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Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
by Mickey Rapkin  Publisher Comments Pitch Perfect is a behind-the-scenes look at the bizarre, often inspiring world of collegiate a cappella groups. The first collegiate a cappella group, the Yale Whiffenpoofs, was founded by Cole Porter back in 1909. But what had been largely an Ivy...
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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (33 1/3 Series)
by Matthew Stearns Publisher Comments Daydream Nation is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity (born of extremes, rife with difficulties, and mythic in proportion) that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. Matthew...
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Popular Music in Vietnam
by Dale A. Olsen Publisher Comments Based on the author's research in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and other urban areas in Vietnam, this study of contemporary Vietnamese popular music explores the ways globalization and free market economics have influenced the music and subcultures of...
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The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico (33 1/3 Series)
by Joe Harvard Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (33 1/3 Series)
by Mike McGonigal Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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The Smiths: Meat Is Murder (33 1/3 Series)
by Joe Pernice 
Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Jethro Tull: Aqualung (33 1/3 Series)
by Allan F. Moore Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (33 1/3 Series)
by Chris Ott Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys
by Steven S Gaines Publisher Comments With dozens of photos, Heroes and Villains recounts the bitter saga of the American dream realized and distorted and the music that survived. }...
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MTV Uncensored
by Jacob Hoye Publisher Comments Enter Indulge Exit From the artists to the executives, the producers to the interns, an all-access pass to MTV's first twenty years. Voices: Anthony Kiedis, Britney Spears, Busta Rhymes, Carson Daly, Chris Connelly, Denis Leary, Dr. Dre, Ed Lover, Foxy...
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Prince: Sign o' the Times (33 1/3 Series)
by Michaelangelo Matos Publisher Comments 33 1/3 is a series of short books about a wide variety of albums, by artists ranging from James Brown to the Beastie Boys. Launched in September 2003, the series now contains over 50 titles and is acclaimed and loved by fans, musicians and scholars alike....
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Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer Publisher Comments The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wielding fugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americans since he first began recording and performing in the 1950s. His uniquely depraved wit has been forced again on an unsuspecting...
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Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra
by George Jacobs and William Stadiem Publisher Comments An odyssey of celebrity, extravagance, and genius, Mr. S provides the deepest understanding yet of one of our greatest entertainers As the right hand of Frank Sinatra from 1953 to 1968, George Jacobs arguably had one of the coolest jobs in the world at...
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Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas
by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-305), discography (p. [311]-317), and index....
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I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence
by Bill Friskics-warren Publisher Comments The urge to participate in or belong to something greater and more lasting than oneself is what defines humans as spiritual beings. Though often dismissed as ephemeral or, worse, satanic, popular music has given voice to this quest for transcendence...
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Looking for the Perfect Beat: The Art and Culture of the DJ
by Kurt B. Reighley
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is perfect for any DJ with zero to one year of experience open to thinking about how to approach their art. Mr. Reighley, a DJ of only a few years, presents his thoughts on the artform, as well as a host of interviews with legendary DJs...
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Eva Cassidy: Songbird: Her Story by Those Who Knew Her
by Rob Burley Publisher Comments The stirring, full-color oral biography of the singer whose pure, haunting voice came to be loved by millions around the world after her tragically brief life. Eva Cassidy's albums Songbird, Live at Blues Alley, Eva By Heart, Time After Time, and Imagine...
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Liberace: An American Boy
by Darden Asbury Pyron Publisher Comments More people watched his nationally syndicated television show between 1953 and 1955 than followed I Love Lucy. Even a decade after his death, the attendance records he set at Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, and Radio City Music Hall still...
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Global Pop: World Music, World Markets
by Timothy D. Taylor Publisher Comments Global Pop offers a fascinating and timely survey of popular music and its impact on contemporary culture along with our ways of looking at and living in the world....
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R.E.M.: Murmur (33 1/3 Series)
by J. Niimi Publisher Comments R.E.M.'s debut album, released in 1983, was so far removed from the prevailing trends of American popular music that it still sounds miraculous and out of time today. J. Niimi tells the story of the album's genesis — with fascinating input from Don...
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