{"product_id":"eyeliners-buy-now-paperback","title":"Eyeliner's Buy Now - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJon Stratton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJon Dale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Brown undertakes a thorough study of Eyeliner's\u003ci\u003e BUY NOW\u003c\/i\u003e, a vaporwave homage to the kitsch electronic sounds of the 1980s and 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEyeliner's \u003ci\u003eBUY NOW\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) belongs to a new genre for our times: vaporwave. Emerging in the early 2010s on the internet, vaporwave originated with a cohort of millennial artists who reimagined the musical soundtracks of 1980s-1990s consumerism with an adroit mixture of irony and sincerity. One of these was Eyeliner, the alias of New Zealand computer musician Luke Rowell (a.k.a. Disasteradio). For his vaporwave masterpiece, Rowell harnessed computer software to craft a unique album, a catchy, funky, and witty tour through the utopias of advertising at \"the end of history.\" \u003ci\u003eBUY NOW\u003c\/i\u003e epitomizes a new kind of album for the internet age: made DIY-style, all digital, free, licensed under Creative Commons, and released to a \"virtual\" community, an online scene without geographic center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on original interviews and the album's production archive, this book uses \u003ci\u003eBUY NOW\u003c\/i\u003e's story to investigate what it means to create, distribute, and consume independent music in an era of global networks and digital technology. It places the album in both the real-world and online contexts of Rowell's life and career, from early websites to the Spotify era, from Lower Hutt to the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Brown \u003c\/b\u003eis Music Curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library, part of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa. He has written widely about New Zealand music and co-edited the book \u003ci\u003eSearches for Tradition: Essays on New Zealand Music, Past and Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). He lives with his family in Lower Hutt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 7.79 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292056207609,"sku":"9781501394997","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/EsLL0wrq-j9781501394997.webp?v=1769167444","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/eyeliners-buy-now-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}