Finding the Beat: Entrainment, Rhythmic Play, and Social Meaning in Rock Music

Contents

• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Preamble
• 2. Ambiguity, Rhythm, and Participation in Radiohead's "Pyramid Song"
• 3. Rhythmic Play, Compositional Intent, and Communication in Rock Music
• 4. The Backbeat as Expressive Device in Rock Music
• 5. Entrainment and the Human-Technology Interface, Historical and Technological Considerations
• 6. Entrainment and the Human-Technology Interface, Sociological and Aesthetic Considerations
• 7. Radiohead, Oxford, and a Rhythmic Holy Grail
• Appendix Vancouver and Los Angeles Crews
• Bibliography
• Index