Switched On
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-764207-8 (ISBN)
Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation---suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds, and Stevie Wonder discovered his synthesizer, and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange. The Moog's game-changing sounds saturated 60's counterculture and burst into the disco party in the 70's to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had singlehandedly founded the synth industry and become a star in the process.
But he was also going broke. Imitators copied his technology, the musicians' union accused him of replacing live players, and Japanese competitors started overtaking his work. He struggled to hang on to his inventions, his business, and his very name. Bob's story upends our notions of success and wealth, showing that the two don't always go together.
In Switched On, author Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moog's personal archives and his probing interviews with Bob's family and a multitude of associates, for this first complete biography of the man and his work. Switched On takes the reader on a roller coaster ride at turns triumphant, heart-breaking, and frequently laugh out loud absurd---a nuanced trip through the public and private worlds of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music.
Albert Glinsky is an American composer and author. His music has been performed internationally and he holds honors and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. He was educated at The Juilliard School and New York University. His music ranges from acoustic to electronic works. His book, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, with a foreword by Bob Moog, is the standard work on Leon Theremin, and won the 2001 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Glinsky is a frequent lecturer and appears regularly on television, radio, and podcasts. www.albertglinsky.com
Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola
Prelude
PART ONE: THE FLUSHING GEEK
Chapter 1: Depression's Child
Chapter 2: Bronx Cheers
Chapter 3: Our Guarantee
Chapter 4: No Exit
PART TWO: SLIPPING BACKWARDS ON A BANANA PEEL
Chapter 5: Transistor Man and the Crusaders
Chapter 6: Do It Yourself
Chapter 7: The Abominatron
Chapter 8: A Eunuch in a Harem
Chapter 9: A Few Thousand Screws
PART THREE: COSMIC SOUNDS
Chapter 10: Hallucinations for Your Ear
Chapter 11: The Star Collector
Chapter 12: Long Live the Moog!
Chapter 13: Hello, HAL
Chapter 14: The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog
Chapter 15: Socket To Me, Baby!
PART FOUR: SHORT CIRCUITS
Chapter 16: Panicsville
Chapter 17: Mini and the Beast
Chapter 18: A Palace Revolution
Chapter 19: The Island of Electronicus
Chapter 20: I Bought Bob Moog
PART FIVE: AN APOCALYPSE NOW
Chapter 21: The Gelatin Pit
Chapter 22: Vexations
Chapter 23: Genericide
Chapter 24: Yankee Go Home
Chapter 25: The Briar Patch
PART SIX: THE GRAND POOBAH
Chapter 26: Genius for Hire
Chapter 27: Comes Now the Defendant
Chapter 28: The Desperate Voyager
Chapter 29: Patron Saint of Electrogeeks
Chapter 30: The Show That Never Ends
Postlude
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.09.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 60 b&w halftones |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 243 x 164 mm |
| Gewicht | 862 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-764207-1 / 0197642071 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-764207-8 / 9780197642078 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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