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Play like a man : my life in Poster Children
- Title
- Play like a man : my life in Poster Children / Rose Marshack.
- Author
- Marshack, Rose, 1965-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
- ©2023
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 221 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "As a member of Poster Children, Rose Marshack took part in entwined revolutions. Marshack and other women seized a much-elevated profile in music during the indie rock breakthrough while the advent of new digital technologies transformed the recording and marketing of music. Touring in a van, meeting your idols, juggling a programming job with music, keeping control and credibility, the perils of an independent record label (and the greater perils of a major)-Marshack chronicles the band's day-to-day life and punctuates her account with excerpts from her tour reports and hard-learned lessons on how to rock, program, and teach while female. She also details the ways Poster Children applied punk's DIY ethos to digital tech as a way to connect with fans via then-new media like pkids listservs, internet radio, and enhanced CDs. An inside look at a scene and a career, Play Like a Man is the evocative and humorous tale of one woman's life in the trenches and online"--
- Series Statement
- Music in American life
- Uniform Title
- Music in American life.
- Subject
- Marshack, Rose, 1965-
- Poster Children (Musical group)
- Women bass guitarists > United States > Biography
- Women alternative rock musicians > United States > Biography
- Bass guitarists > United States > Biography
- Alternative rock musicians > United States > Biography
- Alternative rock musicians
- Bass guitarists
- Women alternative rock musicians
- Women bass guitarists
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
- Contents
- Part one : 1980s : College. Origin story ; The scene at college ; Punk bands in dorms ; Computers ; Play like a man -- Part two : 1987-1992 : Pre-major label life. The indie code of ethics ; Local ; Regional ; National -- Part three : 1993-1996 : Major label life ; Mashed potatoes ; Recording ; Touring ; Radio sucks ; Computer experiments ; Expectations ; Big changes -- Part four : 1997 : Post major label. Online participation ; Life as a woman ; How to look at things ; Teaching -- Appendix. List of Poster Children alumni.
- Call Number
- JME 23-330
- ISBN
- 9780252044861
- 025204486X
- 9780252086960
- 0252086961
- 9780252054013 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022036528
- OCLC
- 1338646425
- Author
- Marshack, Rose, 1965- author.
- Title
- Play like a man : my life in Poster Children / Rose Marshack.
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Music in American lifeMusic in American life.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Marshack, Rose, 1965- Play like a man. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 0252054016 (DLC) 2022036529 (OCoLC)1338646278
- Research Call Number
- JME 23-330