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Smash Hits

Author : James E. Perone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Smash Hits written by James E. Perone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are what we listen to. That's the premise of this study of 100 songs that have shaped and defined the American experience, from the Colonial period to the present. Well-known music author James Perone looks at 100 songs that helped tell America's story. He examines why each song became a hit, what cultural and social values it embodies, what issues it touches upon, what audiences it attracted, and what made it such a definitive part of American history and popular culture. The chart-topping singles presented here crossed gender, age, race, and class lines to appeal to the mass American audience. The book discusses patriotic songs, minstrel music, and sacred songs and hymns as well as music in the broad categories of pop, rock, hip hop, jazz, country, and folk. An introduction provides an overview of the history and significant issues raised by the songs as a whole. Individual songs are then presented chronologically, based on when they were written. The revealing commentary for each "hit" is not only interesting and fun, but reveals what it was like to live in the United States at a particular time by unveiling the social, economic, and political issues—as well as the musical tastes—that made life what it was.

The Best of Smash Hits

Author : Mark Frith
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN 13 : 9780316027090
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Best of Smash Hits written by Mark Frith and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A compilation of all the best bits from Britain's best-loved, much-mourned pop magazine

Smash Hits Recipes

Author : Nat's What I Reckon
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 176134627X
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Smash Hits Recipes written by Nat's What I Reckon and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life’s tricky, cooking doesn’t have to be. Nat’s here to take the nonsense out of the kitchen with Smash Hits Recipes. Featuring Nat’s most popular, tried-and-true dishes as well as all-new hit singles, this special hardback collection is a sweary best mate for your kitchen. There are heaps of savoury power moves that’ll sort your dinner any night of the week, and some sweet sh*t too. Look out for Zero F*cks Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Crowd Goes Mild Curry, Chilli con Can’t Be F*cked and Gimme a Break Celebration Cake – plus a load of other classics you’ll want to make again and again. Give it a squiz, champion! Recipes illustrated by Sydney artists Bunkwaa, Glenno, Warrick McMiles and Onnie O'Leary.

I'm Not with the Band

Author : Sylvia Patterson
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0751558699
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book I'm Not with the Band written by Sylvia Patterson and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DON'T MISS SYLVIA PATTERSON'S BRAND NEW MEMOIR, SAME OLD GIRL, COMING SPRING 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2016 'Celebratory and elegiac' Guardian 'A roller-coaster memoir' Sunday Times 'Funny, anecdote-packed, nostalgic but also very touching' The Pool 'Patterson fillets out the pretentious bones of pop, leaving its glistening meat' Observer This is a three-decade survivor's tale . . . a scenic search for elusive human happiness through music, magazines, silly jokes, stupid shoes, useless blokes, hopeless homes, booze, drugs, love, loss, A&E, death, disillusion and hope. In 1986, Sylvia Patterson boarded a train to London armed with a tea-chest full of vinyl records, a peroxide quiff and a dream: to write about music, for ever. She got her wish. Escaping a troubled home, Sylvia embarks on a lifelong quest to discover The Meaning of It All. The problem is she's mostly hanging out with flaky pop stars, rock 'n' roll heroes and unreliable hip-hop legends. As she encounters music's biggest names, she is confronted by glamour and tragedy; wisdom and lunacy; drink, drugs and disaster. And Bros. Here is Madonna in her Earth Mother phase, flinging her hands up in horror at one of Sylv's Very Stupid Questions. Prince compliments her shoes while Eminem threatens to kill her. She shares fruit with Johnny Cash, make-up with Amy Winehouse and several pints with the Manics' lost soul-man Richey Edwards. She finds the Beckhams fragrant in LA, a Gallagher madferrit in her living room and Shaun Ryder and Bez as you'd expect, in Jamaica. From the 80s to the present day, I'm Not with the Band is a funny, barmy, utterly gripping chronicle of the last thirty years in music and beyond. It is also the story of one woman's wayward search for love, peace and a wonderful life. And whether, or not, she found them.

Let’s spend the night together

Author : Subcultures Network
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152615997X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Let’s spend the night together written by Subcultures Network and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s spend the night together explores how sex and sexuality provided essential elements of British youth culture in the 1950s through to the 1980s. It shows how the underlying sexual charge of rock ‘n’roll – and pop music more generally – was integral to the broader challenge embodied in the youth cultures that developed after World War Two. As teenage hormones rushed to move to the music and take advantage of the spaces opening up through consumption, education and employment, so the boundaries of British morality and cultural propriety were tested and often transgressed. Be it the assertive masculinity of the teds or the lustful longings of the teeny-bopper, the gender-bending of glam or the subterranean allure of an underground club/disco, the free love of the 1960s or the punk provocations in the 1970s, sex was forever to the fore and, more often than not, underpinned the moral panics that fitfully followed any cultural shift in youthful style and behaviour. Drawing from scholarship across a range of disciplines, the Subcultures Network explore how sex and sexuality were experienced, presented, conferred, responded to and understood within the context of youth culture, popular music and social change in the period between World War Two and the advent of AIDS. The essays locate sex, music and youth culture in the context of post-war Britain: with a widening and ever-more prevalent media; amidst the loosening bonds of censorship; in a society shaped by changing patterns of consumption and the emergence of the ‘teenager’; existing, as Jeff Nuttall famously argued, under the shadow of the (nuclear) bomb.

