Ebook: Out of the vinyl deeps: Ellen Willis on rock music

In 1968, the New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column, Rock, Etc., ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the nascent and otherwise male-dominated field of rock criticism. As a writer for a magazine with a circulation of nearly half a million, Willis was also the country's most widely read rock critic. With a voice at once sharp, thoughtful, and ecstatic, she covered a wide range of artistsùBob Dylan, The Who, Van Morrison, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jon.;COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD: OPENING THE VAULT; INTRODUCTION: WAKE-UP CALL; BEFORE THE FLOOD; 1. THE WORLD-CLASS CRITIC; 2. THE ADORING FAN; 3. THE SIXTIES CHILD; 4. THE FEMINIST; 5. THE NAVIGATOR; 6. THE SOCIOLOGIST; AFTERWORD: RAISE YOUR HAND.