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Spin greatest hits : 25 years of heretics, heroes, and the new rock 'n' roll / edited by Doug Brod.

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An anthology of nineteen of the most memorable articles to appear in "SPIN" magazine over the course of its first twenty-five years.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Other Authors: Brod, Doug
Other title:Spin (New York, N.Y.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ℗♭2010.
Subjects:
Rock music > History and criticism.
Rock music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 6,557 miles to nowhere : revisiting the sites of rock'n'roll departures / Chuck Klosterman
  • Hands on a hardbody : fetishizing one's first guitar / David Hadju
  • Summer of '69 : exploring the cultural battle between Charles Manson and Woodstock / Mike Rubin
  • My bloody valentine : breaking up with a letter composed of lyrics from 69 breakup songs / Dana Adam Shapiro
  • Review. Rob Sheffield on Morrissey's Vauxhall and I
  • Chinese water torture : visiting the Yangtze River's controversial Three Gorges Dam / Elizabeth Gilbert
  • War is loud : investigating the U.S. military's use of music as an instrument of torture / David Peisner
  • Fearless bouncers, critical beat-downs, and insane posses at America's craziest club : enjoying Detroit's alarming nightlife / Chris Norris
  • Red, hot, and bothered : moshing with Rage Against the Machine in Moscow / RJ Smith
  • Review. Ann Powers on Sleater-Kinney's Dig me out
  • Middle-American gothic : being odd man out at Midwest goth festival / Jonathan Ames
  • School's out : remembering New York City's real rock'n'roll high school / Tom Sinclair
  • The art of the hustle : pounding the pavement with rock's hungriest band / Charles Aaron
  • Review. Sasha Frere-Jones on Run-D.M.C.'s Crown Royal
  • Let us now praise women uncaged : extolling the virtues of Joanna Newsom and Karen O / Dave Eggers
  • Lady sings the blues : avoiding rehab with Amy Winehouse / Steve Kandell
  • The rebirth of cool : introducing The Strokes / Marc Spitz
  • Bruce's transparent dogshit : dissecting The Boss / Richard Meltzer
  • Review. Terri Sutton on Foo Fighters' debut
  • Don't look back in anger : chatting with Oasis' Noel Gallagher / Doug Brod
  • Street hassle : surviving Lou Reed / David Marchese
  • Armageddon in effect : confronting Chuck D / John Leland
  • Dearly beloved : presenting an oral history of Prince's Purple rain / Brian Raftery
  • Review. Sia Michel on DJ Shadow's Endtroducing.

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