Reflect upon the conflict between commercial and artistic imperatives in cultural production generally. Bridges the gap between academic scholarship and popular consumption. Utilizes cultural criticism and sound studies as well as contemporary and archival texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the Stooges that will appeal both to rock fans and scholars (especially in the fields of cultural studies, the long Sixties, musicology, punk studies, and performance studies).

Reflect upon the conflict between commercial and artistic imperatives in cultural production generally. Bridges the gap between academic scholarship and popular consumption. Utilizes cultural criticism and sound studies as well as contemporary and archival texts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the Stooges that will appeal both to rock fans and scholars (especially in the fields of cultural studies, the long Sixties, musicology, punk studies, and performance studies).

'Future Blues' is both a progression from and a break with Michael S. Begnal's previous collection, described as 'an attempt at reconstructing an obscured heritage'. While traces of this impulse recur, this collection hurtles forward, seeking out 'new images and modes of being', even as our collective future - death - looms.

Michael S. Begnal is a dual Irish/American citizen, born in the United States in 1966. He was editor of the Galway-based literary magazine, The Burning Bush. His first collection. The Lakes of Coma, was brought out in 2003. He has appeared in numerous journals, including Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales. Translation Ireland, Studies, and Cork Literary Review.