Transmission and Transgression

“Jean Baudrillard rubs shoulders with Soupy Sales in Gary Kenton’s encyclopedic history and indictment of television’s emasculation of rock ‘n’ roll. Anyone who rushed home from school to watch , stayed up late to catch , or glommed onto MTV will revisit old memories in , find new food for thought, and discover the missing link between Alan Freed and Andy Warhol.” —Ken Emerson, author of

“This book is a superb, welcomed examination of the interrelationship between these two defining media of the boomer generation, but with emphasis on how popular music has impacted the boomers in a more pronounced and profound way than television ever did.” —Thom Gencarelli, co-editor of

“Gary Kenton combines a rock journalist’s know-how with scholarly erudition in this engrossing study of the intersection of television and rock ‘n’ roll. ... is a pioneering work of media ecology for anyone wanting to understand rock ‘n’ roll through the lens of the often-disapproving television camera.” —Parke Puterbaugh, author of