... Track two introduces the Vinyl Freak column, explaining the motivation for writing the monthly entries for the jazz magazine and considering the demise and then unexpected return of vinyl records in the waning era of CDs, with special consideration given to the materiality of the vinyl LP...

... The introduction gives an overview of the Prestes Column in the 1920s and its legacy across the twentieth century, especially in the realm of political symbolism and newspaper coverage. Background is provided on the column's leader, Luís Carlos Prestes, and the analytical framework of interior...

... into the Prestes Column. In many ways, the column was an inheritor of the discourses made famous by Cunha. The leaders of the column invoked Cunha's writing about the landscapes of the backlands, they mimicked his way of describing local people, and they saw themselves as continuing his legacy of bringing...

... Chapter 2 traces the early phase of the rebel movement, showing that, although its mythology claims that the column always intended to march into Brazil's interior, the inland route was accidental: once most of the original São Paulo rebels stopped fighting and went into exile, the column turned...

.... If they were seen as failed rebels forced to wander the backlands, the column would likely lose its public support—and perhaps lead to even more of its soldiers deserting. But, if seen as modern-day bandeirantes, the rebels could march through the backlands with a perceived sense of purpose and bravery...