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Elliott Smith's XO

Author : Matthew LeMay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441160094
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith's XO written by Matthew LeMay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the "tortured singer-songwriter" stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of singersongwriterdom: that pain is beautiful. XO insists that romanticizing personal tragedy can only leave you "deaf and dumb and done." And it backs up this claim with some of the most artful and intelligent music of its day. Matthew LeMay writes an original take on a widely beloved album, steering clear of the sensationalist suicide angles that have dogged most analysis of Elliott Smith's extraordinary work.

Torment Saint

Author : William Todd Schultz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408840006
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Torment Saint written by William Todd Schultz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elliott Smith was one of the most gifted songwriters of the nineties, adored by worshipful fans for his subtly melancholic words and melodies. The sadness had its sources in the life. There was trauma from an early age, years of drug abuse and a chronic sense of disconnection that sometimes seemed almost self-engineered. Smith died violently in Los Angeles in 2003, under what some believe to be questionable circumstances, of a single fatal stab wound to the chest. By this time fame had found him, and record buyers who shared the listening experience felt he spoke directly to them from beyond: lonely, lovelorn, frustrated, fighting until he could fight no more. And yet, although his achingly intimate lyrics carried the weight of truth, Smith remained unknowable. In Torment Saint, William Todd Schultz gives us the first proper biography of the rock star, a decade after his death, imbued with affection, authority, sensitivity and long-awaited clarity. Torment Saint draws on Schultz's careful, deeply knowledgeable readings and insights, as well as on more than 150 hours of interviews with close friends, lovers, bandmates, peers, managers, label owners, and recording engineers and producers. This book unravels the remaining mysteries of Smith's life and his shocking, too-early end. It will be an indispensable examination of his life and legacy, both for Smith's legions of fans as well as readers still discovering his songbook.

Elliott Smith

Author : Autumn de Wilde
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811857994
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith written by Autumn de Wilde and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of photographs of musician Elliott Smith and transcriptions of interviews with people who knew him, accompanied by a compact disc of unreleased live recordings.

Elliott Smith Songbook

Author : Elliott Smith
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423440130
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith Songbook written by Elliott Smith and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Recorded Versions). A fixture on the Portland indie music scene, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith was introduced to the mainstream via his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. This collection features that song and 17 others, from his first CD, through tracks released after his tragic and untimely death. Includes: Angeles * Clementine * Everything Means Nothing to Me * Pretty (Ugly Before) * Say Yes * Son of Sam * Waltz #2 (XO) * and more, plus a discography and an intro.

Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing

Author : Benjamin Nugent
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786738103
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing written by Benjamin Nugent and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among them, would become '90s classics, helping to define an understated aesthetic that owed as much to the melodic emphasis of The Beatles as it did to punk. In the afterglow of the success of "Miss Misery," Smith's fame grew--alongside his struggles with depression and substance abuse. First relocating to Brooklyn, and then finally to L.A., he fell into a downward spiral evident to friends and fans alike, even as he continued to write such beautifully realized songs as "Waltz #2" (XO). Drawing on new interviews with those who knew and loved Smith, and focusing on the crucial interplay between Smith's life and music, Ben Nugent compellingly and sympathetically portrays an enormously gifted, yet troubled, artist.

The Essential Elliott Smith

Author : Elliott Smith
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 9781849383189
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Elliott Smith written by Elliott Smith and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Author : Kim Cooper
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 082641690X
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea written by Kim Cooper and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >

Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister

Author : Scott Plagenhoef
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441189882
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister written by Scott Plagenhoef and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If You're Feeling Sinister shows how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves over the space of a decade, from a slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group. Along the way, the book shows how the internet has revolutionized how we discover new music-often at the cost of romance and mystery.

