As a public service, Docrock provides copies of some of his written output for those interested in the subject matter, those who might be writing on similar topics (proper credit is expected), those who might consider publishing unpublished pieces, or are looking closely at the possibility of working with him. In the case of published pieces, it is hoped that would-be readers make a solid effort to find the appropriate book or journal in a nearby library before requesting a copy. For the unpublished items, just e-mail, stating the piece you want and the motivation behind your request, and providing a snail mail address. Reasonable requests will be honored. Abstracts follow:

Master's Thesis: "The Case For Scholarly Study of Rock'n'Roll: A Philosophy of Education." Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University (1981). Available through University Microfilms Inc.
---- Takes a contemporary sociological/anthropological/media studies approach to arguing for the scholarly and societal value of studying and teaching critical skills related to popular music.

Doctoral Dissertation: "Radical Pedagogy and the Interdisciplinary Revolution: Teaching Youth Culture For the Twenty-First Century." American Culture Studies program, Bowling Green State University (1995). Available through University Microfilms Inc.
---- Constructs a theoretically grounded , transdisciplinary strategy for teaching first year college composition. Building from cultural studies approaches to youth and youth culture to generate content, using college wide required composition courses as a vehicle is urged to bring the critical tools of cultural studies from institutional margins into the mainstream.

PUBLISHED PAPERS:

"Do We Really Have To THINK About This Stuff? Music Business Majors and Popular Music Studies," forthcoming Spring 1999 in the Journal Of Popular Music Studies.
---- This paper details the trials and travails of a new faculty member bringing the theories and methodologies of Popular Music Studies into a skills-driven MB program. Centers on the first two offerings of a special topics seminar on "Music As Popular Culture."

"Rock, Rap, and Rehnquist: Obscenity, Labeling and the Chilling Effect," forthcoming in Policing Popular Music, Martin Cloonan and Reebee Garofalo, editors.
---- Written in Law Journal style, this paper recaps a wide range of legal and legislative challenges to popular music as expression using primary materials. Picks up after the 1985 Congressional Hearings on heavy metal music. Details cases involving Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, the Dead Kennedys, and 2Live Crew. Nods to Congressional Hearings In 1994, 1997, and 1998 as well as proposals in State Legislatures in the 1990s. Provides an assessment of the contemporary environment for these and future content-based challenges.

"Worse than The PMRC: The 1994 Congressional Hearings On Popular Music," Journal Of Popular Music Studies.
---- Looking at transcripts of both House and Subcommittee Hearings centered on "gangsta rap," this paper highlights the best and worst assertions about popular music from the testimony and analyzes the potential impact of these proceedings and the assumptions behind them. despite eloquent testimony about the positive role of most popular music these Hearings are seen as damaging to popular music by adding to the visibility and credibility of its opponents.

"'Commercials in the Classroom? What Next, Music Videos?' Yes." Radical Teacher #52.
---- This paper details the purpose and construction of a classroom exercise using a reel of commercials featuring stars of popular music. Highlighting the overt commodification of the stars, their music, and established relationships with fans, it endeavors to problematize the ever-increasing penetration of creativity by commerce.

"The Ghost and Mr. Springsteen," review essay of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad," from The Journal Of American Folklore, #110 Spring 1997.
---- Explores echoes of the Steinbeck's hero in literature and film on this disc, changes in Springsteen's narrative style, and provides a reading of what "The Boss" is seeing and saying on this disc.

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS:

"Eerie Bedfellows By The Lake: A Fiscal and Financial Analysis of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum," Fall 1998.
---- Building on public record materials, interviews with rock hall employees and former directors (2), looks at the museums financial and governance structures with a jaundiced eye.

"The Recording Technologies Complex: Iron Horse Of The Twentieth Century?" Summer 1997.
---- Building from American Studiesanalysis then interrogating same, this paper looks at the central of sound, film, and video recording to American culture in the twentieth century.

"Cultural Collision at the Crossroads: Conflict In The Interpretation of Musical Myth," Spring 1996.
---- Constructs a multi-cultural reading of the crossroads myth in the American blues tradition. Robert Johnson, African animist religions and voodoo practice figure prominently here.

"Generation X Marks The Spot, Or Does It? Spring 1995.
---- Updates early cultural studies approaches to youth and youth culture. Posits the salutary value of making Youth Culture and its components a topic of study in contemporary undergraduate education.

"Lifestyle Marketing: Reaching Consumers Where/How/As They Live," Fall 1994.
---- Takes a theoretically grounded look at contemporary advertising and marketing practices which piggyback commercial messages onto tickets, events, and cultural artifacts slef-selected by consumers for their own enrichment and enjoyment.

"On The Limits Of Civil Religion: The Myth Of the Melting Pot," Spring 1993.
---- This paper looks at understandings of civil religion in America (Bellah, Wuthnow) and their impact on understandings of the nation"stir fry" as a better metaphor, and interrogates two readings of the melting pot myth.