Artificial Paradise by Kevin Courrier
In this incisive examination, author Kevin Courrier (Dangerous Kitchen: the Subversive World of Zappa, Randy Newman's American Dreams) examines how the Fab Four, through their astonishing music and comically rebellious personalities, created the promise of an inclusive culture built on the principles of pleasure and fulfillment.
Beatles collectors and music libraries must have this different approach linking the Beatles phenomenon to social change* Midwest Book Review *
Courrier has provided a thoughtful alternative to the fawning biographies of the '60s and '70s, and the myth-shattering exposes of more recent years. . . . A dandy read! * Green Man Review *
The author takes the reader on a tour of the Beatles musical catalogue, almost song-by-song, simultaneously setting the music in the context of the career and lives of the Liverpool foursome and the wider cultural milieu, all while advancing the central conceit of the book, which is that the Beatles' music advanced utopian hope that as often as not turned out to be fleeting and illusionary.' * Reference & Research Book News *
Courrier has provided a thoughtful alternative to the fawning biographies of the '60s and '70s, and the myth-shattering exposes of more recent years. . . . A dandy read! * Green Man Review *
The author takes the reader on a tour of the Beatles musical catalogue, almost song-by-song, simultaneously setting the music in the context of the career and lives of the Liverpool foursome and the wider cultural milieu, all while advancing the central conceit of the book, which is that the Beatles' music advanced utopian hope that as often as not turned out to be fleeting and illusionary.' * Reference & Research Book News *
KEVIN COURRIER is a writer/broadcaster and film critic at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He worked for eight years as co-host of the interview program On the Arts for CJRT-FM in Toronto, and also contributed movie reviews to Boxoffice Magazine in Los Angeles until 2007. He has written about film and popular culture for The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Sta. Courrier is the author of four other published books, Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion, with Susan Green (1997), which is now in its second edition, Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa (2002), which won the Finalist Prize for Best Biography at the 2003 Independent Publisher's Awards, Randy Newman's American Dreams, which also won Finalist Prize for Best Biography at the 2006 Independent Publisher's Awards, and Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica (2007). Courrier teaches part-time film courses through the LIFE Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780313345869 |
| ISBN 10 | 0313345864 |
| Title | Artificial Paradise |
| Author | Kevin Courrier |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2008-12-30 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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