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Guest host David Common speaks with global affairs experts Janice Stein and Roland Paris about how much merit there may be behind the momentum of Russia-Ukraine peace prospects, famine expert Alex de Waal discusses the confirmation of famine in Gaza City, journalist Justin Ling explores how the forces behind the federal election are shaping Canadian politics now, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa shares her journey to becoming a doctor and finding her voice, and music historian Steve Waksman walks through how stadium shows evolved and changed live music.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
In the eighth episode of Soundscapes NYC, host Ryan Purcell talks with music history professor Steve Waksman about the social and stylistic transformation of the New York rock scene during the mid-1970s. The introduction of new bands clashed with the old guard, culminating with a violent altercation between artists in CBGB in March 1976. In 2024, Waksman accepted the Leverhulme International Professorship in Music in the Department of Media, Humanities, and the Arts at the University of Huddersfield (UK) where for the next five years he will conduct a comprehensive study of how music and culture have developed since the invention of sound amplification. Waksman is the former Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College, and the author of numerous books on music history including Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard University Press, 1999), This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009), and Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé (Oxford University Press, 2022). Contact Soundscapes NYC Here Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music
In the eighth episode of Soundscapes NYC, host Ryan Purcell talks with music history professor Steve Waksman about the social and stylistic transformation of the New York rock scene during the mid-1970s. The introduction of new bands clashed with the old guard, culminating with a violent altercation between artists in CBGB in March 1976. In 2024, Waksman accepted the Leverhulme International Professorship in Music in the Department of Media, Humanities, and the Arts at the University of Huddersfield (UK) where for the next five years he will conduct a comprehensive study of how music and culture have developed since the invention of sound amplification. Waksman is the former Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College, and the author of numerous books on music history including Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard University Press, 1999), This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009), and Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé (Oxford University Press, 2022). Contact Soundscapes NYC Here Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture
12/10/24: Michael Klare: Assad's fall & Ukraine's future. Duke Goldman: the Mets'Juan Soto, the Yankees' & Red Sox' futures. Todd Gazda: Trump's ed policies and Secretary of Ed nominee, Linda McMahon. Smith's rocker-scholar Steve Waksman says goodbye.
12/10/24: Michael Klare: Assad's fall & Ukraine's future. Duke Goldman: the Mets'Juan Soto, the Yankees' & Red Sox' futures. Todd Gazda: Trump's ed policies and Secretary of Ed nominee, Linda McMahon. Smith's rocker-scholar Steve Waksman says goodbye.
12/10/24: Michael Klare: Assad's fall & Ukraine's future. Duke Goldman: the Mets'Juan Soto, the Yankees' & Red Sox' futures. Todd Gazda: Trump's ed policies and Secretary of Ed nominee, Linda McMahon. Smith's rocker-scholar Steve Waksman says goodbye.
12/10/24: Michael Klare: Assad's fall & Ukraine's future. Duke Goldman: the Mets'Juan Soto, the Yankees' & Red Sox' futures. Todd Gazda: Trump's ed policies and Secretary of Ed nominee, Linda McMahon. Smith's rocker-scholar Steve Waksman says goodbye.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
9/27/24: Rep. Mindy Domb: swearing oaths & winning elections. MTA Pres Max Page: the MCAS news. The ArtBeat Salon with Donnabelle Casis and UMCA Dir Amanda Herman. Green Energy for All! w/ Stephanie Ciccarello & Ben Weil. Not goodbye exactly—with Smith Prof of Music—the amazing Steve Waksman.
Congressman McGovern on the red ripple and on how the death of his party has been greatly exaggerated. The Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman, on his new book The History of Life Music in America-From Jenny Lind to Beyoncé. We know who Beyoncé is. Who is Jenny Lind and why is she important to Northampton? The kids from Wildwood Elementary providing us with an FAQ on the March for the Food Bank. When to call in the cavalry vs when to call in the calvary with the Word Nerd. Mr. Universe on climate change and Brian Eno. Wines for Thanksgiving and more.
After only 45 days in office, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned, making her the shortest-serving leader in British history. After former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's abrupt departure is instability the new norm in British politics? King's College London Politics Professor Anand Menon joins us. Then, some retired former U.S. military generals appear on the payrolls of foreign governments. They're being paid to provide their military expertise, and some question how ethics, oversight and national security factor into the issue. Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock joins us. And, live music is more than just artists playing instruments in front of an audience. It also has a rich history in the U.S. as a major business venture. Steve Waksman, music professor at Smith College and author of "Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé" joins us to discuss both its cultural and business significance.
Intro - 0:00Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O'Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris SmithPart I, Path to the Electric Guitar in Academia - 01:10Part II, Research into Amplification - 21:03Part III, Current Projects & Scholarship - 25:30Part IV, Talking About Bill Hanley - 28:15Part V, New Technology in Live Performances - 32:34Part VI, Perceptions of the Electric Guitar - 44:34Part VII, The Electric Guitar in American Culture Conference - 52:38Outro - 01:01:07Planxty Sir Festus Burke Elsie Irwin Sweeney Professor of Music at Smith CollegeScholar of U.S. popular music and popular culture, with particular specialty in the study of live music, music genres, music technology and musical instruments (especially the guitar).Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience (Harvard University Press, 1999) This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009)Contributor to the Cambridge Companion to the Guitar, the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop and Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the WorldKeynote speaker at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's American Music Masters event honoring the legacy of musician and inventor Les Paul. In 1998 Waksman's dissertation on the electric guitar won the Ralph Henry Gabriel prize awarded by the American Studies Association.New project: Live Music in America: A History, 1850–2000 Full Playlist for EP 18VVMC Book ClubVVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative PlaylistVoices from the Vernacular Music Center
This week: the end is near for campaign season here in Western Mass. What secrets about candidates do we have left to uncover (and oh, boy do I wish I could tell you one) and who is endorsing whom? I’ll talk with outgoing state rep John Sciback and still US Congressman Jim McGovern. I’ll talk with the Dr. of Rock, Steve Waksman about the unlikely origins of the rock music festival. Does Merriam-Webster Word Nerd, Emily Brewster think she is better than me or better than I? Reflecting on Senator John McCain and Aretha Franklin.
When I was a teenager growing up in the early 80s, I took it as an article of faith that punk rock and heavy metal were definably different genres. To be sure, punk and metal bands both played heavy, loud, and fast music, but beyond those sonic similarities, these groups and their fans seemed to have little in common. When I read heavy metal magazines, metal musicians expressed contempt for punk bands and their purported lack of musical talent. Conversely, when I read the skateboarding magazine Thrasher, punk musicians mocked heavy metal acts for their supposed obsession with instrumental virtuosity. Closer to home, the shorthaired punkers who wore Black Flag shirts and combat boots to school sneered at the longhaired metalheads who donned their Black Sabbathshirts and high-top sneakers. And so my sense of this divide was crystal clear by the time a punk-rock loving friend of mine played the Circle Jerks’ 1985 hardcore punk anthem “American Heavy Metal Weekend” for me, which lampooned metal bands for their provinciality and lack of authenticity. It turns out that like a lot of critics, fans, and scholars who have observed this dynamic, I what I thought I knew about heavy metal and punk rock wasn’t quite right. As Steve Waksman shows in his illuminating and entertaining This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009),punk and metal engaged in a relationship of musical cross-pollination that stretches back to the early 1970s, more than a decade before the notion of punk-metal “crossover” became part and parcel of the culture of heavy music. Drawing on the insights of music theorists, critics, and journalists and based upon a close examination of the interviews, writings, and music of dizzying array of bands and musicians, Waksman offers an essential revisionist study that helps to redefine popular conceptions of these abrasive and aggressive musical forms. Steve Waksman is an Associate Professor of Music at Smith College. Along with an array of essays and reviews, he has written two books,Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience(Harvard University Press, 1999), and This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk, which won the prestigious Woody Guthrie Award for best scholarly book on popular music by the U.S. chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When I was a teenager growing up in the early 80s, I took it as an article of faith that punk rock and heavy metal were definably different genres. To be sure, punk and metal bands both played heavy, loud, and fast music, but beyond those sonic similarities, these groups and their fans seemed to have little in common. When I read heavy metal magazines, metal musicians expressed contempt for punk bands and their purported lack of musical talent. Conversely, when I read the skateboarding magazine Thrasher, punk musicians mocked heavy metal acts for their supposed obsession with instrumental virtuosity. Closer to home, the shorthaired punkers who wore Black Flag shirts and combat boots to school sneered at the longhaired metalheads who donned their Black Sabbathshirts and high-top sneakers. And so my sense of this divide was crystal clear by the time a punk-rock loving friend of mine played the Circle Jerks’ 1985 hardcore punk anthem “American Heavy Metal Weekend” for me, which lampooned metal bands for their provinciality and lack of authenticity. It turns out that like a lot of critics, fans, and scholars who have observed this dynamic, I what I thought I knew about heavy metal and punk rock wasn’t quite right. As Steve Waksman shows in his illuminating and entertaining This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009),punk and metal engaged in a relationship of musical cross-pollination that stretches back to the early 1970s, more than a decade before the notion of punk-metal “crossover” became part and parcel of the culture of heavy music. Drawing on the insights of music theorists, critics, and journalists and based upon a close examination of the interviews, writings, and music of dizzying array of bands and musicians, Waksman offers an essential revisionist study that helps to redefine popular conceptions of these abrasive and aggressive musical forms. Steve Waksman is an Associate Professor of Music at Smith College. Along with an array of essays and reviews, he has written two books,Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience(Harvard University Press, 1999), and This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk, which won the prestigious Woody Guthrie Award for best scholarly book on popular music by the U.S. chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When I was a teenager growing up in the early 80s, I took it as an article of faith that punk rock and heavy metal were definably different genres. To be sure, punk and metal bands both played heavy, loud, and fast music, but beyond those sonic similarities, these groups and their fans seemed to have little in common. When I read heavy metal magazines, metal musicians expressed contempt for punk bands and their purported lack of musical talent. Conversely, when I read the skateboarding magazine Thrasher, punk musicians mocked heavy metal acts for their supposed obsession with instrumental virtuosity. Closer to home, the shorthaired punkers who wore Black Flag shirts and combat boots to school sneered at the longhaired metalheads who donned their Black Sabbathshirts and high-top sneakers. And so my sense of this divide was crystal clear by the time a punk-rock loving friend of mine played the Circle Jerks’ 1985 hardcore punk anthem “American Heavy Metal Weekend” for me, which lampooned metal bands for their provinciality and lack of authenticity. It turns out that like a lot of critics, fans, and scholars who have observed this dynamic, I what I thought I knew about heavy metal and punk rock wasn’t quite right. As Steve Waksman shows in his illuminating and entertaining This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk (University of California Press, 2009),punk and metal engaged in a relationship of musical cross-pollination that stretches back to the early 1970s, more than a decade before the notion of punk-metal “crossover” became part and parcel of the culture of heavy music. Drawing on the insights of music theorists, critics, and journalists and based upon a close examination of the interviews, writings, and music of dizzying array of bands and musicians, Waksman offers an essential revisionist study that helps to redefine popular conceptions of these abrasive and aggressive musical forms. Steve Waksman is an Associate Professor of Music at Smith College. Along with an array of essays and reviews, he has written two books,Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience(Harvard University Press, 1999), and This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk, which won the prestigious Woody Guthrie Award for best scholarly book on popular music by the U.S. chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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