To celebrate the theatrical release of Rip!, Open Source Cinema is seeking participants to remix a photo of Times Square. Go to opensourcecinema.org/remixnyc for more information. Below is my submission to the project:

Along with all the other fun life-changing events occurring this month, more and more music seems to be on the horizon: bands, recordings, regular DJing sets, theremins, etc.

 

Duke Professor Emeritus and author of From Slavery to Freedom, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Rest in peace John Hope Franklin.

 

I just finished putting the actual pages into the dissertation’s table of contents. Here it is:

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION.  AMATEUR MUSICIAN NARRATIVE: THE FACTUAL, FILMIC, FICTIONAL, AND FABRICATED - 1

 

• The Amateur - 10

 

• Popular music on film and film on popular music - 17

 

• Chapters - 24

 

CHAPTER I.  Inauthentic Success/Authentic Obscurity: LADIES AND GENTLEMENT THE FABULOUS STAINS - 30

 

• All Washed Up becomes Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains - 33

 

• The production of All Washed Up - 58

 

• The cult(ure) of The Fabulous Stains - 66

 

• Conclusion - 71

 

CHAPTER II.  ISHTAR AND THE AMATEUR MUSICIAN AS METAPHOR - 73

 

• Ishtar and the songwriting team of Rodgers and Clarke - 77

 

• Elaine May’s “Orwellian” Vision - 92

 

• A Spinal Tap for songwriters - 96

 

• Conclusion - 99

 

CHAPTER III.  HALF-COCKED AND A CAPTURING OF THE AUTHENTIC AMATEUR MUSICIAN NARRATIVE - 102

 

• Give the money to the out-of-town band - 107

 

• Professional musicians acting like non-musicians pretending to be musicians - 114

 

• An indie film on a rock tour - 121

 

• Conclusion - 125

 

CHAPTER IV.  HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: (EN)GENDERED PROFESSIONALISM AND (TRANS)GENDERED AMATEURISM - 128

 

• Some slip of a girly boy from Communist East Berlin - 130

 

• From the clubs to Off-Broadway to film - 143

 

• Follow My Voice: Hedwig’s legacy - 150

 

• Conclusion - 157

 

CHAPTER V.  CONCLUSIONS - 160

 

• The Amateur (Slight Return) - 164

 

• Potential for future application and study - 170

 

REFERENCES - 178