Posted in Ryan Adams, authenticity, behind the scenes on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
For lack of anything new to read before bed, I’ve been reading random snippets from Fonarow’s Empire of Dirt. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Performance, Authenticity, and Emotion, Fonarow includes a Harry Weinstein quote from the Los Angeles Times in 1997. In this short anecdote, Weinstein admits to having snuck in his theater after [...]
Posted in authenticity, tagged "Thunder Road", Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
In our seminar a few weeks ago, we examined performances of Bruce Springsteen in regards to conceptions of authenticity as a determining characteristic of rock and rockers.
To better understand the appeal we went to YouTube, the internet-gods’ gift to man, and watched two performances of “Thunder Road,” one from 1976 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=KngiJUNdsu0) and one from 1985 [...]
Posted in Art Paul Schlosser, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, The Shaggs, authenticity on September 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Following up on Bryan’s post on Beefheart, which I largely agree with. I think you have to also look at this (Cptn Beefheart in the 1970s–sorry about the irritating british guys setting up the video):
I don’t know what to think about it–is it the consumate joke, the big swindle, or does that crazy look [...]
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, authenticity on September 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
During our seminar over the past few weeks, it has been suggested that authenticity plays a role in why listeners identify with particular musical artists. Increasingly, the word seems to have no fixed meaning when it comes to rock music. One listener’s definition of the authentic [...]
