Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s told through the story of the period's most important forgotten comedy group.

This expansive book reclaims the Firesign Theatre (hazily remembered as a comedy act for stoners) as critically engaged artists working in the heart of the culture industry at a time of massive social and technological change. At the intersection of popular music, sound and media studies, cultural history, and avant-garde literature, Jeremy Braddock explores...