Desc: American Music: Off the Record: Directed by Benjamin Meade. With Noam Chomsky, Douglas Rushkoff, Jackson Browne, Les Paul. American Music: OFF THE RECORD features theorists Noam Chomsky and Douglas Rushkoff in an interrogation of the American music industry. The film covers a great deal of ground from the authenticity of live music to the circumvention of the corporate machine by indie distribution, to the demise of the privately owned music store.