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Monkey House Blues

Author : Dominic Stevenson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845968859
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Monkey House Blues written by Dominic Stevenson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. His journey took him to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places in the world, from the poppy fields of the Afghan-Pakistan border to the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road, before he was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. After eight months on remand in a Chinese police lock-up, Stevenson was sentenced to two and a half years in one of the biggest prisons in the world, the Shanghai Municipal Prison aka 'The Monkey House'. There, he was imprisoned alongside just five westerners amongst five thousand Chinese criminals in a block for death row inmates and political prisoners, where the guards drank green tea and let the prison run itself. The experience led him to reflect on his previous life in Japan, India and Thailand, during which time he took on a varied array of jobs, including English teacher, karaoke-bar host, factory worker, busker, crystal seller and dope smuggler. From Afghan gun shops to Tibetan monasteries, Thai brothels and the stirrings of the rave culture in Goa, Monkey House Blues is a tale of discovery and rediscovery, of friendship and betrayal.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Welcome to the Monkey House

Author : Christopher Sergel
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780871295750
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Welcome to the Monkey House written by Christopher Sergel and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1970 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monkey Blues

Author : JoAnne Yarrow
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781729483756
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Monkey Blues written by JoAnne Yarrow and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kind-hearted little girl meets a seemingly "rude" monkey (or baboon) but quickly learns it's really a sad monkey (or baboon) and uses sympathy and kindness to make a new friend. A fun children's book with colorful and vibrant artwork that tells a charming little story about kindness and compassion.

Po' Monkey's

Author : Will Jacks
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496825349
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Po' Monkey's written by Will Jacks and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside of Merigold, Mississippi, off an unmarked dirt road, stands Po’ Monkey’s, perhaps the most famous house in Mississippi and the last rural juke joint in the state, now closed to the public. Before the death of the lounge’s owner, Willie Seaberry, in 2016, it was a mandatory stop on the constant blues pilgrimage that flows through the Delta. Seaberry ran Po’ Monkey’s Lounge for more than fifty years, opening his juke joint in the 1960s. A hand-built tenant home located on the plantation where Seaberry worked, Po’ Monkey’s was a place to listen to music and drink beer—a place to relax where everyone was welcomed by Seaberry’s infectious charm. In Po’ Monkey’s: Portrait of a Juke Joint, photographer Will Jacks captures the juke joint he spent a decade patronizing. The more than seventy black-and-white photographs featured in this volume reflect ten years of weekly visits to the lounge as a regular—a journal of Jacks’s encounters with other customers, tourists, and Willie Seaberry himself. An essay by award-winning writer Boyce Upholt on the cultural significance of the lounge accompanies the images. This volume explores the difficulties of preservation, historical context, community relations, and cultural tourism. Now that Seaberry is gone, the uncertainty of the future of his juke joint highlights the need for a historical record.

Fats Waller on the Air

Author : Stephen Taylor
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810856561
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Fats Waller on the Air written by Stephen Taylor and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio and television broadcasts are an essential component in the career of jazz musician Thomas "Fats" Waller. The medium suited his character well, allowing his friendly, energetic personality to shine through. This book meticulously documents Waller's on-air appearances: from his first known broadcast in 1923 at age 19 to the final airing before his premature death in 1943. Fats Waller On The Air: The Radio Broadcasts and Discography adds another dimension to the life of this dynamic performer. Author Stephen Taylor combines established material with fresh research, resulting in a wealth of new information. The broadcasts, including tributes to Waller after his death, are covered in detail, featuring dates, times, songs played, and other artists who appeared on the program. Through descriptions from contemporary newspapers and magazines, accounts from individuals who were in attendance, and remarks by radio announcers from original transcripts, the book provides historical perspective and a clear sense of the character and feel of the broadcasts. The book also offers a timechart of early sound recording and radio transcriptions, allowing easy comparison of Waller's presence in the field. Never before published photos and a thorough, accurate discography-including 78 and 45 rpm records, transcriptions, LPs, CDs, and DVDs-make this an important reference tool for fans of Fats Waller, jazz music, stride piano, black social history, and broadcast history.

Welcome to the Monkey House

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Monkey House written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blues on Stage

Author : John L. Clark Jr.
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438491565
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Blues on Stage written by John L. Clark Jr. and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blues on Stage presents a new history of the development of the "Classic Blues" of the 1920s, offering a comprehensive review of various Black singers who recorded and were influential in this era, including Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Butterbeans and Susie, and Ma Rainey. The business of music recording and publishing, including songwriting and touring theater circuits, is explored as part of the narrative of how and when these artists became nationally popular. The most highly regarded singers of this period were not folk or rural artists, but rather highly experienced stage professionals whose careers often extended two decades or more prior to their first recordings. These artists, some of the most famous acts on the Black vaudeville and tent show circuits, were preceded in the recording studio by many cabaret and nightclub singers with a different entertainment perspective and were followed by artists who came from a more rural, less professional background. For anyone interested in the roots of jazz and blues, Blues on Stage offers a new and comprehensive introduction to the development of this American musical style.

