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Loading... DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Cultureby Amy Spencer
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"A veritable cornucopia of self-made worth. . . .DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture is a triumph from beginning to end. . . . Highly recommended."--Trakmarx.com "A . . . comprehensive guide to the evolution of DIY culture as we know it today."--Bookslut.com This exploration of lo-fi culture traces the origin of the DIY ethic to the skiffle movement of the 1950s, mail art, Black Mountain poetry, and avant-garde art in the 1950s. It follows the punk scene of the 1970s and 1980s to the current music scene. It charts the development of music outside of the publicity machine and examines the politics behind the production of "homemade" recordings and publications. No library descriptions found. |
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It manages to make a fascinating modern Western subculture horrendously boring.
I'm not putting much thought into this review but am still having more fun than when reading this book.
The table of contents is more entertaining than what's written in the chapters.
It's full of grammatical mistakes. Who edited this book, and how did they allow it to be published with such glaring (and consistent) errors? I feel like I'm reading some dashed-off blog post, but this is ostensibly the culmination of years of research.
Despite only giving surface treatment to about a hundred topics that could (and have) filled libraries, each chapter still manages to feel like 20% content and 80% filler.
I would have been bored with this book at 12, which is saying a lot because I read all kinds of trash when I was 12.
So very frustrating. I wouldn't be so ANGRY if I wasn't also terribly disappointed, in a[n unfortunately:] personal way. (