On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening, Paperback/Rick Moody
Descriere
Description Rick Moody has been writing about music as long as he has been writing, and this book provides an ample selection from that output. His anatomy of the word cool reminds us that, in the postwar 40s, it was infused with the feeling of jazz music but is now merely a synonym for neat. "On Celestial Music," which was included in Best American Essays, 2008, begins with a lament for the loss in recent music of the vulnerability expressed by Otis Redding's masterpiece, "Try a Little Tenderness"; moves on to Moody's infatuation with the ecstatic music of the Velvet Underground; and ends with an appreciation of Arvo Part and Purcell, close as they are to nature, "the music of the spheres." Contemporary groups covered include Magnetic Fields (their love songs), Wilco (the band's and Jeff Tweedy's evolution), Danielson Famile (an evangelical rock band), The Pogues (Shane Mc Gowan's problems with addiction), The Lounge Lizards (John Lurie's brilliance), and Meredith Monk, who once recorded a song inspired by Rick Moody's story "Boys." Always both incisive and personable, these pieces inspire us to dive as deeply into the music that enhances our lives as Moody has done--and introduces us to wonderful sounds we may not know. About the Author Rick Moody is the author of nine books. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY.
Despre autor
Hiram Frederick Moody III este un romancier și scriitor de nuvele american, cel mai bine cunoscut pentru romanul „The Ice Storm” din 1994, o cronică a destrămării a două familii din suburbiile Connecticutului, pe parcursul sfârșitului de săptămână al Zilei Recunoștinței din 1973, care i-a adus recunoaștere pe scară largă, a devenit un bestseller și a fost adaptat în filmul „The Ice Storm”.
