Contents

Contents
Foreword
7
Dedication
9
I Need No Introduction, Shirley!
10
An Interjection: In Memoriamanensis
13
Let Me Clearly State, Right off the Top
14
The Maestro's Whereabouts
16
Chapter 1: Why Do Most People Hate Modern Music?!
19
Chapter 2: "What Is Modern, Anyways?" Queries Lucetta
22
Chapter 3: Why Do Most People Prefer the Good Old Music of the Good Old (Dead) Composers?
29
Chapter 4: Romanticism Boils up, and over, and Burns out
37
Urgent News Flash! Beethovan  A Modster!
42
Chapter 5: Two Oddballs and One (Unknown) Insurance CEO
44
Chapter 6: The Mother of Modern Music (with a Hitherto Unrevealed, Explosive and Shocking Revelation)
52
Question: What the H___ Happened Circa 1900?
62
Chapter 7: The Fertilizer Hits the Fan (12 Times)
67
Chapter 8: The Night They Ripped the Seats out at
The Four-Square Gospel Hall
77
A Seemingly Unrelated Diversion (which isn't)
The Boswell/Johnson Interchange and Its Modern Relevance
87
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Chapter 11: Ellroy Frumppe's Shocking Contribution
88
Chapter 12: The N.D.P Defends Weirdos
95
An Essay: If Music Reflects the Times . . . What Times!
98
Chapter 13: Control (and Worse) The Lack of It!
102
Chapter 14: Quotes and the Kiss Principle
108
Chapter 15: Pluralism Is Not Polygamy
112
A Comment: Certain Asspecks (olde Eng. sp.) of Modern Music
116
Chapter 16: The Listener's Guide: From OK to Wacky to Way-Out
123
Chapter 17: Terms and Impression Makers for Intermission Chit-Chat
127
Chapter 18: The Clothespegs of Modern Music 'Where to Hang It'
131
Chapter 19: Music from Towns Other Than Chezlee, Ont, and Its Influence
138
Pop-A-Doodle-Doo
141
Chapter 20: Modern Music and the Animal Kingdom
144
Bedsprings, Sopranos and Axes
149
Musings from the Mustard Patch
151
* Lucetta Lost Chapters 9 and 10 and is Still Looking for Them but I Couldn't Wait.

 



How to Listen to Modern Music Without Earplugs
How to Listen to Modern Music: Without Earplugs
ISBN: 0920151310
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1999
Pages: 35

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