Wake Me When It's Over

Author : Rob Sacher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615540450
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Wake Me When It's Over written by Rob Sacher and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my story; I am a musician and entrepreneur who created and co-owned nightclubs, now part of the history of music and nightlife in New York City. Starting with my first club, Sanctuary, and continuing with Mission in Manhattan's East Village and ending with the highly regarded Luna Lounge, this is the first book to cover a part of the New York rock music scene that came after punk, new wave, and no wave. Musicians and bands including Joey Ramone, The Psychedelic Furs, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, The Sugarcubes, The Sisters Of Mercy, and Killing Joke, among others, would party together at Mission. It was the late 1980s, a time of MTV's "120 Minutes," melodic British psychedelic guitar rock, Wax Trax industrial rock records, and a dangerous but exciting Lower East Side. Moving further ahead, my story continues with the sale of the Mission and the opening of Luna Lounge in 1995, possibly the most important venue of its size in New York. Luna was the stage where The Strokes, Interpol, The National, Longwave, stellastarr*, The Bravery, The Hold Steady, and many other bands first performed before friends and early fans of the bands. Also, Luna would host free performances from Marty Willson-Piper (The Church), Black Box Recorder, Sonic Boom, and Kid Rock. This is also a narrative about Elliott Smith as he wrote out his work for the album, XO, while sitting at the Luna Lounge bar and his subsequent launch into stardom. In addition, Luna Lounge was a well known Monday night comedy spot where cutting edge comics worked new material in front of a supportive audience as part of the "Eating It" comedy series, the room where fans could see, among others, Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Jeff Garlin, Rob Cordry, Greg Fitzsimmons, Lewis Black, Jim Norton, Lewis C.K., and Marc Maron. Finally, this is the story of the forced closing of Luna Lounge, a victim of the rising real estate values which came as a result of the quality of life initiatives set out by the Republican mayors who have controlled the city for the last twenty years. More information is available at the author's website, wakeme.net.

At the End of the World, Turn Left

Author : Zhanna Slor
Publisher : Polis Books
ISBN 13 : 1951709543
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book At the End of the World, Turn Left written by Zhanna Slor and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HONORABLE MENTION CRIMEREADS' THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF 2022 NAMED ONE OF THE "40 NEW BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING 2021" BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL A riveting debut novel from an unforgettable new voice that is literary, suspenseful, and a compelling story about identity and how you define “home”. Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her. In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her artistic talents. She is eager to have a life beyond the heartland. When she’s contacted online by a stranger from their homeland—a girl claiming to be her long lost sister—Anna suspects a ruse or an attempt at extortion. But her desperate need to connect with her homeland convinces her to pursue the connection. At the same time, a handsome grifter comes into her life, luring her with the prospect of a nomadic lifestyle. Masha lives in Israel, where she went on Birthright and unexpectedly found home. When Anna disappears without a trace, Masha’s father calls her back to Milwaukee to help find Anna. In her former home, Masha immerses herself in her sister’s life—which forces her to recall the life she, too, had left behind, and to confront her own demons. What she finds in her search for Anna will change her life, and her family, forever.

My New Roots

Author : Sarah Britton
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0804185395
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book My New Roots written by Sarah Britton and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.

Complete X-O Manowar Classic Omnibus

Author : Bob Layton
Publisher : Valiant Entertainment Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781939346308
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Complete X-O Manowar Classic Omnibus written by Bob Layton and published by Valiant Entertainment Llc. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the complete adventures of Valiant's original armored hero in Valiant's next essential omnibus collection -- clocking in at a massive 800+ pages! Aric of Dacia, a fifth century Visigoth warrior abducted and enslaved by the brutal Spider Aliens, fights his way free of his captors and steals their ultimate weapon, the X-O Manowar armor. But 1,600 years have passed while the Spider Aliens held Aric captive and the time he returns to is not his own. Trapped in the modern day, Aric is now the last of his people, a savage warrior out of time in a world of corporate treachery and casual deceit. But, armed with the power of the X-O Manowar armor, Aric will rule... and he will make the Spider Aliens pay! Featuring work from comic book legends Bob Layton (Iron Man), Barry Windsor-Smith (Wolverine: Weapon X), Joe Quesada (Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man), and many more, get the complete epic of Valiant's armored hero starting here with this first massive, oversized volume collecting X-O Manowar (1992) #0-30, Armorines #0, and X-O Database #1, as well as material from Secrets of the Valiant Universe #1.

