Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster"

The Onion

MICHAEL COCHRAN

128

(8)

Exhuming the Legend of Washington Phillips

Austin-American Statesman

PHILIP GOUREVITCH

136

(36)

Mr. Brown

New Yorker

GARY GIDDENS

172

(32)

Post-war Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

Village Voice

MITCH MYERS

204

(11)

A Lone Star State of Mind

Magnet

WIL S. HYLTON

215

(5)

The Master of Everything (and Nothing at All)

Esquire

G. BEATO

220

(11)

Not Bad for a White Girl

Spin

SUSAN ORLEAN

231

(11)

The Congo Sound

New Yorker

GREIL MARCUS

242

(10)

In the Secret Country: Walter Mosely, Doo-Wop, and '50's L.A.

Los Angeles Magazine

JAY MCINERNEY

252

(21)

White Man at the Door

New Yorker

MARK SINKER

273

(4)

Math Destruction

Village Voice

ELVIS COSTELLO

277

(12)

Rocking Around the Clock

Vanity Fair

Other Notable Essays of 2002

289

(2)

List of Contributors

291

(4)

Credits

295

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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 The Year's Finest Writing On Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country & More

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