Switched on : Bob Moog and the synthesizer revolution

Switched on : Bob Moog and the synthesizer revolution / Albert Glinsky ; foreword by Francis Ford Coppola.

"The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever," Rolling Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation. Suddenly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glinsky, Albert (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Moog, Bob > (Robert)
Electronic musical instrument makers > United States > Biography.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument) > History.
Electronic musical instrument makers
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Biography.
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola
  • Prelude
  • Part One. The Flushing Geek. Depression's Child ; Bronx Cheers ; Our Guarantee ; No Exit
  • Part Two. Slipping Backwards on a Banana Peel. Transistor Man and the Crusaders ; Do It Yourself ; The Abominatron ; A Eunuch in a Harem ; A Few Thousand Screws
  • Part Three. Cosmic Sounds. Hallucinations for Your Ear ; The Star Collector ; Long Live the Moog! ; Hello, Hal ; The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog ; Socket To Me, Baby!
  • Part Four. Short Circuits. Panicsville ; Mini and the Beast ; A Palace Revolution ; The Island of Electronicus ; I Bought Bob Moog
  • Part Five. An Apocalypse Now. The Gelatin Pit ; Vexations ; Genericide ; Yankee Go Home ; The Briar Patch
  • Part Six. The Grand Poobah. Genius for Hire ; Comes Now the Defendant ;The Desperate Voyager ; Patron Saint of Electrogeeks ; The Show That Never Ends.

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