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The hours are long but the pay is low : a curious life in independent music / Rob Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Rob (Co-founder of Bloodshot Records), Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miller, Rob (Co-founder of Bloodshot Records).
- Miller, Rob.
- Bloodshot Records (Firm).
- Sound recording industry--Illinois--Chicago.
- Sound recording industry.
- Alternative rock music--United States--History and criticism.
- Alternative rock music.
- Alternative country music--History and criticism.
- Alternative country music.
- Americana (Music)--History and criticism.
- Americana (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- [Champaign, IL] : 3 Fields Books, an imprint of the University of Illinois Press, [2025]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Hoist the Black Flag
- SIDE A. Don't Conform, Be Like Us ; My Cleanest Dirty Shirt ; Jams, Kicked Out ; Everybody's Heard about the Bird ; "A Serious Matter" ; Knocking Off Hats ; Journey to Chore Holy Cow, Whattasetta ... ; Haunting Taverns ; The Squares Will Rule ; All Alone and Lost ; Dig! ; Riotous Overdrive ; A Pair of Brown Shoes ; The Venal Snake Pit
- SIDE B. A Long Plastic Hallway ; Son of a Jackal's Eyeball ; One Never Knew ; So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star? ; Get Offa My Lawn ; Rod & the Shades Walked into a Studio ... ; Shut Up and Play For a Few Dollars Less ; Beware the Wrath of Eyjafjallajökull ; In Praise of the Flip Phone ; A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of Music and the Sublime, Or, Music as Dumpster Pizza ; The Gospel According to Joe
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Place of publication from the publisher's website.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Miller, Rob Hours are long, but the pay is low
- ISBN:
- 9780252048401
- 0252048407
- Publisher Number:
- 40032991307
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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