Ballad of Big Nothing: The Unofficial Biography of Elliott Smith

Author : Lora Greene
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1621073262
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Ballad of Big Nothing: The Unofficial Biography of Elliott Smith written by Lora Greene and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By his untimely death at 34, Elliot Smith had contributed more to the indie music scene then almost any artist. Despite of all he contributed, there is little known about him. This book examines his life, his music, his death, and his legacy. LifeCaps is an imprint of BookCaps™ Study Guides. With each book, a lesser known or sometimes forgotten life is is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to literature and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see our newest books.

Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing

Author : Benjamin Nugent
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786738103
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing written by Benjamin Nugent and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among them, would become '90s classics, helping to define an understated aesthetic that owed as much to the melodic emphasis of The Beatles as it did to punk. In the afterglow of the success of "Miss Misery," Smith's fame grew--alongside his struggles with depression and substance abuse. First relocating to Brooklyn, and then finally to L.A., he fell into a downward spiral evident to friends and fans alike, even as he continued to write such beautifully realized songs as "Waltz #2" (XO). Drawing on new interviews with those who knew and loved Smith, and focusing on the crucial interplay between Smith's life and music, Ben Nugent compellingly and sympathetically portrays an enormously gifted, yet troubled, artist.

Elliott Smith

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230553009
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Elliott Smith written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Elliott Smith albums, Elliott Smith songs, Elliott Smith tribute albums, Elliott Smith discography, From a Basement on the Hill, Heatmiser, Figure 8, Either/Or, XO, New Moon, Because, Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing, Miss Misery, Strange Parallel, Roman Candle, Thirteen, Son of Sam, An Introduction to... Elliott Smith, Say Yes, Needle in the Hay, The String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith, A Tribute to Elliott Smith, Coming Up Roses: Sacramento Remembers Elliott Smith, Thumbsucker, To Elliott, From Portland, Baby Britain, Remote Memory: A Tribute to Elliot Smith, Happiness, Home to Oblivion: An Elliott Smith Tribute, Lucky Three, No Confidence Man. Excerpt: Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies. After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994 with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars. In 1997 he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery" - included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting - was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los...

Nick Drake's Pink Moon

Author : Amanda Petrusich
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826427901
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Nick Drake's Pink Moon written by Amanda Petrusich and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how a tiny acoustic record (Pink Moon) has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Amanda Petrusich interviews producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and eventhe marketingteam behind the VW commercial.

Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker

Author : Joe Gross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501321412
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker written by Joe Gross and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill Taker, the quartet was reaching a thunderous peak in popularity and influence. With two EPs (combined into the classic CD 13 songs) and two albums (1990's genre-defining Repeater and 1991's impressionistic follow-up Steady Diet of Nothing) inside of five years, Fugazi was on creative roll, astounding increasingly large audiences as they toured, blasting fist-pumping anthems and jammy noise-workouts that roared into every open underground heart. When the album debuted on the now-SoundScan-driven charts, Fugazi had never been more in the public eye. Few knew how difficult it had been to make this popular breakthrough. Disappointed with the sound of the self-produced Steady Diet, the band recorded with legendary engineer Steve Albini, only to scrap the sessions and record at home in D.C. with Ted Niceley, their brilliant, under-known producer. Inadvertently, Fugazi chose an unsure moment to make In on the Kill Taker: as Nirvana and Sonic Youth were yanking the American rock underground into the media glare, and “breaking” punk in every possible meaning of the word. Despite all of this, Kill Taker became an alt-rock classic in spite of itself, even as its defiant, muscular sound stood in stark contrast to everything represented by the mainstreaming of a culture and worldview they held dear. This book features new interviews with all four members of Fugazi and members of their creative community.