TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF OUR 107TH 33 1/3 ON BEAT HAPPENING, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF BEAT HAPPENING WEEK BY AUTHOR BRYAN PARKER ! Beat Happening’s eponymous first album laid the groundwork for the material central force Calvin Johnson’s K Records imprint released in the future, including several subsequent Beat Happening records. Using Beat Happening as a template, the trio built upon their initial ideas, deepening and broadening them with each album. Although as early as the 1960s, postmodern ways of thinking seeped into musical expression…
Beat Happening Week – Day 2: Beat Happening’s Postmodern Pop
