Did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? Along the way, the reader discovers that yodeling is not just a Swiss thing - everyone from Central African pygmies, Nashville hunks-in-hats, avant-garde tonsil-twisters like Meredith Monk, hip-hop stars De La Soul, and pop stars like Jewel have been known to ...
Fiction by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Maggie Estep, Jennifer Kabat, Claude Taylor, Judy Nylon, Hakim Bey, Lynn Crawford, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Bruce Benderson, Harry Mathews, Tom Savage, Lynne Tillman, and Bart Plantegna.
A sinister collection of stories that, through force of language, reveals the limits of power and commerce. His intelligent rage addresses Hitler from his dogs point of view, a sexual liaison with Andy Warhol, the Popes wet dreams, and other targets. Plantenga has been called the William Gibson of the Lower East Side, a punk Borges, and simply an ...
When Kees Califlora, a corporate psychogeographer (paid to locate places where people are predisposed to certain marketable behaviors), begins to doubt the validity of his own identity and experience, hes too well-informed about the fictions of his own life to address it directly. The result is a dizzy unravelling, as Kees abandons friendships, ...
What is it about yodel that brings smiles and laughter? The memories of old films, mountain scenes and a hint of Alpine slapstick? From its spiritual homes in the Alps and rural USA, yodel's influence can be found in any country -- from Hawaii to Cameroon -- and in any type of music -- from techno to Bollywood. "The Rough Guide to Yodel" aims to ...
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