Toma de tierra

What marks the end of the Movida? Is indie ending the night Letizia Ortiz goes to see Los Planetas at Primavera? Do the big festivals end with live rock? Will the algorithm replace the artistic directors of record companies? Have you done it already? Is there life in the FM? Pop stars, are they Jungian archetypes? Does Netflix have more cultural weight than the entire music industry? The chefs, haven't they beaten the musicians by a landslide? Will musicians be paid or made to play? What will be the first tribute band to earn more than the original? When did we go from recommending a song to "prescribing the product"? Is there a milestone comparable to the addition of the dual camera to the iPhone? Who downloaded the last ringtone and what was it? Since when does rock not offend anyone? What will be the last song with autotune? What marks the end of the music press? When did this become impossible to make a living? When was it possible? This book will not give all the answers, but it does raise the questions and, along the way, it relates the political and social history of the last decades with a long list of characters seen at close range: Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Miles Davis, Radio Futura , Jarvis Cocker, Debbie Harry, David Bowie, Morrissey, Ramones, REM, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Prince, U2, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones, Joaquín Sabina, Andrés Calamaro, Radiohead, Manu Chao, Nacho Vegas, Sex Pistols , Nick Cave, Enrique Morente, Rosalía...