by Ben Thompson (Author)
John Berger's Ways of Seeing was first published in 1972. It looked at visual images and how they shape us. In Ways of Hearing Ben Thompson does a similar thing for music - albeit in a non-sociological, highly subjective, fairly irreverent and extremely entertaining manner. He explores the role of music in the mediums of radio, TV, film, literature and video, and interviews a wildly disparate bunch of musicians and djs, from Brian Eno, John Peel, Captain Beefheart and Neil Young, to Lee Perry, Sir Cliff Richard, the Chemical Brothers and Mercury Rev. 'As a public airing of private pleasures delivered with a distinctive critical voice, it's consistently engaging and infectiously readable' Julian Cowley, The Wire
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 01 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0753812894
ISBN 13: 9780753812891
Book Overview: Ben Thompson's erudite and entertaining journalism has many fans (he's been feted by Greil Marcus and Simon Frith) Features numerous interviews with popular and cutting edge musicians and DJs Sits alongside recent titles such as Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash, Matthew Collins' Altered States, Kodwo Eshun's More Brilliant Than the Sun and Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. 'Even the appendix is funny. ****' Gareth Grundy, Q Magazine 'Absolutely wonderful' Nicholas Lezard, Independent on Sunday 'There's little place for dissent inside Thompson's sonic cathedral - but what a fantastic place to visit' John Mullen, Mojo 'His writing is stylish, amusing and chock-full of genuine insights' Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Financial Times.
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