Today declares svengaliatlarge Malcolm McLaren there are two words that sum up the culture authenticity is one and the other... karaoke Many artists spend their entire life trying to authenticate make true a karaoke culturebut you have to be a magician to make that happen. This book like the exhibition from which it stems is built around McLarens Shallow a series of 21 musical paintings made from a grab bag of pop cultures debris over the past 50 years. The project curated by Bernd Wurlitzer