Practices, modalities -- Synthesis and new vocabularies -- When John met Yoko: the Beatles come apart -- Deconstruction of the European classical tradition: John Cage and Glenn Gould -- Blues into fragments: John Coltrane and Cecil Taylor -- Electric Miles -- Forests and trees -- Noisy New York: the Velvet Underground -- Psychedelic blues: Jimi Hendrix -- The passage through progressive -- Intimations of postmodern rock: Steely Dan -- The passage through punk -- Punk meets the Godmother: Patti Smith -- Funk beyond the Godfather: George Clinton and P-Funk -- Progressive times punk equals new wave -- Before and after Eno -- The transition to post-rock -- Symphonies of hellacious electric guitars: Glenn Branca -- Sonic truth -- The Laswell/Zorn nexus -- Avant-retro: Stereolab -- Mom, can I take turntable lessons? or, Nobody here but me and my sampler -- King Crimson exists when there is King Crimson music to be played -- Land of the rising noise -- Bjork, Jim O'Rourke, and beyond -- Rock out -- Manifesto: Avant rock, the very idea -- Rock music in postmodern times.
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