Can cool ever be uncool? The mystery of my parents' lifestyle How cool became so The progenitor of cool: Bix Beiderbecke The president of cool: Lester Young The prince of darkness: Miles Davis The signifying bunny, or the birth (and death) of the cool for kids Everybody acts like Miles Davis Live by the swoosh, die by the swoosh America loses its cool The sound of postcool music The postcool society The birth (and death) of the cool: a timeline