Description: "In 1989, an Ohio radio station called WOXY launched a sonic disruption to both corporate rock and to its conservative home region, programming an omnivorous range of genres and artists while being staunchly committed to local independent art and media. In the 1990s, as alternative rock went mainstream and radio grew increasingly homogeneous, WOXY gained international renown as one of Rolling Stone's 'Last Great Independent Radio' stations. Robin James uses WOXY's story to argue against a corporate vision of independence--in which everyone fends for themselves--and in favor of an alternative way of thinking and relating to one another that disrupts norms but is nevertheless supported by communities"--
Brief description:
Robin James is a writer, editor, and philosopher. She is author of four books including Resilience & Melancholy and The Sonic Episteme.
Review Quotes:
"The Future of Rock and Roll is a kind of testament--a document to a cultural phenomenon that outgrew its meager material infrastructure, affecting rock culture in ways that James helps ensure will not be forgotten. . . . The Future of Rock and Roll does justice to the living memory of 97X, its listeners, and the values this station helped them live."--Journal of the Society for American Music