I hate old music, too : how familiarity & overuse killed our favorite music /

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Includes bibliographical references.Introduction. As Easy as Falling Off a Logarithm -- We Built This City on Landfill, Mud, and Shifting Sands. Rock'n'Roll Had Nothing to Do with It -- or, If You Can't Spell It, Don't Sell It -- My Parents Went to Woodstock and All I Inherited Was Their Lousy Record Collection -- or, Fear and Loathing in the Rock Hall of Fame -- First World Problems -- or, So You Think You Hate Old Music? -- The Top Ten Rock'n'Roll Anatidaephobiacs -- or, When Will the Cloud Start Shouting Back? -- How to Dismantle an Atomic Eff-Bomb -- or, The Rudest Words Are Rock'n'Roll -- Sdrawkcab Siht Etirw em Edam Lived Eht -- or, Satanic Messages in Reverse -- Ten Things You Didn't Know about Elvis Presley's Bottom -- or, The Greatest Albums Ever Listed -- The Five Funniest Jokes Jim Morrison Ever Told -- or, Quality versus Quantity -- We're Just Not That Into You, Boomer -- or, What Does This Button Do? -- The Undelete-Able File -- or, "Wow, I've Got Some Real Lame Shit on My iPod." "Oh, You, Too?" -- Butternut Canker Killed the Video Star -- or, Promoting the Pants off Garbage -- The Fifteen Filthiest Progressive Rock Beards -- or, Are Sales Really the Only Barometer You Respect? -- What Tomorrow's Pop Stars Looked Like Last Week (You'll Never Recognize Number Three) -- or, A Plague of Oldies -- Super-Harry-Outsells-Beatles, Though-He's-Quite-Atrocious -- or, Editorial Bias Not Included -- Meanwhile, on the Forums -- Lip-Synching, Libido-Quenching, Foul-Tasting, Debilitating, Buzz-Killing, Shit-Talking, Tired-of-Living, Sick-of-Giving, Fool-Appealing -- or, That Sinking Feeling -- Parturient Montes, Nascetur Ridiculus Mus -- or, A Sickness of Supergroups -- One More Time for the Fans -- or, Don't They Look Young for Their Age? -- Named and Shamed -- Ten Artists Who Claim They Do Remember the 1960s -- or, Oops, There Goes Another Vertebrae -- The Secret Life of Pants -- or, Reviving Vinyl for Fun Profit and Profit -- We'll Fix It in the Mix -- or Fifty Years Later -- Twenty Totally Tubular Hits of the 1980s -- or, The Wrong Box -- First Time Ever in Limited Edition "Distressed" (Scratchy Warped) Dirty Off-Black Vinyl -- or, In Praise of Rip-Off Store Day -- The Sound of Tomorrow's Yesterdays Today -- or, The Wonder of Eurovision -- In Which We Thank the Stars of the Past for Their Service... and Tell Them It's Time to Let Go -- Epilogue. Growing Convictions -- Appendix A. An Index of Wholly Imaginary Artists -- Appendix B. Twenty-First-Century Playlist."An edgy, witty, and opinionated critical analysis of "classic rock" in the 21st century, discussing everything from modern remixes of classic albums (why?) to concert ticket prices, Record Store Day, the vinyl revival, milking deceased artists, reunions, tribute acts, and more"--