Two pre-Internet authors on Sociology of music: Rob Faulkner's book on Networks of Hollywood Musicians Richard P (Pete) Petersen's books and articles Sorry, I don't have titles handy. 12-day road trip has fried the brain. even if these guys are pre-net, they are both smart and thoughtful on this subject. Which reminds me of an interaction I had last Saturday at a Bat Mitzvah in Tucson. Me: Is that the Andrews Sisters singing "Candyman"? DJ: No, It's Christine Aguilera. Me: Sounds like the Andrews Sisters from the 40s. DJ: I didn't know they had discs then. Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman For fun -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender now _____________________________________________________________________