Niebisch retraces how the early Avant-Garde movements started out as parasites inhabiting and irritating the emerging mass media circuits of the press; cinema; and wired and wireless communication and how they aimed at creating a media ecology based on and inspired by technologies such as the radio and the photo cell.
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining and instructive in equal measure.By Absolute BeginnerAlthough clearly written as a serious academic work for the expert; this is a delight for the amateur fan of both the music and the films (should there be many of the latter; as certain of the films are hilariously awful.)The premise is ambitious - to draw a thread from the primitive pop film of the late 50s (typically star vehicles for the likes of Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele) via the mature films of the early to mid 60s; the apogee of which is the Beatles "Hard Days Night"; through to the decadent pop film; the last of which is Cammell and Roegs "Performance". Glynn then artfully incorporates later films of the 70s; 80s and 90s into his thread; finishing with the dire "Spiceworld" and even rapper Plan Bs "III Manors." This is the history of the British Music Film on an epic scale.In spite of the heavyweight analysis and evaluation of the social context of a bewildering range of (frequently long forgotten and forgettable) films; Glynns prose is compelling and humourous. His evident expertise and enjoyment of both the film and the music shine throughout. Highly recommended for the music fan; the film buff or the 20h century social commentator.