Rezension
“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
