{"product_id":"on-celestial-music-and-other-adventures-in-listening-paperback","title":"On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Moody has been writing about music as long as he has been writing, and this book provides an ample selection from that output. His anatomy of the word cool reminds us that, in the postwar 40s, it was infused with the feeling of jazz music but is now merely a synonym for neat. \"On Celestial Music,\" which was included in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008, begins with a lament for the loss in recent music of the vulnerability expressed by Otis Redding's masterpiece, \"Try a Little Tenderness;\" moves on to Moody's infatuation with the ecstatic music of the Velvet Underground; and ends with an appreciation of Arvo Part and Purcell, close as they are to nature, \"the music of the spheres.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contemporary groups covered include Magnetic Fields (their love songs), Wilco (the band's and Jeff Tweedy's evolution), Danielson Famile (an evangelical rock band), The Pogues (Shane McGowan's problems with addiction), The Lounge Lizards (John Lurie's brilliance), and Meredith Monk, who once recorded a song inspired by Rick Moody's story \"Boys.\" Always both incisive and personable, these pieces inspire us to dive as deeply into the music that enhances our lives as Moody has done -- and introduces us to wonderful sounds we may not know.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Moody\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City. He attended Brown and Columbia Universities. He is the author of four previous novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Four Fingers of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurple America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGarden State\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as an award-winning memoir and multiple collections of short fiction. Moody is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, and his work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.22 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751855161632,"sku":"9780316105217","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cd42bb0fe14a578a88d36ac60af29337.webp?v=1779981962","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-celestial-music-and-other-adventures-in-listening-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}