{"product_id":"9781593762216","title":"Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom its indefinite beginnings through its broad commercialization and endless reinterpretation, American rock-and-roll music has been preoccupied with an end-of-the-world mentality that extends through the whole of American popular music. In \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Jukebox,\u003c\/i\u003e Edward Whitelock and David Janssen trace these connections through American music genres, uncovering a mix of paranoia and hope that characterizes so much of the nation’s history.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the book’s opening scene, set in the American South during a terrifying 1833 meteor shower, the sense of doom is both palpable and inescapable; a deep foreboding that shadows every subsequent development in American popular music and, as Whitelock and Janssen contend, stands as a key to understanding and explicating America itself.\u003cbr\u003eWhitelock and Janssen examine the diversity of apocalyptic influences within North American recorded music, focusing in particular upon a number of influential performers, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, John Coltrane, Devo, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, and Green Day. In \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Jukebox,\u003c\/i\u003e Whitelock and Janssen reveal apocalypse as a permanent and central part of the American character while establishing rock-and-roll as a true reflection of that character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035477623024,"sku":"9781593762216","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593762216_p0.jpg?v=1763811144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593762216","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}