Archive for Items Categorized 'Other Genres', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
How To Listen To Jazz
by Ted Gioia
Think of this book as akin to attending a graduate course in jazz appreciation. Because this book covers the subject in more than a cursory, introductory manner, we hesitate to use the cliché “Jazz 101.” Think of this book as a syllabus and find out how to “register for class.”
Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys, The Songs That Tell Their Story
by Mark Dillon
The flow of Beach Boys material is seemingly endless. Released during their 50th anniversary year it offers 50 essays for 50 songs. What is amazing is the amount of documented information found in the book—and the fact that this is but one small wavelet of the ocean.
Fortress Island Malta
by Peter Jacobs
Tiny Malta was of great strategic importance which made it a prime target for relentless attacks from the axis forces. This book tells of the gallantry of the Royal Air Force and Navy in defending and supplying the island.
The Whole Maghilla
Music today is ubiquitous and the music lover is offered nearly infinite choice. Here is a look at the many, many possibilities—from reel-to-reel tape to Sirius Radio, and offers insight into how one can swim through it all—from Debussy to Janelle Monae.
Berlin Airlift: Air Bridge to Freedom
by Bruce McAllister
So you survived six years of war, three years of occupation. You’re rebuilding your city, your life. And then one day the electricity is off, the gas burner doesn’t light, you’re under siege, and when the food runs out. . . . Enter, the biggest airlift the world had seen.
A Banquet of Consequences
by Elizabeth George
She’s back. She’s great. Another Lynley Mystery from the master of the Detective genre, Elizabeth George.
Twelve Tomorrows
Edited by Bruce Sterling
A science fiction story collection published every year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their objective is to bring new technologies to the public’s attention through the popular medium of science fiction.
Keep A Knockin’, The Story of a Legendary Drummer
by Charles Connor with Ziv Biton
When the now 80-year-old Connor joined The Upsetters (aka Little Richard’s band) he was only 18. The band didn’t have a bass player so he had to drum extra hard—enabling him to “upset” many a musical convention with innovative rhythm work.
Music at the Extremes
by Scott A. Wilson (editor)
The music and musicians described in this book make the Rolling Stones, the bad boys of Rock, even in their most sinister and dangerous persona, seem safe, comfortable and overtly commercial. Even just this book review may severely offend those of delicate sensibilities.
Allen Klein
by Fred Goodman
Fred Goodman offers an account of the business end of Rock. For fans of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, he opens a window into the back rooms, the money rooms, of the music industry. The central figure, Allen Klein, is drawn fairly and in depth.
Columbia Noir, A Complete Filmography 1940–1962
by Gene Blottner
Film Noir fan? Gene Blottner offers a thoroughly researched reference book that will keep you up at night. Reams of information, great illustrations, all given by a man happily obsessed with this classic genre of filmdom.
45 RPM, A Visual History of the Seven-Inch Record
by Spencer Drate, editor
The fact that this compendium is published by the august Princeton Architectural Press alone shows that this is a far more elevated subject than one would think. Downloaders and cloud dwellers just don’t realize what they’re missing!
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