Why Do People Love America?
Hating America while loving all things American is the twenty-first century paradox. Despite the hostility the country has borne since the Iraq war, the universal consumption of American popular culture continues unabated: we still call in at Starbucks for our 8am caffeine kick-start; we still grab a Big Mac ‘to go’ when there’s no time to stop for lunch; and we still crave the next special-effects-packed Hollywood blockbuster to hit the big screen. Sure, we like to criticise White House policies, but there’s no reason why that should hinder our enjoyment of everything else the US has to offer, is there?
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What is it about depressing songs that make a lasting impression on our minds? Why do bitter sweet anthems tug at our heart strings whilst giving so much pleasure?
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Wall Of Pain - The Life Of Phil Spector
The name of Phil Spector is legendary in the music world. Writer and producer of countless chart-topping standards and shadowy svengali of acts that have now become household names, his innovative genius in the studio revitalised music production in the 1960s and changed the way we listen to music forever.
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Horace the hippo and his jungle friends live in their own little jungle backwater, almost cut off from and out of touch with time. Their only contact with the outside world is an old hand-cranked telephone in the village store. The adventures of Horace and his jungle friends are told with all the naivety, charm and whimsy that is characteristic of the very best in younger children’s stories.
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Bubblegum: The History Of Plastic Pop
The rise and rise of the 'manufactured' pop group has been a reliable and consistent trend over the last 50 years of the pop music charts, and this entertaining account by Nick Brownlee features them all!
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One of the most influential, innovative and inspiring composers of the 20th Century, Edgard Varese responded to advances in modern science in a climate of global conflict to create music that broke down the fragile remnants of diatonic tonality and embraced 'noise'. His intellectual shift from the dominance of melodic progression to a more textural approach to composition would see him revered by such cultural figureheads as Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Frank Zappa and others. His 'Poem Electronique' was one of the first examples of a purely artificial, studio-made composition, and would act as a blueprint for later Electroacoustic explorations. The work Ionisation for percussion ensemble included air-raid sirens and was described by the New York Times as a 'terrible and marvelous work'. The 1954 premier of Deserts caused an uproar comparable to the infamous response to The Rite Of Spring some fifty years earlier.
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Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother
Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother is the story of a remarkable artist, the hardest working man in dance music, spanning his extraordinary career from his earliest band to Normstock 2, taking in the breakdowns and the bust-ups, the chemical highs and lows, DJ domination and the breakbeat generation along the way. Celebrity husband and big-beat entrepreneur, Norman Cook is Fatboy Slim.
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The story of a tragic event and its effects on three generations of an American family, Neil Young's Greendale, originally groundbreaking and critically acclaimed album, film and multi-media tour. For the companion book, the story of the Green family is expanded and brought to vivid life with the help of illustrations by James Mazzeo. Chapters highlight lyrics and stories behind each of the piece's ten songs. This book is the Greendale experience brought to a glorious conclusion, and a must for any fan of Neil Young's work.
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French Connections - From Discotheque To Discovery
At the end of the 1990s, French dance music was everywhere, with artists like Daft Punk, Air, St Germain and Cassius becoming as hip in the dance underground as they were in the mainstream. Suddenly, everyone tried to grab a slice of the French Touch pie.
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NYC Rock - Rock 'n' Roll In The Big Apple
In a country as multicultural and all-embracing as the United States, nowhere has the impact of rock ‘n’ roll been felt more than New York, the gateway to Europe. And it was on the streets and sidewalks of New York City that rock grew up, finding a new authenticity in the coffee houses of Greenwich Village and the downtown club scene.
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From Buddy Guy, Muddy Wares and Willie Dixon, through Steve Albini, Tortoise and Thrill Jockey records, to Frankie Knuckles, Cajmere...not forgetting some of the greatest Gospel, Jazz and Country artists in the world, Chicago is a cultural hub like no other. Set well apart from the affluent West Coast and cutting edge East Coast, Chicago boasts its own unique identity flavoured by the diverse cultures and creeds of the 10 million people packed into its back to back neighbourhoods. On any given day fans can take their pick of the very best in jazz, blues, rock, country, dance, gospel and more.
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