The Frank Zappa Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (Companion)
Our Price: $18.48 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Book See more book details and other editions Book Summary InformationEditor: Richard KostelanetzEdition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 1997-03 ISBN: 0825671817 Number of pages: 274 Publisher: Schirmer Books Book Reviews of The Frank Zappa Companion: Four Decades of Commentary (Companion)Book Review: A cross-section of pop cultureThis book does more than just look at forty years of writing about Zappa. The "Companion" comes across as a sometimes scholarly journal of the times in which Zappa's music could actually get produced. Kostelanetz does a superb job of fitting together a diverse mixture of writings from various authors to draw a vivid picture of popular culture and real life in the last half of the 20th century. Through his clever arrangement and organization of these writings, Kostelanetz demonstrates that the youth culture, dada in art, and breakthroughs in recording technology helped shape an environment in which a stubborn, rebellious, and meticulous genius like Frank Zappa could make a forum for his unique talent. This book is thoroughly readable and contains little technical language, yet it does offer much that would be of interest to musicologists, sociologists, historians, and especially artists and musicians. Of course, Zappa fans will appreciate the wealth of details about the man, the composer, the musician, the guitarist, the politician, the social critic, etc. - you get the idea. BUY THIS THING!...
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