PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Richard Henderson is a writer, music editor and occasional music supervisor for feature films. Born in Detroit, he leads a nomadic existence in California. His film credits include Brüno, Borat, Into The Wild and The Life Aquatic; his writing has appeared in The Wire, Billboard, The Beat and Murder Dog.
Perhaps now is the best time, if you have not already gone for Van Dyke Parks' solo opus, to fully delve into 'Song Cycle' the album... and the book. * The New York Examiner * A work of quality, and its fascinating story, as presented here, is well worth reading. * The Wire * Like The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross' ability to make dense topics accessible, Richard Henderson excels at embracing the technical innards of music in a universally fascinating manner. * Crawdaddy! * Song Cycle is an animated mash-up of parlor pop, calypso folk, movie scores, and anything else that struck Parks's fancy, and Richard Henderson admits its manic nature makes the collection a hard sell for the uninitiated. But he makes a persuasive case, not only detailing Song Cycle's creation (it was rumored to be the most expensive pop album of its time-which made it the biggest commercial failure of its time) but arguing for it as an unheralded artifact of the psychedelic era. -- Stephen M. Deusner * Pitchfork *
Uncommon Measure
A Journey Through Music, Performance,...
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The Hum of the World
A Philosophy of Listening
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Music, Sense and Nonsense
Collected Essays and Lectures
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