Reviews
"(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"-The Guardian, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-Seattle Weekly, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. … And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."- Seattle Weekly, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-Seattle Weekly, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-- Seattle Weekly "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-- Seattle Weekly "(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"-- The Guardian, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. É And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."ÑSeattle Weekly, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-- Seattle Weekly "This book taught me a lot about the business I thought I knew inside out. I loved the 'audience zones' and 'trickster' sections, and I'm looking forward to the next book-on lead singer syndrome!"--Peter Hook, bass player, Joy Division and New Order "A brilliantly provocative book with rigorous research and lucid analysis. It also provides a witty insight into the machinations of the British music industry, and the behavior of musicians and their fans. Essential."--Lucy O'Brien, author of She Bop "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-- Seattle Weekly "(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"-- The Guardian, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."-- Seattle Weekly "(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"-- The Guardian, "This book taught me a lot about the business I thought I knew inside out. I loved the 'audience zones' and 'trickster' sections, and I'm looking forward to the next book--on lead singer syndrome!"--Peter Hook, bass player, Joy Division and New Order, (T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.', "This book taught me a lot about the business I thought I knew inside out. I loved the 'audience zones' and 'trickster' sections, and I'm looking forward to the next book-on lead singer syndrome!"--Peter Hook, bass player, Joy Division and New Order "A brilliantly provocative book with rigorous research and lucid analysis. It also provides a witty insight into the machinations of the British music industry, and the behavior of musicians and their fans. Essential.""--Lucy O'Brien, author of She Bop "This book taught me a lot about the business I thought I knew inside out. I loved the 'audience zones' and 'trickster' sections, and I'm looking forward to the next book-on lead singer syndrome!"--Peter Hook, bass player, Joy Division and New Order, What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience., "(A) cogent and often perceptive look at the scene that yielded Radiohead, Portishead and the Futureheads. ...(Fonarow's) extensive observations of performance rituals are surprisingly insightful."--New York Times Book Review, "(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"ÑThe Guardian, "(T)he book turns out to be great fun, with excellent and recognizable analyses of the three different audience zones, the semiotics of where you put your backstage pass, the different rhetorical strategies used by people trying to get past the guestlist doorman, and the gender-stereotype-inverting role of groupies, or 'ritual practitioners.'"- The Guardian, "What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan. ... And Fonarow's analysis of a typical indie concert is one of the most brilliant things anyone has written about the live music experience."--Seattle Weekly
