{"product_id":"on-celestial-music-and-other-adventures-in-listening","title":"On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOn Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRick Moody\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316105217\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBack Bay Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick 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 \u003cem\u003ecool \u003c\/em\u003ereminds us that, in the postwar 40s, it was infused with the feeling of jazz music but is now merely a synonym for \u003cem\u003eneat\u003c\/em\u003e. \"On Celestial Music,\" which was included in\u003cem\u003e Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 McGowan'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening | Rick Moody | Paperback | 9780316105217 | Used: Like New | Music \u0026 Performing Arts 1760673 (temp: 7)","offer_id":49261353926808,"sku":"1760673","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81Zj1Ku-L5L.jpg?v=1781717994","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/on-celestial-music-and-other-adventures-in-listening","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}