Ben Watson
Autor de Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play
Sobre El Autor
Ben Watson is a writer, editor, food and farm activist, and the author of several books, including Acts of God: The Old Farmer's Almanac Unpredictable Guide to Weather and Natural Disasters and Taylor's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables. He is also coauthor of Passport to Gardening and The Slow Food mostrar más Guide to New York City. Watson lives in New Hampshire. mostrar menos
Obras de Ben Watson
Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (2005) 16 copias
The Chelsea Green Reader: Selections from 30 Years of Independent Publishing, 1984-2014 (2014) 10 copias
Electronic Ignition: Installation, Performance Tuning, Modification (Powerpro Series) (1994) 5 copias
Obras relacionadas
The Big Book of Cidermaking: Expert Techniques for Fermenting and Flavoring Your Favorite Hard Cider (2020) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 24 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1956
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- United Kingdom
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Had a tough time with this one. Comparing Zappa songs to pieces of art. Waaay over my head. Giving it a three to be fair since this pretty "did not apply" to me.
Zappa is one of my fave musos - got loads of book on and by him - this is one of the best
Interessante, maar nogal moeilijke biografie, door de verwijzingen naar T.W. Adorno.
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- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 435
- Popularidad
- #56,232
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 44
- Idiomas
- 1
The early sections about Bailey's early life are good, but once the book gets into the rise and development of free improvisation, not so much. Watson covers much of Bailey's later career only by including reviews of performances.
By not seeking out equally deep corroborating and contrasting interviews with Bailey's peers, Watson has written a depressingly shallow book that ultimately does a disservice to very great musician and to the history of an important contemporary musical style.… (más)