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I. Pop music in the shadow of irony

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Readings — From the July 1992 issue

The CD and the damage done

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Rock the vote

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Fear of music II

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The beat goes off. How technology has gummed up rock’s grooves

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Music — From the October 1970 issue

Where the classics have gone

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Music in the round — From the July 1962 issue

Some fallacies about stereo

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Mr. Harper's after hours — From the May 1959 issue

Upheaval in popular music

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After hours — From the June 1957 issue

Music minus me

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The new recordings — From the May 1956 issue

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Every man his own Musak

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After hours — From the June 1951 issue

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What’s Petrillo up to? The fight against canned music, and a possible solution

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