Library Rock's Backpages

AUDIO: Simon Frith (1988)

Adam Blake, Rock's Backpages audio, 29 September 1988

The leading pop culture commentator on his latest book, Music for Pleasure: the book as clarification, and academic life vs. rock'n'roll; showbiz vs. pop; where pop is at now; the effects of globalisation; the declining importance of rock; music and capitalism; the space for idiosyncrasy; the impact of sampling; packaging vs. product, and what constitutes bourgeois culture.

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