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David Bowie in Darkness : A Study of 1. Outside and the Late Career
Greco, Nicholas P.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015As an artist, David Bowie was widely considered a "chameleon," shedding one persona to create another and thus staying popular, relevant and compelling. In reality, Bowie was able...
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Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963
Murphy, James B.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015They were almost The Pendletones—after the Pendleton wool shirts favored on chilly nights at the beach—then The Surfers, before being named The Beach Boys. But what separated them...
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Music at the Extremes : Essays on Sounds Outside the Mainstream
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015Away from the spotlight of the pop charts and the demands of mainstream audiences, original music is still being played and audiences continue to engage with innovative artists. Th...
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Rock Band Name Origins : The Stories of 240 Groups and Performers
Metzer, GregMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015This book details the origins of the names of 240 musical acts, focusing on the most popular groups (and a few individual performers) from the 1960s through today. Even casual musi...
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Inside the Ring : Essays on Wagner's Opera Cycle
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2015Once tainted by association with Hitler and Nazism, Richard Wagner's work has experienced an international cultural renaissance in the last 25 years. His magnum opus, Der Ring des...
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Are Libraries Obsolete? : An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age
Herring, Mark Y.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2014The digital age has transformed information access in ways that few ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chie...
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Music in American Combat Films : A Critical Study
O'Brien, Wesley J.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2014The book explores ways in which combat film scores interact collaboratively with other film elements (for instance, image and dialogue) to guide audience understanding of theme and...
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"Only If You Are Really Interested" : Celebrity, Gender, Desire and the World of Morrissey
Greco, Nicholas P.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2014One of the keys to the enduring popularity of the British singer Morrissey is his carefully crafted enigmatic persona. This critical book examines the role of enigma in the celebri...
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Ska : An Oral History
Augustyn, HeatherMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2014Before Bob Marley brought reggae to the world, before Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, before thousands of musicians played a Jamaican rhythm, there were the men and women who created s...
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Music in Biblical Life : The Roles of Song in Ancient Israel
Friedmann, Jonathan L.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, mus...
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Wagner Outside the Ring : Essays on the Operas, Their Performance and Their Connections with Other Arts
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2009Designed as a companion volume to 2006's Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than...