{"product_id":"is-it-still-good-to-ya-fifty-years-of-rock-criticism-1967-2017-9781478000228","title":"Is It Still Good to Ya?: Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017","description":"\u003ci\u003eIs It Still Good to Ya?\u003c\/i\u003e sums up the career of longtime \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e stalwart Robert Christgau, who for half a century has been America's most widely respected rock critic, honoring a music he argues is only more enduring because it's sometimes simple or silly. While compiling historical overviews going back to Dionysus and the gramophone along with artist analyses that range from Louis Armstrong to M.I.A., this definitive collection also explores pop's African roots, response to 9\/11, and evolution from the teen music of the '50s to an art form compelled to confront mortality as its heroes pass on. A final section combines searching obituaries of David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen with awed farewells to Bob Marley and Ornette Coleman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Christgau currently contributes a weekly record column to \u003ci\u003eNoisey\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to four dozen \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e selections, \u003ci\u003eIs It Still Good to Ya?\u003c\/i\u003e collects pieces from the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other venues, including a hundred-word squib from the \u003ci\u003eDartmouth Alumni Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. The most recent of Christgau's six previous books is the 2015 memoir \u003ci\u003eGoing into the City: Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He taught music history and writing at New York University from 2005 to 2016.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504627847442,"sku":"9781478000228","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f1e4c0d-ce8e-4dc8-9550-f16f52d3ecf7.jpg?v=1730823924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/is-it-still-good-to-ya-fifty-years-of-rock-criticism-1967-2017-9781478000228","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}