Juiced

Author : Jose Canseco
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9780060746407
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Juiced written by Jose Canseco and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2005-02-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport -- in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power, which allowed him to become the first man in history to belt more than forty home runs and swipe more than forty bases in the same season. He won Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and a World Series ring. Canseco shattered the mold of the out-of-shape baseball player and ushered in a new era of superathletes who looked like bodybuilders, made outrageous salaries, and enjoyed rock-star lifestyles. And the ticket for this ride? Steroids. Behind the gaudy stats and the glamour of his public life, Canseco cultivated a secret just about everyone in MLB knew about, one that would alter the game of baseball and the way we view our heroes forever. Canseco made himself a guinea pig of the performance-enhancing drugs that were only just beginning to infiltrate the American underground. Anabolic steroids, human growth hormones -- Canseco mixed, matched, and experimented to such a degree that he became known throughout the league as "The Chemist." He passed his knowledge on to trainers and fellow players, and before long, performance-enhancing drugs were running rampant throughout Major League Baseball. Sluggers scooping up pitches at their ankles and blasting them out of the park, pitchers cranking fastballs inning after inning -- Canseco showed the players how to customize their doses to sculpt the bodies they wanted, and baseball as we know it was the result. Today, this issue has crept out of the closet and burst into the headlines as players balloon to herculean proportions and hundred-year-old records are not only broken, but also demolished. In this shocking memoir, Canseco sheds light on a life of dizzying highs and debilitating lows, provides the answers to questions about steroids that millions of fans are only now beginning to ask -- and suggests that, far from being a passing trend, the steroid revolution is only a taste of things to come. Who's juiced? According to Canseco's authoritative account, more than you think. And baseball will never be the same.

Guitar Hero Series

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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guitar Hero Series written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Field & Stream

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field & Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

Olly Murs Special by Smash Hits Annual 2014

Author : Pedigree Books
Publisher : Pedigree Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781907602900
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Olly Murs Special by Smash Hits Annual 2014 written by Pedigree Books and published by Pedigree Books Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to follow his dream of stardom the Essex-lad has one of the most loyal followings in pop music. His career has been a fairy story, rising from office worker to become one of the most successful pop stars in Britain today. With over 5 million records sold worldwide his army of fans love his feel good music and his cheeky personality. This 'Special' editorial Annual to help fans new and old to get closer to the coolest pop star around. Full of hunky photos, gossip, fun actvities and crazy facts this Annual is a must have.

Field & Stream

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Ski

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ski written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Media and Popular Music

Author : Peter Mills
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748664440
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Media and Popular Music written by Peter Mills and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the relationships between music and contemporary media.

Living Through Pop

Author : Andrew Blake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134717601
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Living Through Pop written by Andrew Blake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1956 many people thought rock `n' roll was a passing fad, yet over forty years later , more than ever, Popular Music is a part of contemporary culture, reinventing itself for successive generations. Pop embraces its own history, with musicians from every genre routinely sampling the sounds of the past. present. Living Through Pop explores popular music's history, and the ways in which it has been produced by musicians, broadcasters, critics and fans. In discussing this complex relationship between the past and the present, the contributors investigate signficant moments in music's history, from the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground to the Sex Pistols and the Verve, from drum `n' bass to European extreme techno.

K-punk

Author : Mark Fisher
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1912248298
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book K-punk written by Mark Fisher and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of the writings of Mark Fisher (1968-2017), whose work defined critical writing for a generation. This comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk). Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews; his key writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines; his final unfinished introduction to his planned work on "Acid Communism"; and a number of important interviews from the last decade. Edited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds.

Wired for Sound

Author : Tom Bromley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0857203231
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Wired for Sound written by Tom Bromley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighties was a golden era for British pop: Radio One served as the soundtrack of the nation; the chart run-down on Sunday evenings was compulsory listening - ditto watching Top of the Popsand reading Smash Hits. It also saw the launch of the Now That's What I Call Music series. In the States, the arrival of MTV helped usher in what became known as the 'Second British Invasion', echoing the success of the Beatles twenty years earlier. Wired For Soundtells the remarkable story of the great eighties British bands (and Kajagoogoo) and how their music captured the nation's imagination: the more radical beginnings in the early eighties (the new romanticisms of Duran and Spandau, the 'protest pop' of early Wham!); the full pomp of their mid-eighties success (the worldwide tours, the glamorous video shoots, the ubiquitous 'Choose Life' and 'Relax' T-shirts); and their fall from the top of pop's pedestal (the splitting up of Wham!, Boy George's drug problems). Wired for Soundwill describe the subsequent descent to Band Aid II (Bros, Wet Wet Wet, Stock, Aitken and Waterman), which bookended the low point of the pop music that followed. Wired For Sound will be the affectionate celebration of both a musical youth and the era when young guns went for it. This is a book for anyone who grew up reading Smash Hits, soundtracked their teenage years on C90 cassettes and remembers a time when it really mattered who was number one.

Life Is A Rollercoaster

Author : Ronan Keating
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446491528
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Life Is A Rollercoaster written by Ronan Keating and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Brilliant' OK! 'Engagingly warm' Heat 'Sensational' The Mirror'Ronan Keating demolishes his 'Mr Perfect of Pop image in a new warts-and-all book of his amazing ride to stardom.' The MirrorRonan Keating is a very real idol. In a life-story that received extensive press and ecstatic reviews as 'a classic - honest, funny and gripping', Ronan Keating tells the full story of his incredible journey. He may be only 23 but he has lived an extraordinary life so far, from playing football on a housing estate in North Dublin to headlining Madison Square Garden with Elton John. But Ronan has never forgotten it's his fans that got him there. It's an inspirational story of a boy from modest beginnings who confounded the critics and made his mark with talent, boyish good looks and, above all, an integrity that has helped him move from the teen market to a broader, adult audience. In a surprisingly honest, remarkably frank style he talks openly of his background and his beloved mother, Boyzone's extraordinary catapult to fame, his friends and band-mates and his new solo career and his wife and son. Brimming with anecdote and revelation, this is a brilliantly written book by a true star - Ronan.

Popular Mechanics

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.