Volume 1 Issue 2 is now available to download here: http://riffsjournal.org/issues/volume-1-issue-2-oct-2017/
Riffs is an Open Access Postgraduate journal run by PhD and MA students at Birmingham City University, and supported by the BCMCR (Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research). This issue is guest edited by Simon Barber with words from songwriter Dan Wilson.
Contents
Editorial – Simon Barber (Birmingham City University)
Dropping Pebbles– Brian David Stevens
Mimesis (1, 2 & 3) – Tom Pierard (The Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand)
About About: A Songwriter’s perspective – Tom Wilson (Royal Holloway College, UK)
UNBROKEN CHAINS: the fascination of psychedelia with bicycles and the long strange trips that ensued – Camilla Aisa (London South Bank University, UK)
SONG-PEACE-WAR-SINS-INDUSTRY-DISCONTENT-FAME-OBSCURITY – Daniel Fardon (University of Birmingham, UK)
El Tren Fantasma: A Familiar Journey into Unknown Narratives – Fiamma Mozzetta (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
Bone Machine (1992). What the hell is Tom Waits singing about?– Adriano Tedde (Griffith University, Australia)
How can you sing a song if you have no voice? Disabled musicians, activism, technology, and the authenticity of creativity – Leon Clowes (University of Huddersfield, UK / Drake Music)
Aotearoa: Picturing the lyrics of the land – Katie Rochow (Wellington University, New Zealand)