2023/02/28 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part One. 1980s : College. Origin Story ; The Scene at College ; Punk Bands in Dorms ; Computers ; Play Like a Man -- Part Two. 1987-1992 : Pre-major Label Life. The Indie Code of Ethics ; Local ; Regional ; National -- Part Three. 1993-1996 : Major LabelLife ; Mashed Potatoes ; Recording ; Touring ; Radio Sucks ; Computer Experiments ; Expectations ; Big Changes -- Part Four. 1997 : Post Major Label. Online Participation ; Life as a Woman ; How to Look at Things ; Teaching -- Appendix. List of Poster Children Alumni.
Summary:
"As a member of Poster Children, Rose Marshack took part in entwined revolutions. Marshack and other women seized a much-elevated profile in music during the indie rock breakthrough while the advent of new digital technologies transformed the recording and marketing of music. Touring in a van, meeting your idols, juggling a programming job with music, keeping control and credibility, the perils of an independent record label (and the greater perils of a major)-Marshack chronicles the band's day-to-day life and punctuates her account with excerpts from her tour reports and hard-learned lessons on how to rock, program, and teach while female. She also details the ways Poster Children applied punk's DIY ethos to digital tech as a way to connect with fans viathen-new media like pkids listservs, internet radio, and enhanced CDs. An inside look at a scene and a career, Play Like a Man is the evocative and humorous tale of one woman's life in the trenches and online"-- Provided by publisher.
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