Welcome to the Monkey House

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Monkey House written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie

Author : Cece Bell
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763677582
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie written by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cece Bell’s famous Sock Monkey, toy actor, returns in three vibrant reissues of his original adventures! The big celebrity dance is just days away, and Sock Monkey doesn’t have a dancing partner! Is he doomed to stay at home and sing the blues? With a polyester suit, some fancy dance moves, and a new argyle buddy, Sock Monkey concocts a creative solution.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Author : Alan Govenar
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569766207
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Lightnin' Hopkins written by Alan Govenar and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on scores of interviews with the artist's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans, this brilliant biography reveals a man of many layers and contradictions. Following the journey of a musician who left his family's poor cotton farm at age eight carrying only a guitar, the book chronicles his life on the open road playing blues music and doing odd jobs. It debunks the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking. This volume also discusses his hard-to-read personality; whether playing for black audiences in Houston's Third Ward, for white crowds at the Matrix in San Francisco, or in the concert halls of Europe, Sam Hopkins was a musician who poured out his feelings in his songs and knew how to endear himself to his audience--yet it was hard to tell if he was truly sincere, and he appeared to trust no one. Finally, this book moves beyond exploring his personal life and details his entire musical career, from his first recording session in 1946--when he was dubbed Lightnin'--to his appearance on the national charts and his rediscovery by Mack McCormick and Sam Charters in 1959, when his popularity had begun to wane and a second career emerged, playing to white audiences rather than black ones. Overall, this narrative tells the story of an important blues musician who became immensely successful by singing with a searing emotive power about his country roots and the injustices that informed the civil rights era.

Red State Blues

Author : Martha Bayne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742071
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Red State Blues written by Martha Bayne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been made of the 2016 electoral flip of traditionally Democratic states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio to tip Donald Trump into the presidency. Countless think pieces have explored this newfound exotic constituency of blue voters who swung red. But what about those who remain true blue? Red State Blues speaks to the lived experience of progressives, activists, and ordinary Democrats pushing back against simplistic narratives of the Midwest as "Trump Country." They've been there all along, and as the essays in this collection demonstrate, they're not leaving anytime soon. With contributions by journalist and scholar Sarah Kendzior, Kenyon College president Sean Decatur, Pittsburgh city councilman Dan Gilman, and more.

The Language of the Blues

Author : Debra Devi
Publisher : True Nature Books
ISBN 13 : 9781624071850
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Blues written by Debra Devi and published by True Nature Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive dictionary of blues lyrics invites listeners to interpret what they hear in blues songs and blues culture, including excerpts from original interviews with Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and many others.

Rambling Blues

Author : Clifford Kinney Rorrer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Rambling Blues written by Clifford Kinney Rorrer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Linthead Stomp

Author : Patrick Huber
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807886786
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Linthead Stomp written by Patrick Huber and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, the roots of American country music do not lie solely on southern farms or in mountain hollows. Rather, much of this music recorded before World War II emerged from the bustling cities and towns of the Piedmont South. No group contributed more to the commercialization of early country music than southern factory workers. In Linthead Stomp, Patrick Huber explores the origins and development of this music in the Piedmont's mill villages. Huber offers vivid portraits of a colorful cast of Piedmont millhand musicians, including Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, Dave McCarn, and the Dixon Brothers, and considers the impact that urban living, industrial work, and mass culture had on their lives and music. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including rare 78-rpm recordings and unpublished interviews, Huber reveals how the country music recorded between 1922 and 1942 was just as modern as the jazz music of the same era. Linthead Stomp celebrates the Piedmont millhand fiddlers, guitarists, and banjo pickers who combined the collective memories of the rural countryside with the upheavals of urban-industrial life to create a distinctive American music that spoke to the changing realities of the twentieth-century South.

"Fats" in Fact

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Fats" in Fact written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Welcome to the Monkey House

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417770083
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Monkey House written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision.

Blues & Gospel Records, 1890-1943

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1842 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Blues & Gospel Records, 1890-1943 written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first edition, in 1964, Dixon and Godrich's Blues and Gospel Records has been dubbed 'the bible' for collectors of pre-war African-American music. It provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings made up to the end of 1943 in a distinctively African-American musical style,excluding those customarily classed as jazz (which are the subject of separate discographies). The book covers recordings made for the commercial market (whether issued at the time or not) and also recordings made for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song and similar bodies -- about 20,000titles in all, by more than 3,000 artists. For each recording session, full details are given of: artist credit, accompaniment, place and date of recording, titles, issuing company and catalogue numbers, matrix numbers and alternate takes. There are also short accounts of the major 'race labels',which recorded blues and gospel material, and a complete list of field trips to the south by travelling recording units. Howard Rye has joined the original compilers for this thoroughly revised fourth edition. The scope has been enlarged by the addition of about 150 new artists, in addition tonewly discovered recordings by other artists. Early cylinder recordings of gospel music, from the 1890s, are also included for the first time. Previous editions of this work were applauded for their completeness, accuracy, and reliability. This has now been enhanced by the addition of newinformation from record labels and from record company files, and by listening to a wide selection of titles, and detailed cross-checking.