I Wanna Be Adored

I Wanna Be Adored
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Publisher : Digitature
Total Pages : 90
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780615629391
ISBN-13 : 0615629393
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis I Wanna Be Adored by : Marc Spitz

Winston Frame is the self described, urban "poet of death and despair." Young, dour, pale and handsome, he is, much like Ian Curtis of Joy Division, also haunted and suicidal. When the pressure of impending success, fatherhood and an affair get too much, he hangs himself. Only his journey is not quite over. Winston finds himself in Purgatory, which is a Weimar style cabaret full of animal acts, exhausted chanteuses and the borscht belt comic Bobby Lemondrops. His guide is "Mad Simon," who seems intent on keeping Winston's damned soul out of Hell. Simon's agenda is hidden but we get the idea that this is no ordinary tour guide. It's A Wonderful Life meets 24 Hour Party People, I Wanna Be Adored is as strangely sweet as it is delirious and austere. "Beginning with a series of punchy and surprising scenes that include a woman getting spanked with a trout, a fight and a striptease by a wheelchair bound woman, the show maintains a gleefully racy tone throughout." -Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York

The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 194
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781441171290
ISBN-13 : 1441171290
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses by : Alex Green

The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989 and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made The Stone Roses such a special and influential album.

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 413
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250030832
ISBN-13 : 1250030838
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stone Roses by : Simon Spence

The Stone Roses captures the magic—and chaos—behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection. The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed as one of the best albums ever made. Its chiming guitar riffs, anthemic melodies, and Smiths-like pop sensibility elevated The Stone Roses to a cult-like status in the UK and put them on the map in the U.S. But theirs is a story of unfulfilled success: their star imploded as their sophomore effort took years to complete and the band broke up acrimoniously in 1996. Sixteen years later, they reunited and have been playing sold out gigs, thrilling fans around the globe, and working on new material. In 2013, they nabbed the coveted headline spot at the Coachella Festival. With one hundred interviews of key figures, forty rare photographs, and exclusive insider material including how they created their music, The Stone Roses charts the band's rise from the backwaters of Manchester to becoming the stars of the "Madchester" scene to their successful comeback years later. Going beyond the myths to depict a band that defined Brit pop, Simon Spence illustrates their incandescent talent and jaw-dropping success while contextualizing them in the 90s music scene. This is the definitive story of The Stone Roses.

The Stone Roses: Complete Chord Songbook

The Stone Roses: Complete Chord Songbook
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Publisher : Wise Publications
Total Pages : 104
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781783232024
ISBN-13 : 1783232021
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stone Roses: Complete Chord Songbook by : Wise Publications

The Stone Roses: Complete Chord Songbook represents the definitive collection of Stone Roses songs, covering nearly every track they ever put to record, including songs released on Garage Flower, The Stone Roses, Second Coming, Turns Into Stone and The Complete Stone Roses as well as B-sides. Each track has been specially arranged in the original keys from the actual recordings and provides Chord symbols, Guitar chord boxes, full lyrics and a playing guide. There has never been a better time to rediscover the music of these under-sung Britpop geniuses.

Antillia

Antillia
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 92
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781496236081
ISBN-13 : 1496236084
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Antillia by : Henrietta Goodman

"This collection is haunted by the ghosts of memory, whom Henrietta Goodman treats with narky wit but also with grief, guilt, and love"--

The Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop

The Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 418
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781409034186
ISBN-13 : 1409034186
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop by : John Robb

The band, the lifestyle, the revolution. This classic biography charts the phenomenal rise of The Stone Roses to the icons they are today, using interviews, rehearsal tapes and the archives of author John Robb who was with them from the beginning. Robb's exclusive inside knowledge of The Stone Roses creates a compelling and intimate insight into how the band single-handedly set the blueprint for the resurgence of UK rock 'n' roll in the 1990s: Ian Brown's new lazy-style vocals, Reni's fluid, funk-tinged, ground-breaking drumming, and the guitar genius of John Squire. From the band members' early years to the inception of the Roses, through the tours and success, their influences and style, to the demise of the original line-up and their solo careers; every high and low is documented in minute detail. This is the definitive, most revered account of one of the most influential British bands in pop music history.

