Although La Monte Young is one of the most important composers of the late twentieth century, he is also one of the most elusive. Generally recognized as the patriarch of the minimalist movement—Brian Eno once called him "the daddy of us all"—he nonetheless remains an enigma within the music world. Early in his career Young eschewed almost completely the conventional musical institutions of publishers, record labels, and venues, in order to create compositions completely unfettered by commercial...

• Contents
• Introduction: Gonzo Musicology
• Chapter 1: The Tabula (Not So) Rasa: La Monte Young's Early Life and Early Works
• Chapter 2: Getting Inside the Sound: The Works from 1959-60
• Chapter 3: The Ideology of the Drone: La Monte Young The Mystic
• Chapter 4: Space Exploration, Part 1: Telos and Stasis in the Dream House
• Chapter 5: Space Exploration, Part 2: Mormon Cosmology and The Well-Tuned Piano
• Epilogue: After Teleology
• Appendix: Chronological List of Compositions
• N...