Text and Drugs and RocknRoll explores the interaction between two of the most powerful socio-cultural movements in the post-war years - the literary forces of the Beat Generation and the musical energies of rock and its attendant culture.Simon Warner examines the interweaving strands; seeded by the poet/novelists Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs and others in the 1940s and 1950s; and cultivated by most of the major rock figures who emerged after 1960 - Bob Dylan; the Beatles; Bowie; the Clash and Kurt Cobain; to name just a few.This fascinating cultural history delves into a wide range of issues: Was rock culture the natural heir to the activities of the Beats? Were the hippies the Beats of the 1960s? What attitude did the Beat writers have towards musical forms and particularly rock music? How did literary works shape the consciousness of leading rock music-makers and their followers? Why did Beat literature retain its cultural potency with later rock musicians who rejected hippie values? How did rock musicians use the material of Beat literature in their own work? How did Beat figures become embroiled in the process of rock creativity? These questions are addressed through a number of approaches - the influence of drugs; the relevance of politics; the effect of religious and spiritual pursuits; the rise of the counter-culture; the issue of sub-cultures and their construction; and so on. The result is a highly readable history of the innumerable links between two of the most revolutionary artistic movements of the last 60 years.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. TO FULLY APPRECIATE ROMAN ARCHITECTURE ONE SHOULD HAVE THIS COMPANIONBy Critical MassThis excellent and scholarly book with multiple authorship is NOT a history of Roman architecture. Rather; it approaches Roman architecture from a variety of different but very important subjects; a few that even have implications for 21st century architecture (e.g.; "Architect and Patron"; "Building for an Audience: The Architecture of Roman Spectacle"; "Labor Force and Execution"). Twenty-five chapters deal with Roman architecture ranging from "Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE" to "Conservation". The majority of the chapters are around 20 pages in length; give or take; and very scholarly in their approach. Given the aims of the book; the writing is somewhat dense; but that is the result of citing illustrative and referential material in the body of the text. Aside from 108 illustrations (b&w); 4 maps; and 2 models; there is a 20 page Glossary; and an enormous 64 page Reference section. This is a worthy addition to any library dealing with Roman architecture and lives up to its title. It is indeed "A Companion to Roman Architecture" and covers subjects too often overlooked (e.g.; "Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces";