Overview

This book focuses on the relationships between underground urban music cultures in Los Angeles and specific urban imaginaries related to music practices, far away and sometimes in stark opposition to the commodified image of the city crafted by urban planners and associated urban stakeholders. Rather than this commodified city, and the ‘imaginary city’ of the mind, it examines the accidental, tangential life of a mirage. The city that appears in the distance is one that is formed by songs and music-making. The book shows how counter urban imaginaries emerge and are performed through diverse underground music making practices, giving rise to alternative ways of seeing the city.

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Author:   Sébastien Darchen ,  John Willsteed ,  Damien Charrieras
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2025 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031754982

ISBN 10:   3031754980
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   01 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 'Imaginary Cities', a Methodological Approach to Study Music Cultures and Associated Music-Making Practices in a City Context; Sébastien Darchen, Damien Charrieras and John Willsteed.- L.A and the Psychedelic Scene of the 1960s; Marek Jezinski.- How L.A Defined the Punk Scene - An interview with Patricia Morrison; John Willsteed.- The Gun Club: Cosmopolitanism, Decadence and the 'Outsider' Persona in the Contemporary City; Sébastien Darchen.- Interview with Hudley Flipside: Music, Magazines in Los Angeles, 1979-1989; John Willsteed.- California Deathrock Music Culture: Origins and Evolution - Interview with Jenn Bats; Sébastien Darchen.- The Paisley Underground: The Mythic Scene and Los Angeles Legacy of the Neopsychedelic 80s; Leonard Nevarez.- Lost Angeles: Slayer's Imaginary Hell City; Mark Kammerbauer.- 'Comin' out the slums! It's da hoodlums': South Gate’s Cypress Hill and the Struggle to Survive Los Angeles’s Transformation into a Global City; Victor Hugo Viesca.- Heroin Narratives and Outlaw Images of Punk Rock and Alternative Rock Musicians in Los Angeles; Melanie Ptatscheck.- Bad Attitude: Music Culture in L.A - Interview with Chris Morris; John Willsteed.- Rock Music, Los Angeles, and Old(er) Age: Following Lines of Flight; Michael W. Pesses.- The Suburban Rap of Tyler, The Creator: Dreams and Nightmares in L.A as an 'Imaginary City'; Gustavo Souza Marques.- Los Angeles and Music Video: Reinscribing the City’s Unique Urbanism; Sean Maher.- Spatial Audio and the Imaginary Soundscapes of Grand Theft Auto 5; Mike D’Errico.- L.A Music Cultures and the 'Counter-City' Then and Now: An Interview with Roger Keil and Robin Bloch; Sébastien Darchen.

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Sébastien Darchen is Senior Lecturer in Planning at the Universitty of Queensland, Australia. John Willsteed is Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Damien Charrieras is Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong.

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