{"product_id":"records-ruin-the-landscape-david-grubbs-9780822355908","title":"Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording","description":"John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In \u003ci\u003eRecords Ruin the Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, David Grubbs argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill suited to be represented in the form of a recording. These activities include indeterminate music, long-duration minimalism, text scores, happenings, live electronic music, free jazz, and free improvisation. How could these proudly evanescent performance practices have been adequately represented on an LP? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn their day, few of these works circulated in recorded form. By contrast, contemporary listeners can encounter this music not only through a flood of LP and CD releases of archival recordings but also in even greater volume through Internet file sharing and online resources. Present-day listeners are coming to know that era's experimental music through the recorded artifacts of composers and musicians who largely disavowed recordings. In \u003ci\u003eRecords Ruin the Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, Grubbs surveys a musical landscape marked by altered listening practices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grubbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822355906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822355908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 267","brand":"David Grubbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992505286911,"sku":"9780822355908","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d5923c7-192a-4690-8ca8-d8742dfaf730.jpg?v=1683319306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/records-ruin-the-landscape-david-grubbs-9780822355908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}