Ways of Hearing A User's Guide to the Pop Psyche, from Elvis to Eminem

Ben Thompson's erudite and entertaining journalism has many fans (he's been feted by Greil Marcus and Simon Frith)Features numerous interviews with popular and cutting edge musicians and DJsSits alongside recent titles such as Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash, Matthew Collins' Altered States, Kodwo Eshun's More Brilliant Than the Sun and Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's Last Night a DJ Saved My Life.'Even the appendix is funny. ****' Gareth Grundy, Q Magazine'Absolutely wonderful' Nicholas Lezard, Independent on Sunday'There's little place for dissent inside Thompson's sonic cathedral - but what a fantastic place to visit' John Mullen, Mojo'His writing is stylish, amusing and chock-full of genuine insights' Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Financial TimesThompson, Ben is the author of 'Ways of Hearing A User's Guide to the Pop Psyche, from Elvis to Eminem', published 2001 under ISBN 9780753812891 and ISBN 0753812894.