The Great Rock 'N' Roll Joke Book

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Joke Book
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 116
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0312168594
ISBN-13 : 9780312168599
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Rock 'N' Roll Joke Book by : Dave Marsh

How do you get a guitarist to stop playing? Put sheet music in front of him. What do you call guys that hang out with musicians? Drummers. Here it is the dirty, the absurd, the witty side of rock and roll as it turns 50. The love of young America's music in its purest form: The Joke.

Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780822348498
ISBN-13 : 0822348497
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll by : Jake Austen

The best of the cult-favorite music magazine Roctobers conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists, from the Outlaw Country singer David Allan Coe to the frustrated interstellar glam act Zolar X.

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780679603658
ISBN-13 : 0679603654
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by : Steve Almond

Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week. With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession. Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes: • sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters • a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned • a vigorous and credibility-shattering endorsement of Styx’s Paradise Theater • recommendations you will often choose to ignore • a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa” • obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics But wait, there’s more. Readers will also be able to listen to a special free mix designed by the author, available online at www.stevenalmond.com, for the express purpose of eliciting your drool. For those about to rock—we salute you!

By the Time We Got to Woodstock

By the Time We Got to Woodstock
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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages : 372
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0879309792
ISBN-13 : 9780879309794
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis By the Time We Got to Woodstock by : Bruce Pollock

Discusses the climate of rock music in 1969, from the Beatles to the Grateful Dead, and its relationship with politics, current events, and race relations.

Rock 'n' Roll Soul

Rock 'n' Roll Soul
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 32
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781683352815
ISBN-13 : 1683352815
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Rock 'n' Roll Soul by : Susan Verde

With the school talent show coming up, a young music lover spends most of her time daydreaming about the perfect act. She notices the sounds around her, like the brrrrring of the school bell or the rappa-tappa-tap of rain on the windowpane. But the talent show is the place to reveal her own voice. Will she mix up some hip-hop beats? Will she command an orchestra of dozens, bringing the classics to life? Or, will she go electric, Jimi Hendrix style? Marching out on the talent show stage to the beat of her own drum, this sweet and sassy musician ultimately chooses to be herself and sing her own song loud and proud, “I’ve got a rock ’n’ roll soul!”

The Aesthetics Of Rock

The Aesthetics Of Rock
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 384
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0306802872
ISBN-13 : 9780306802874
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetics Of Rock by : Richard Meltzer

This infamous book has enjoyed a lively underground reputation since its first publication in 1970. Richard Meltzer (a.k.a. R. Meltzer) took his training as a young philosopher and applied it with unalloyed enthusiasm to the lyrics, sound, and culture of rock and roll. Never before had anyone noticed the relationship between the philosophy of Heidegger and a tune by Little Anthony and the Imperials, heard the cries of agony in the Shangri Las' “Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)”, or transcribed every "papa-ooma-mow-mow" in the Trashmen's “Surfin' Bird.”From Dionne Warwick to Plato, Jim Morrison to Bert Brecht, Conway Twitty to Miguel de Unamuno, Meltzer subverts high and low culture in his search for meaning, emotion, and codes in popular music. At once an earnest investigation and a crypto put-on, the book can be read for its nuggets of information and insights or for its humor. Here with Greil Marcus's new introduction, yet another generation of readers can be outraged and inspired.

I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 167
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101517314
ISBN-13 : 110151731X
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) by : Brian Boone

Music breeds duality. We enjoy the music we love-listening to it, talking about it, reading about it. But it's just as fun to passionately revel in mocking the music we hate. Fortunately, musicians make this two-lane path very easy to follow. Half the time they're creating timeless works of art that speak to the soul; the other half, they're recording ridiculous concept albums about robots. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) covers both sides: It celebrates the music world's flashes of genius, the creation of masterpieces, and the little-known stories...as well as the entertainingly bad ideas. Armed with a healthy dose of Brian Boone's humorous asides and lively commentary, you'll learn extremely important stuff like: ? How bands got their stupid names ? All alternative rock bands directly descend from Pixies ? The most metal facts of metal in the history of metal ? The secret lives of one-hit wonders ? The story behind "Layla," and other assorted love songs about George Harrison's wife ? What is quite possibly the worst song in rock history Boone also reveals terribly useful information like chart trivia, the rules of music, lists, and many more origins, meanings, and stories about everyone's most loved and loathed musicians.

The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!

The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke!
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Publisher : Castle Point Books
Total Pages : 465
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250238696
ISBN-13 : 1250238692
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ultimate Jokiest Joking Joke Book Ever Written . . . No Joke! by : Kathi Wagner

A big, bold, unbelievable collection of the world's funniest jokes! A hysterical collection of jokes, puns, and knock-knocks to crack up kids of all ages, this enormous book features all of the best jokes from the wildly hilarious Jokiest Joking Joke Book series. Accompanied by clever illustrations, these sidesplitting wisecracks will keep kids amused for hours!

Lowering the Bar

Lowering the Bar
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780299213534
ISBN-13 : 0299213536
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Lowering the Bar by : Marc Galanter

What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor: lawyer jokes. Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law has coexisted uneasily with anxiety about the “legalization” of society. Informative and always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans’ deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers.

Secretly Inside

Secretly Inside
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Publisher : Terrace Books
Total Pages : 584
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0299209806
ISBN-13 : 9780299209803
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Secretly Inside by : Hans Warren

In the Dutch countryside the war seems far away. For most people, at least. But not for Ed, a Jew in Nazi-occupied Holland trying to find some safe sanctuary. Compelled to go into hiding in the rural province of Zeeland, he is taken in by a seemingly benevolent family of farmers. But, as Ed comes to realize, the Van 't Westeindes are not what they seem. Camiel, the son of the house, is still in mourning for his best friend, a German soldier who committed suicide the year before. And Camiel's fiery, unstable sister Mariete begins to nurse a growing unrequited passion for their young guest, just as Ed realizes his own attraction to Camiel. As time goes by, Ed is drawn into the domestic intrigues around him, and the farmhouse that had begun as his refuge slowly becomes his prison.