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Author Wilson, Carl, 1967-

Title Let's talk about love : why other people have such bad taste / Carl Wilson.

Publication Info. New York : London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
©2014.

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 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  782.42 WILSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  782.42 WIL    Check Shelf
Edition [New and Expanded edition]
Description vi, 303 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Part one: Let's talk about love: a journey to the end of taste / Carl Wilson -- Let's talk about hate -- Let's talk about pop (and its critics) -- Let's talk in French -- Let's talk about world conquest -- Let's talk about schmaltz -- Let's sing really loud -- Let's talk about taste -- Let's talk about who's got bad taste -- Let's talk with some fans -- Let's do a punk version of "My heart will go on" (or, let's talk about our feelings) -- Let's talk about let's talk about love -- Let's talk about love -- Part two: Essays: What we talk about when we talk about love. Introduction / Carl Wilson -- The artists we deserve / Nick Hornby -- With the lights on, it's less useless / Krist Novoselic -- If the girls were all transported / Ann Powers -- The easiest thing to forget / Mary Gaitskill -- Compared to what? / Jason King -- Let's talk about Diana Ross / Daphne A. Brooks -- Deep in the game / Drew Daniel -- Children of the corn / Sukhdev Sandhu -- Acting in and out of context / James Franco -- Too much sociology / Marco Roth and the editors of n+1 -- Giving up on giving up on good taste / Jonathan Sterne -- When I come home / Owen Pallett -- Playlist: let's listen to love / Sheila Heti -- Part three: Afterword. Let's talk later / Carl Wilson.
Note Part I : Let's talk about love: a journey to the end of taste was originally published by Continuum, 2007.
Subject Dion, Céline.
Dion, Céline. Let's talk about love.
Dion, Céline -- Criticism and interpretation.
Popular music -- History and criticism.
Popular culture -- 21st century.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
ISBN 9781441166777 (pbk.)
1441166777 (pbk.)
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