We’ve been looking back on the release of Radiohead’s Kid A this past month (here and here), but there’s more coming from a journalist’s perspective in the form of a new 33 1/3 book.
‘For the latest book in the acclaimed 33 1/3 series, author Marvin Lin attempts to unpack Kid A by examining closely its music, artwork, critical reception, promotion, and more. From discussions about Napster and WTO protests to Marcel Duchamp and Marshall McLuhan, the book is as much about debunking myths as celebrating the listening experience as a site of socio- political importance. More cultural critique than journalistic documentation, Lin’s Kid A serves to remind listeners how music is not simply a commodity to purchase, but an activity through which social meaning is performed. And Kid A perhaps reveals more about ourselves than meets the eye.’
Marvin Lin’s Kid A is now available for pre-order through Amazon. It will be released around December 2010. Oh, and you still don’t have 33 1/3′s take on Radiohead’s OK Computer, get it here.
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead included in Peter Gabriel cover project – 2009
- Toronto show on Canadian radio – 2004
- O’Riley’s second tribute album update – 2004
- Thom & Jonny to collaborate with sinfonietta – 2004
- EISLEY ON RADIOHEAD – 2003
- HAIL TO THE PUMPKIN – 2003
- ATEASEWEB.COM NOMINATED AT ONLINE MUSIC AWARDS – 2003
- IN BRIEF – 2003
