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019    868980199 
020    1623569656|q(electronic book) 
020    9781623569655|q(electronic book) 
020    |z9781623569150|q(paperback ;|qalkaline paper) 
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035    (OCoLC)868601075|z(OCoLC)868980199 
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050  4 ML421.T514|bR44 2014 
082 04 782.42166092/2|223 
100 1  Reed, S. Alexander,|eauthor. 
245 10 They Might Be Giants' Flood /|cS. Alexander Reed and 
       Philip Sandifer. 
246 30 Flood 
264  1 New York :|bBloomsbury Academic,|c2014. 
300    1 online resource. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    data file|2rda 
490 1  33 1/3 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Who might be giants? -- Lincoln -- Brooklyn's Ambassadors 
       of love -- America -- Flooding -- Childhood -- Mediality -
       - Geek culture -- Post-coolness. 
520    "For a few decades now, They Might Be Giants' album Flood 
       has been a beacon (or at least a nightlight) for people 
       who might rather read than rock, who care more about Dali 
       than Dokken, who are more often called clever than cool. 
       Neither the band's hip origins in the Lower East Side 
       scene nor Flood's platinum certification can cover up the 
       record's singular importance to geek culture, for lack of 
       a better term. This matters for two reasons. First, it 
       helps us understand a certain identity and way of being. 
       The geek-friendliness of Flood is apparent despite its 
       lack of geeky referential content, which allows us, by 
       listening closely, to understand geekiness not just as a 
       predilection for Hobbits and Spock ears, but as a set of 
       creative and interpretive practices marked by playful 
       excess--a literal flood of ideas. Second, the album can 
       help us to understand a moment in American history. In 
       particular, the brainy sort of kids who listened to They 
       Might Be Giants saw their own cultural options grow 
       explosively during the late 1980s and early 1990s amidst 
       the confluence of the early tech boom and the country's 
       growing leftist social tides. Whether or not it was the 
       band's intention, Flood's jubilant proclamation of such a 
       willfully uncool identity found an ideal audience at an 
       ideal turning point. This book tells the story." 
588 0  Print version record. 
610 20 They Might Be Giants (Musical group) 
610 20 They Might Be Giants (Musical group).|tFlood. 
610 27 They Might Be Giants (Musical group)|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00672896 
648  7 1981-1990|2fast 
650  0 Rock musicians|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Rock music|y1981-1990|xHistory and criticism. 
650  7 MUSIC|xInstruction & Study|xVoice.|2bisacsh 
650  7 MUSIC|xLyrics.|2bisacsh 
650  7 MUSIC|xPrinted Music|xVocal.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Rock music.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01099204 
650  7 Rock musicians.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01099238 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 
700 1  Sandifer, Phillip,|eauthor. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|z9781623569150|z162356915X|w(DLC)  
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830  0 33 1/3. 
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