Ben Watson
Auteur van Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play
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Ben Watson is a writer, editor, food and farm activist, and the author of several books, including Acts of God: The Old Farmer's Almanac Unpredictable Guide to Weather and Natural Disasters and Taylor's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables. He is also coauthor of Passport to Gardening and The Slow Food toon meer Guide to New York City. Watson lives in New Hampshire. toon minder
Werken van Ben Watson
Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (2005) 16 exemplaren
The Chelsea Green Reader: Selections from 30 Years of Independent Publishing, 1984-2014 (2014) 10 exemplaren
How to Build & Modify Cylinder Heads, Camshafts and Valvetrains (Powerpro Series) (1993) 5 exemplaren
Electronic Ignition: Installation, Performance Tuning, Modification (Powerpro Series) (1994) 5 exemplaren
Writing High-Performance .NET Code 3 exemplaren
Mobile Equipment Hydraulics: A Systems and Troubleshooting Approach (Modern Diesel Technology) (2010) 2 exemplaren
Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1956
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- United Kingdom
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Had a tough time with this one. Comparing Zappa songs to pieces of art. Waaay over my head. Giving it a three to be fair since this pretty "did not apply" to me.
Zappa is one of my fave musos - got loads of book on and by him - this is one of the best
Interessante, maar nogal moeilijke biografie, door de verwijzingen naar T.W. Adorno.
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Bull Tongue (1)
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The early sections about Bailey's early life are good, but once the book gets into the rise and development of free improvisation, not so much. Watson covers much of Bailey's later career only by including reviews of performances.
By not seeking out equally deep corroborating and contrasting interviews with Bailey's peers, Watson has written a depressingly shallow book that ultimately does a disservice to very great musician and to the history of an important contemporary musical style.… (meer)