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2) Rock concert: an oral history as told by the artists, backstage insiders, and fans who were there
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on over ninety interviews with musicians, promoters, stagehands, and others who contributed to the huge cultural phenomenon that is live rock. Between 1950 and 1985, the rock concert developed its allure and power as a unifying experience-and became an influential multi-billion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, acclaimed interviewer Marc Myers sets out to...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"At some point, I began to think of it as an ancient folk tale. It's fine work, with a kind of scattered narrative set within a tight frame. Fast-moving throughout--fragile characters who suggest a bleak inner world made in their own collective image." --Don DeLillo An epidemic of violence is sweeping the country: musicians are being murdered onstage in the middle of their sets by members of their audience. Are these random copycat killings, or is...
6) Aftermath
Author
Language
English
Description
"Criminal attorney Jamie Powell will accept the consequences for defending her lifelong friend, Dustin, when he's accused of setting the bombs that killed dozens at a local political rally. But she hasn't seen him since he aged out of foster care, and he's always lived on the edge. Can she still trust him? As Jamie investigates his case and the people in his life, she realizes the facts coming to light could be devastating. Someone is setting him...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Four of Dressler's old gangster colleagues have put together a national tour of once-popular rock bands they own a piece of: three nights of concerts by guys (and a few gals) who were big shots back in the 1960s and 1970s, and who are now hoping for one more gasp of glory with this nostalgia exhibition. The Rock of Ages tour has proved itself to be anything but a love fest: plenty of the bandmates have been feuding for forty years, and-perhaps unsurprisingly-drugs...
14) Live 2003
Author
Publisher
Capitol
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
A 90-minute, 9-camera, super 16 live shoot taken from their July 21 and 22, 2003 performances at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, Australia, as well as band commentary, a behind-the scenes documentary, and a tour diary.
Publisher
Rhino
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause - setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher purpose. The concert helped to generate millions of dollars for UNICEF and raised awareness for the organization around the world.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London's 02 Arena. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows.
Series
Blue Monday volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Experience the Pepsi-fueled misadventures of teenager Bleu L. Finnegan, who is desperate to score Adam Ant tickets. This volume collects the original series as well as early short stories, re-mastered in full color.
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