Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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The medium and materials of popular music: 'Hound Dog', turntablism and muzak as situated musical practices
Published 2008-01-01Popular music studies has rarely exhibited the kinds of disciplinary coherence found in closely related disciplines mostly due to the field’s adoption and adaptation of methodological and theoretical innovations from a ...Article -
Building the authentic celebrity: The "Idol" phenomenon in the attention economy
Published 2007-07-01The “Idol” phenomenon is a spectacle founded on the creation, perpetuation, and maintenance of specific kinds of carefully structured consumer relationships. Several of the more successful contestants are gradually formed ...Article -
Music: An Active Tool of Deception? The Case of Brundibár in Terezín
Published 2006-01-01Article -
Alan Freed still casts a long shadow: the persistence of payola and the ambiguous value of music
Published 2012-05-01Despite the enormous changes in the music industry in recent years, some things have persisted. Payola, the exchange of money or promotional consideration for radio airplay, has persisted if not increased over the past ...Article -
'Dragged into the Dance' - the Role of Kraftwerk in the Development of Electro-Funk
Published 2011-01-01Book chapter