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Black Sabbath: Master of Reality (33 1/3 Series)

by John Darnielle

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John Darnielle describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his culture to his captors: passionately, patiently, and lovingly.

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Black Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John Darnielle hears it through the ears of Roger Painter, a young adult locked in a southern California adolescent psychiatric center in 1985; deprived of his Walkman and hungry for comfort, he explains Black Sabbath as one might describe air to a fish, or love to an android, hoping to convince his captors to give him back his tapes.
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ISBN:
9780826428998
Author:
Darnielle, John
Publisher:
Continuum
Subject:
History & Criticism - General
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Subject:
Heavy metal (music)
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Composers & Musicians - Rock
Subject:
Heavy metal (Music) -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Black Sabbath (Musical group)
Subject:
Music -- History and criticism.
Copyright:
2008
Series:
33 1/3
Series Volume:
56
Publication Date:
20080431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
101
Dimensions:
6.51x6.53x.26 in. .20 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Black Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John Darnielle hears it through the ears of Roger Painter, a young adult locked in a southern California adolescent psychiatric center in 1985; deprived of his Walkman and hungry for comfort, he explains Black Sabbath as one might describe air to a fish, or love to an android, hoping to convince his captors to give him back his tapes.
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