Rock Snob's Dictionary

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THE ROCK SNOB'S DICTIONARY: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge. By David Kamp and Steven Daly. (Broadway, paper, $12.95.) Developed from a recurring column in Vanity Fair, this slim book is a note-perfect lexicon of the names, recordings, places and ephemera treasured by those who lord ''their encyclopedic musical knowledge over others.'' (Think John Cusack in ''High Fidelity.'') From provocateur producer Steve Albini to Nudie's Rodeo Tailors (whose bespoke Western wear outfitted Hank Williams, Gram Parsons and Beck), with stops at such unavoidable terminology as ''post-rock'' and ''seminal'' and mandatory references to Brian Wilson every few pages, Kamp and Daly's book equips readers with a sufficient arsenal to make it through the latest issue of Mojo magazine or a thick set of liner notes on a Rhino Records reissue. Of course, try as they might to present their book as a way to ''bridge cultural gaps between snobs and nonsnobs,'' the obvious danger here is that this dictionary is really a way for self-satisfied music geeks to feel even more smug by demonstrating that they -- O.K., we -- can laugh at ourselves. To complain about the occasional odd choice (Kurtis Blow and Whodini, but no DJ Premier?) would be to out myself as a snob among snobs, so . . . never mind.

http://nytimes.com/2005/07/03/books/review...ICIT.html?8hpib

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