Book Musik 028 - "Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop" by Paul Myers & S. W. Lauden

Tosh and Kimley discuss “Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of
Power Pop” by Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden. This compilation of
short essays by a wide range of writers (including Michael Chabon
and Allison Anders among others) explores the minutiae of what
constitutes power pop exactly, whether or not it is even desirable
to be lumped into this subgenre and which bands are considered
power pop, with bands like Bad Finger, The Raspberries, Big Star,
and Cheap Trick generally being considered the prototypes. Despite
its effervescent appeal, fans of power pop are deadly serious about
its nuances. Both celebrated and maligned, power pop is a nebulous
genre and after reading this book things still seem murky to us.
But like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart pronounced in an
attempt to define porn, we know it when we see it!

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by LG17

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