Blinking Lights is the first biography of an extraordinary band, Eels. Writer, Tim Grierson, gives an in-depth examination of their extensive career, insight into their remarkable lives, and a detailed discography of their work. Over the last 15 years, Mark Everett’s band has released nine acclaimed albums, from Beautiful Freak to 2010’s Tomorrow Morning. Everett is one of music’s most fascinating characters and Blinking Lights covers his unusual childhood, the tragedy of his sister’s suicide, his relationship with his brilliant mathematician father, and his initial struggles to succeed in the music industry. Featuring interviews with those close to Everett – who gave his blessing – to those closest to him, including former band members.

Drawing upon the relentless tragedies in his life for inspiration in writing highly acclaimed music with his indie rock group, the Eels, Everett pens a memoir that is a rich and poignant narrative on coming of age, love, death, and the creative vision.

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

2364. A terrified girl flees a brutal slumlord... It's been a long time since Ritry risked his sanity on a deep-brain Soul-jack. Once renowned for hacking the most lethal minds, now he peddles cheap memory implants on the neon-lit slums of the Arctic Circle - staying out of trouble, mostly. Then a terrified girl bolts into his jack-site, seeking a unique brain-hack to escape Don Zachary, the vicious slumlord. Ritry's no hero, but he won't stand by and watch while another innocent dies. Yet the Don does not forgive. Hounded from the slums, Ritry flees into the forgotten ruins of the old world, only to find a far crueler predator lying in wait, one with a dark taste for living Souls - plunging Ritry into one last desperate jack with the Souls of all humanity on the line... If you love Neuromancer, Altered Carbon or Ghost in the Shell you'll love the cyberpunk thriller Soul Jacker. Pre-order the trilogy today to plunge into Ritry's battle for his Soul. Available as ebook and paperback. Series order: 1. Soul Jacker2. Soul Breaker3. Soul Killer

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CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

CMJ New Music Monthly, the first consumer magazine to include a bound-in CD sampler, is the leading publication for the emerging music enthusiast. NMM is a monthly magazine with interviews, reviews, and special features. Each magazine comes with a CD of 15-24 songs by well-established bands, unsigned bands and everything in between. It is published by CMJ Network, Inc.

From the Fairlight CMI through MIDI to the digital audio workstations at the turn of the millennium, Modern Records, Maverick Methods examines a critical period in commercial popular music record production: the transformative digital age from the late 1970s until 2000. Drawing on a discography of more than 300 recordings across pop, rock, hip hop, dance and alternative musics from artists such as the Beastie Boys, Madonna, U2 and Fatboy Slim, and extensive and exclusive ethnographic work with many world-renowned recordists, Modern Records presents a fresh and insightful new perspective on one of the most significant eras in commercial music record production. The book traces the development of significant music technologies through the 1980s and 1990s, revealing how changing attitudes and innovative techniques of recording personnel reimagined recording processes and, finally, exemplifies the impact of these technologies and techniques via six comprehensive tech-processual analyses. This meticulously researched and timely book reveals the complexity of recordists' responses to a technological landscape in flux.