Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums

by Jeremy Braddock

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s as told through the story of the period's most important forgotten comedy group.

This expansive book reclaims the Firesign Theatre (hazily remembered as a comedy act for stoners) as critically engaged artists working in the heart of the culture industry at a time of massive social and technological change. Working at the intersection of popular music, sound and media studies, cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520398513
• ISBN13: 9780520398511
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages