| Introduction Chaos and Transformation | 1 | ||
| 1 Consolidated to Death | 5 | ||
| 2 Payola Blues | 14 | ||
| 3 Napster vs. Metallica | 25 | ||
| 4 Customers or Criminals? | 41 | ||
| 5 Is Prince Nuts? | 58 | ||
| 6 "Do Not Insult Death Cab" | 69 | ||
| 7 Conor Oberst: "He Was Thirteen and Kicking Our Asses" | 87 | ||
| 8 "Screw the Record Companies, Screw MTV, Just Go Out and Play" | 102 | ||
| 9 Everyone's a Critic | 112 | ||
| 10 Arcade Fire: Chocolate Fountains Everywhere | 132 | ||
| 11 Innovation Out of Necessity | 149 | ||
| 12 Girl Talk's Illegal Art | 161 | ||
| 13 Future Shock from Wham City | 173 | ||
| 14 "George Bush Doesn't Like Black People" | 180 | ||
| 15 A New Boss, Same as the Old Boss | 192 | ||
| 16 Steve Jobs and the iPod "Burglary Kit" | 201 | ||
| 17 "The Feedback Loop of Creativity" | 211 | ||
| 18 "I Love Picking Fights" | 219 | ||
| 19 "It's Up to You" | 232 | ||
| 20 "Steal, Steal, and Steal Some More" | 242 | ||
| Acknowledgments | 251 | ||
| Index | 253 |