Beschreibung:
Bob Ostertag--composer, performer, historian, instrument builder, journalist, and activist--is a professor of technocultural studies and music at the University of California at Davis and the author of People's Movements, People's Press: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements.
Luminous essays on the nexus of music, politics, and technology
Luminous essays on the nexus of music, politics, and technology
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiINTRODUCTION 1 Art and Politics after September 11 2 Early Years 151. CENTRAL AMERICA 25 El Salvador, 1988: Absolute Diabolical Terror 25Sooner or Later 38 Nicaragua 1990: Power Outage 40 Creative Politics 542. THE BALKANS 69 The Balkans 2000: Tour Journal 69 Program Notes for Yugoslavia Suite 1013. QUEERS 105Desert Boy on a Stick 105All the Rage, Spiral, and PantyChrist 115 Why I work with Drag Queens 1304. MUSIC AND MACHINES 134Between Science and Garbage 134 Living Cinema Manifesto 147 Human Bodies, Computer Music 149 Why Computer Music Is So Awful 159CONCLUSION 163 The Professional Suicide of a Recording Musician 163NOTES 173BIOGRAPHY 177SOURCES 187CREDITS 190INDEX 191