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How to Wreck a Nice Beach - Dave Tompkins
The history of the vocoder: how popular music hijacked the Pentagon's speech scrambling weaponThe vocoder, invented by Bell Labs in 1928, once guarded phones from eavesdroppers dur... -
Fugitives and Refugees_ A Walk - Chuck Palahniuk
Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk's tonsils currently reside? Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets? Curious about Chuck's debut in an MTV music vide... -
Enter Night_ A Biography of Met - Mick Wall
Their roots lie in the heavy rock of 70s groups like Deep Purple. The music they played—heavy metal mixed with punk attitude—became its own genre: thrash. Their bassist died and th... -
Elric to Rescue Tanelorn - Michael Moorcock
Product Description“Moorcock’s writing is intricate, fabulous, and mellifluous. Reading his words I was, and am, reminded of music. His novels are symphonic experiences. They dance... -
Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman
SUMMARY: A Book of All-New Pop Culture Pieces by Chuck KlostermanChuck Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film, and sports for almost fifteen years. He's covered extreme metal, ... -
Dream Boogie_ The Triumph of Sa - Peter Guralnick
Sam Cooke was the biggest star in gospel music before he crossed over into pop. His first single under his own name, "You Send Me," went to #1 on the charts and sold two million co... -
Bullet - Laurell K. Hamilton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ***The music came back up and the next group of little girls, slightly older, came out. There was a lot of that in the next hour and change. I liked dance, and it... -
Blood Music - Greg Bear
ReviewAn unusual 'invasion' by intelligent smaller beings who are changing the structure and definition of 'humanity' are at the heart of Bear's classic story which has been newly ... -
Black Is The Colour Of My True - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: Singers and musicians are gathered for a course in folk music that will occupy a weekend in the fantastic country mansion called Follymead. Most come only to sing or to li... -
Billy Connolly's Route 66 - Billy Connolly
Product DescriptionThe best-loved comedian in Britain hits the most famous highway in the world on an unforgettable journey.Billy Connolly, music-lover, biker, and scourge of the b...