So the Doves

So the Doves
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 273
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780486829746
ISBN-13 : 048682974X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis So the Doves by : Heidi James

"So the Doves is an unforgettable crime novel. James writes lyrical prose, combining a compelling plot with a portrait of a man forced to question the entire basis of his life." —The Sunday Times (U.K.) Crime Book of the Month Marcus Murray was only 17 when his best friend Melanie vanished from his hometown in oceanside Kent. Afterward, she seemed like a figment of his imagination — she became a story, a myth, a series of actions and consequences incorporated into his own history. Working as a journalist years later, Marcus is flush with success at having uncovered a corrupt alliance between a U.K. bank, the arms trade, and the government. So he's a bit disconcerted when sent from London back to Kent to report on the finding of a corpse during a railway excavation. Worse yet, his moral and professional triumph is called into question by charges of fabrication. While Marcus chafes at his exile and fears for his reputation, the hometown atmosphere evokes thoughts of the long-lost Melanie and her mysterious disappearance. Recounted in chapters that alternate between events from 1989 to the present, So the Doves poses thought-provoking questions about identity, offering a poignant meditation on memory and loss. "A twisty, paranoid cat-and-mouse thriller with moving undertones about friendship, youth, memory, desire and the unfinished business of the past, So the Doves kept me up at night frantically turning pages until the very end. It'll do the same for you." — Tim Murphy, author of Christodora and Correspondents

Revolution Rock

Revolution Rock
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 409
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781467887113
ISBN-13 : 1467887110
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Revolution Rock by : Amy Britton

The ages of Thatcherism and New Labour are two of the most significant of the twentieth century, and more alike than they would care to admit. Out of these years of political turmoil have come many brilliant, often politically dissenting, British albums which have captured the landscape of the time. This is the story of those albums.

The The Vineyards of Britain

The The Vineyards of Britain
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Publisher : Fairlight Books
Total Pages : 887
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781914148125
ISBN-13 : 1914148126
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The The Vineyards of Britain by : Ed Dallimore

"Britain is fast becoming one of the world's most exciting wine regions. In this guide, wine expert and photographer Ed Dallimore provides detailed notes on the best vineyards, wineries and wines of Britain, all accompanied by his gorgeous photography. Ed lets you into his secrets about where to go for cellar door sales, explores which wines are being produced in which regions, and shares insights into hidden gems to seek out and try. A comprehensive guide to the vineyards, wineries and wines of Britain, from award-winning producers creating world-class sparkling whites to up-and-coming winemakers surprising the world with the diversity and quality of their wines."--

Poseur

Poseur
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780306821752
ISBN-13 : 0306821753
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Poseur by : Marc Spitz

Marc Spitz assumed that if he lived like his literary and rock 'n' roll heroes, he would become a great artist, too. He conveniently overlooked the fact that many of them died young, broke, and miserable. In his candid, wistful, touching, and hilarious memoir, Poseur, the music journalist, playwright, author, and blogger recounts his misspent years as a suburban kid searching for authenticity, dangerous fun, and druggy, downtown glory: first during New York's last era of risk and edge, the pre-gentrification '90s, and finally as a flamboyant and notorious rock writer, partying and posing during the music industry's heady, decadent last gasp. Part profane, confidential tell-all and part sweetly frank coming-of-age tale, this dirty, witty memoir finds Spitz careening through the scene, meeting and sometimes clashing with cultural icons like Courtney Love, Jeff Buckley, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Chloëevigny, Kim Deal, The Dandy Warhols, Guns N' Roses, Ryan Adams, Paul Rudd, Coldplay, Pavement, Peter Dinklage, Julie Bowen, The Strokes, Trent Reznor, Chuck Klosterman, Interpol, and Franz Ferdinand, as well as meeting heroes like Allen Ginsberg, Shirley Clarke, Joe Strummer, and Morrissey. Along the way he finds literary guru Gordon Lish is a long-lost relative, and erstwhile pal and sensation JT LeRoy is an even bigger poseur. Spitz refuses to give up the romantic ghost until a post-9/11 breakdown and an improbable new love (fellow music writer Lizzy Goodman) finally help him strike the hardest pose of all: his true self. /DIV