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Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music Edited by Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell Sound, Society and the GeoGraphy of popular MuSic This page has been left blank intentionally Sound, Society and the Geography of popular Music Edited by ola JohanSSon University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA thoMaS l. Bell University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA and Western Kentucky University, USA © ola Johansson and thomas l. Bell 2009 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. ola Johansson and thomas l. Bell have asserted their right under the copyright, designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. published by ashgate publishing limited ashgate publishing company Wey court east Suite 420 union road 101 cherry Street farnham Burlington Surrey, Gu9 7pt Vt 05401-4405 england uSa www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Sound, society and the geography of popular music. 1. Music and geography. 2. popular music--Social aspects. 3. popular music--psychological aspects. 4. Music and tourism. i. Johansson, ola. ii. Bell, thomas. 306.4'842-dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sound, society and the geography of popular music / [edited] by ola Johansson and thomas l. Bell. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7577-8 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-7546-9875-3 (ebook) 1. popular music--Social aspects. 2. Music and geography. i. Johansson, ola. ii. Bell, thomas l. Ml3918.p67S68 2009 781.6409--dc22 2009024263 ISBN 9780754675778 (hbk) ISBN 9780754698753 (ebk) V contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Notes on Contributors xi 1 introduction 1 Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell ParT I MuSIC, SPaCe, anD POLITICaL aCTIvISM 2 Geographies of John and Yoko’s 1969 Campaign for peace: an intersection of celebrity, Space, art, and activism 11 Robert J. Kruse II 3 Scales of resistance: Billy Bragg and the creation of activist Spaces 33 Edward Jackiewicz and James Craine ParT II TOurISM anD LanDSCaPeS Of MuSIC 4 Writing on the Graceland Wall: on the importance of authorship in pilgrimage landscapes 53 Derek H. Alderman 5 ambient australia: Music, Meditation, and tourist places 67 John Connell and Chris Gibson ParT III MaPPInG MuSICaL TexTS 6 a lesson of Geography, on the riddim: the Symbolic topography of reggae Music 91 Sarah Daynes 7 A Listener’s Mental Map of California 107 Kevin Romig vi Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music ParT Iv PLaCe In MuSIC/MuSIC In PLaCe 8 Musical cartographies: Los Ritmos de los Barrios de la Habana 127 John Finn and Chris Lukinbeal 9 the city She loves Me: the los angeles of the red hot chili peppers 145 Michael W. Pesses 10 The Geography of “Canadian Shield Rock”: Locality, Nationality and place imagery in the Music of the rheostatics 161 Olaf Kuhlke ParT v LOCaL MuSIC In a COnneCTeD WOrLD 11 internet radio and cultural connections: a case Study of the St. John’s, Newfoundland Radio Market 185 Sara Beth Keough 12 local independent Music Scenes and the implications of the internet 205 Holly C. Kruse 13 Where are the new uS Music Scenes? 219 Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell ParT vI The GeOGraPhy Of GenreS 14 Hip Hop: A Postmodern Folk Music 245 Steven Graves 15 techno: Music and entrepreneurship in post-fordist detroit 261 Deborah Che 16 the production of contemporary christian Music: a Geographical perspective 281 John Lindenbaum Index 295 list of figures 5.1 indig.com website 75 5.2 new age retail outlets, Byron Bay, nSW, July 2004 78 5.3 todd Street Mall, alice Springs, July 2001 79 7.1 Map of california and notable locations in popular music and culture 113 8.1 a musical map of havana 131 8.2 rumba dancers at Callejón de Hamel, Centro Habana © Megan resch 132 8.3 colonial Spanish architecture, Centro Habana © Megan resch 134 8.4 claves in the rumba, Callejón de Hamel, Centro Habana 135 8.5 La Habana Vieja, a uneSco World heritage Site © Megan resch 136 8.6 Malecón 137 8.7 young cuban singers performing with the popular timba group nG la Banda © Megan resch 138 8.8 the Vedada neighborhood in havana © Megan resch 139 8.9 Pianist Robert Fonseca performing with Omar Gonzalez (bass), Javier Zalba (sax), and Ramsés Rodriguez (drums) in La Zorra el Cuervo during the 2008 havana international Jazz festival © Megan resch 140 8.10 Sunday Mass in Old Havana’s Cathedral © Megan resch 141 8.11 Santero in Centro Habana © Megan resch 142 13.1 factors affecting the formation of local music scenes 223 13.2 Origin of new rock artists by city © Glynn collis 229 13.3 Cities (MSA> 1 million) with no artists on the list © Glynn collis 231 15.1 detroit area 265 15.2a future: renaissance center 268 15.2b Past: Packard Plant 269 15.3 carl craig 274 16.1 2006 uS ccM album sales by region 286 16.2 ccM record labels in the uS 287 16.3 ccM radio stations in the uS 288 16.4 ccM festivals in the uS 289 This page has been left blank intentionally list of tables 7.1 Songs charting in the top 20 and their categorical themes 110 13.1 Genres of new rock 226 13.2 Genres by size of city 233 15.1 Detroit’s population, 1940-2000 263
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