Perfect Beat
The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture
(ISSN: 1038-2909)

Volume 8, Number 4, 2008

Contents
  • What's Going On?
    Perceptions of popular music lobbyists in Australia
    Martin Cloonan
  • Beyond the Sakura Waltz
    Reflections on the encounter between German and Japanese jazz, 1962-1985
    Andrew W. Hurley
  • Transcience and Durability
    Music indursty initiatives, Shima Uta and the maintenance of Amaniculture
    Philip Hayward and Sueo Kuwahara
  • The Mastering Process and the Systems Model of Creativity
    Philp McIntrye and Bryan Paton

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Publication Reviews

Drewett, M and Cloonan, M (eds) (2006) Popular Music Censorship in Africa , Aldershot: Ashgate
- Jon Stratton

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Hayward, P (2006) Bounty Chords: Music, Dance and Cultural Heritage on Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands , Eastleigh: John Libbey and Co
- John Whiteoak

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Finnegan, R (2007) The Hidden Musicians: music-making in an English Town (2nd Edition), Middletown: Wesleyan University Press
- Bruce Johnson

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Kitwana, B (2005) Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America , New York: Basic Civitas Books
- April K Henderson

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Perfect Beat is published by the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.