The 23 essays (or "love songs") that make up the now classic volume Air Guitar trawl a "vast; invisible underground empire" of pleasure; through record stores; honky-tonks; art galleries; jazz clubs; cocktail lounges; surf shops and hot-rod stores; as restlessly on the move as the America they depict. Air Guitar pioneered a kind of plain-talking in cultural criticism; willingly subjective and always candid and direct. A valuable reading tool for art lovers; neophytes; students and teachers alike; Hickeys bookmdash;now in its third editionmdash;has galvanized a generation of art lovers; with new takes on Norman Rockwell; Robert Mapplethorpe; Stan Brakhage; Andy Warhol and Perry Mason. In June 2009; Newsweek voted Air Guitar one of the top 50 books that "open a window on the times we live in; whether they deal directly with the issues of today or simply help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways;" and described the book as "a seamless blend of criticism; personal history; and a deep appreciation for the sheer nuttiness of American life." This is the eBook edition of Air Guitar; originally published in print form in August 1997.
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