Kim Cooper and David Smay are founders/coeditors of the fanzine, Scram, which is devoted to pop music obscurities. Scram was an editor's choice in Factsheet 5 for "unusually great writing" and sited by LA Weekly as a best-of-LA publication. They are coeditors of BubblegumMusic Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History ofPrepubescent Pop from the Banana Splits to BritneySpears.
"Lost in the Grooves is a genre-surfing Smithsonian of overlooked
musical marvels. Without fetishizing obscurity for its own sake,
the Guide sidesteps cynical cool vs. uncool upsmanship and
celebrates castoffs -- by both the forgotten and the famous --
which exude trend-transcending merit. Each entry compels you to
seek out the music." -- Irwin Chusid, WFMU DJ and author of Songs
in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of OutsiderMusic
"Caprice is everything, and SCRAM's lost grooves are a music geek's
very heaven. The zinester spirit of lauding the officially uncool
lives on in this eminently dip-worthy collection." -- Barney
Hoskyns, author and editor of Rock's Backpages, The Online Library
of Rock &Roll
"Kim Cooper and David Smay have scored again with their invaluable
guide to the best sounds you've never heard. Impeccably researched,
refreshingly subjective, they almost make being obscure as much fun
as being rich and famous. Of course, they forgot to mention my
band.." -- Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves
"Scram is truly a resource for those musicians just outside the
windows of top-forty-land, those songwriters and guitar slingers
looking for an outlet for their own particular brand of art.
Accordingly, Lost in the Grooves takes up where Scram leaves off --
a compilation of ruminations from 75 critics and music aficionados
detailing their favorite slices of the scene... Lost inthe Grooves
is not a book for fans mad about one band or one particular singer.
Instead, this is a book for the serious music fan, for those
serious students of the art form curious about who-influenced-who
and what sound rose out of what region. Like turning on a radio
station and listening to a feverish wounded-voiced DJ tell you the
reason behind every record you never heard, there's 20 new things
to be learned on every page here
." -- Electric Review
"What makes Lost in the Grooves a real groovy read is the honest
passion its contributors exhibit for their lost-and-found
faves.
." -- Mojo Magazine
"Music trivia fans who enjoy the offbeat and odd get all the
stories behind these selected notables-but-not-greats. Highly
recommended
." -- Bookwatch
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