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Acknowledgments

Heartfelt thanks to friends and mentors: Stephen Mantin (and clan), Anneke Corbett, The Mad Peck (a.k.a. Dr. Oldie, the Dean of the University of Musical Perversity); I. C. Lotz (a.k.a. Vicky Hollmann), Sol Jacobs, Thomas Berry, Steve Sumerford & Evelyn Smith, Bill Adler & Sarah Moulton, Larry & Claire Morse, Marnie Thompson & Stephen Johnson, Ken & Mary Alice Knight, John & Robin Davis, Nick Divitci, Terry Austin, David Marc, Ben Gerson, Ken Emerson, Robert A. Hull, Lenny Kaye, Earl Kirmser, Roswell & Holly Sue Angier, John Clayton & Sharon Dunn, Robert Somma, Andy Schwartz, Chris Capece, David Unger, Paul Mills, Tom Miller, Harry Duncan, David Smyth, Alan Betrock, Charlie Gillett, Danny Schechter, Nick Tosches, Molly Mullin, and Tim Jurgens. I want to single out Richard Meltzer, who bro\oes to Simon Frith, the first scholar to pay close attention to the interplay of rock ‘n’ roll and television.

Gratitude to my academic mentors/colleagues: Lance Strate, Phil Rose, Tom McCourt, Thom Gencarelli, Robert Barry Francos, Michael Grabowski, Andrew Chrystal, Brian Cogan, Jeff Einstein, and the entire Media Ecology Association, an intellectual community worthy of both names. Thanks to my editors, Susan Barnes, Kathryn Harrison, Janell Harris, Jackie Pavlovic, and Erika Hendrix at Peter Lang for making the book better and ushering it through the publishing process.←xi | xii→

And lastly, a shout-out to a few of those who have provided consistent nourishment for my rock ‘n’ roll soul: Ray Davies, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Hank Williams, Lowman Pauling, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Captain Beefheart, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Ray Charles, Graham Parker, Bo Diddley, Leonard Cohen, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Peter Schickele, Loudon Wainwright III, George Clinton, and Lou Reed.←xii | 1→