Other things
Posted by reallyrelyay | | Posted On Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM
I read quite a bit this weekend. I read the bus section of H. Stith Bennett's work. That was pretty interesting. If I had to paraphrase it, I would tell you that he thinks that the bus is not only transportation, it is a physical manifestation of the band's image, as well as a private place to smoke pot. By far my favorite account is when he quotes a band member who says that the van is a great place to smoke, and is really nice because it gives his wife a place to nurse their newborn baby.
?! And my H. Stith quote of the week is, "Surprisingly not all Rock Musicians take part in habitual drug use."
He did have some interesting things to say about the bus, and it will give me a lot of material to use on my short flash non-fiction on the bus. It's going to take a lot of will power not to come off as mocking.
The homesick portion is coming a long slowly but surely. There's not a lot of analytical material on homesickness, so it is turning out to be a lot more memoir based, which takes me longer.
The Econ Book that I am reading Noise: the Political Economy of Music is completely fascinating, and very foreshadowing. That article by David Byrne was also really interesting. I'm doing a lot of more contemporary research on the music industry, since the Econ book was published in 1980 and could be considered out dated.
The homesickness piece is coming along rather slowly. I'll post a draft of that next.
?! And my H. Stith quote of the week is, "Surprisingly not all Rock Musicians take part in habitual drug use."
He did have some interesting things to say about the bus, and it will give me a lot of material to use on my short flash non-fiction on the bus. It's going to take a lot of will power not to come off as mocking.
The homesick portion is coming a long slowly but surely. There's not a lot of analytical material on homesickness, so it is turning out to be a lot more memoir based, which takes me longer.
The Econ Book that I am reading Noise: the Political Economy of Music is completely fascinating, and very foreshadowing. That article by David Byrne was also really interesting. I'm doing a lot of more contemporary research on the music industry, since the Econ book was published in 1980 and could be considered out dated.
The homesickness piece is coming along rather slowly. I'll post a draft of that next.
