DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture (Paperback)
Review
Spencer subverts high-gloss culture with her do-it-yourself guide for anarchistic amateurs of music and literature who just wanna have fun. — The Times, 25 June 2005[A] wide-rangingÂ…account of why “home-made” publications and musical recordings have become so popular since the 1990s — Independent On Sunday, 17 April 2005
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Product Description”A veritable cornucopia of self-made worth. . . . DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture is a triumph from beginning to end. . . . Highly recommended.”-Trakmarx.com”A . . . comprehensive guide to the evolution of DIY culture as we know it today.”-Bookslut.comThis exploration of lo-fi culture traces the origin of the DIY ethic to the skiffle movement of the 1950s, mail art, Black Mountain poetry, and avant-garde art in the 1950s. It follows the punk scene of the 1970s and 1980s to the current music scene. It charts the development of music outside of the publicity machine and examine (more…)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating, rigorous and entertaining
I knew nothing about this topic before I picked up this book. I didn’t even know that there was such a topic for me to know anything about.