{"product_id":"slanted-and-enchanted-the-evolution-of-indie-culture-paperback","title":"Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaya Oakes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively examination of the spirit and practices that have made the indie movement into a powerful cultural phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou know the look: skinny jeans, Chuck Taylors, perfectly mussed bed-head hair; You know the music: Modest Mouse, the Shins, Pavement. You know the ethos: DIY with a big helping of irony. But what does it really mean to be indie? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs popular television shows adopt indie soundtracks and the signature style bleeds into mainstream fashion, the quirky individuality of the movement seems to be losing ground. In \u003ci\u003eSlanted and Enchanted\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaya Oakes demonstrates how this phase is part of the natural cycle of a culture that reinvents itself continuously to preserve its core ideals of experimentation, freedom, and collaboration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough interviews and profiles of the artists who have spearheaded the cause over the years--including Mike Watt, David Berman, Kathleen Hanna, and Dan Clowes--Oakes examines the collective creativity and cross-genre experimentation that are the hallmarks of this popular lifestyle trend. Her visits to music festivals, craft fairs, and smaller collectives around the country round out the story, providing a compelling portayal of indie life on the ground. Culminating in the current indie milieu of music, crafting, style, art, comics, and zines, Oakes reveals from whence indie came and where it will go next.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaya Oakes\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-founder of \u003ci\u003eKitchen Sink\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, which received the Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Magazine in 2002. Currently a writing instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, she has lived the indie life for more than twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131123077255,"sku":"9780805088526","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a80118dbbdea9f24450be2f8fc1a8203.webp?v=1732616529","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/slanted-and-enchanted-the-evolution-of-indie-culture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}