Invisible Jukebox - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888277246 ISBN 13: 9781888277241

Publisher: Incommunicado Pr, 2001

Synopsis

The Wire is a British independent music magazine dedicated to coverage of progressive, adventurous, and non-mainstream music of all stripes. It has become known as one of the most well-respected music magazines in the world. One of their most popular features is a monthly interview with a musician during which an eclectic sampling of music is played. The special guest is then asked to identify and comment on the music with no prior knowledge of what will be played. The conversations that ensue are often controversial and always entertaining.Invisible Jukebox is a compilation of these interviews featuring world-renowned musicians. Included are artists such as Philip Glass, Elvis Costello, Lydia Lunch, John Cale, Ice T, Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, Diamanda Galas, Bootsy Collins, Robert Wyatt, Neneh Cherry, Steve Albini, Arto Lindsay, Henry Rollins, Goldie, Paul Weller, Stereolab, Tortoise, and many more.

The Invisible Jukebox has become one of The Wire's most popular and provocative regular sections. By having artists articulate the appeal (or otherwise) of other people's music -- that of their known contemporaries, heroes from the past, or the unknown "wild cards" which are slipped in from time to time -- the Jukeboxes end up saying more about the musicians themselves and their work than would be revealed through any direct grilling. Dispensed here are a series of priceless insights, barbed asides, and the kind of dropdead pronouncements typified by Jack Bruce's reaction-upon-recognizing Led Zeppelin's "Custard Pie": "Why are you playing me session musicians?"

Edition details

• Publisher: Incommunicado Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1888277246
• ISBN 13: 9781888277241
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Tony Herrington