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"I Hear America Singing": Folk Music and National Identity
by Rachel Clare DonaldsonFolk music is more than an idealized reminder of a simper past. It reveals a great deal about present-day understandings of community and belonging. It celebrates the shared traditions that define a group or nation. In America, folk music--from African American spirituals to English ballads and protest songs--renders the imagined community more tangible and comprises a critical component of our diverse national heritage. In "I Hear America Singing," Rachel Donaldson traces the vibrant history of the twentieth-century folk music revival from its origins in the 1930s through its end in the late 1960s. She investigates the relationship between the revival and concepts of nationalism, showing how key figures in the revival--including Pete Seeger , Alan Lomax, Moses Asch, and Ralph Rinzler--used songs to influence the ways in which Americans understood the values, the culture, and the people of their own nation. As Donaldson chronicles how cultural norms were shaped over the course of the mid-twentieth century, she underscores how various groups within the revival and their views shifted over time. "I Hear America Singing" provides a stirring account of how and why the revivalists sustained their culturally pluralist and politically democratic Americanism over this tumultuous period in American history.
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
by Daniel J. LevitinNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of 2024 Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals the deep connections between music and healing. Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent therapies today. He brings together, for the first time, the results of numerous studies on music and the brain, demonstrating how music can contribute to the treatment of a host of ailments, from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, to cognitive injury, depression, and pain. Levitin is not your typical scientist—he is also an award-winning musician and composer, and through lively interviews with some of today’s most celebrated musicians, from Sting to Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama, he shares their observations as to why music might be an effective therapy, in addition to plumbing scientific case studies, music theory, and music history. The result is a work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge research, and jubilant celebration. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord highlights the critical role music has played in human biology, illuminating the neuroscience of music and its profound benefits for those both young and old.
I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
by Daniel J. LevitinNeuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing.Music is perhaps one of humanity&’s oldest medicines as well as its most universal: from China to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and pre-colonial South America, cultures have developed rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, spur healing, and calm the mind. Despite this history, musical therapy has long been considered the remit of ancient practice and alternative medicine, if not outright quackery and pseudoscience. In the last decade, however, an overwhelming body of scientific evidence has emerged that persuasively argues music can offer profoundly effective treatment for a whole host of ailments, from Alzheimer&’s to PTSD, depression, pain, and cognitive injury. It is, in short, one of the most potent and remarkably promising new therapies available today.A work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge research, and joyful celebration of the human mind, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord explores the critical role music has played in human evolution, illuminating how the story of the human brain is inseparable from the creative enterprise of music that has bound cultures together throughout history. Music insinuates itself into our earliest memories; it is intimately connected to our emotional regulation and cognition; its shared rhythms and sounds are essential to our social behaviors. As neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin demonstrates in this mind-expanding follow-up to This Is Your Brain on Music—which revolutionized our understanding of the neuroscience of song—medical researchers are now finding that these same deep connections can be harnessed to create profound benefits for those both young and old.
I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
by Daniel J. LevitinNeuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing.Music is perhaps one of humanity&’s oldest medicines as well as its most universal: from China to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and pre-colonial South America, cultures have developed rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, spur healing, and calm the mind. Despite this history, musical therapy has long been considered the remit of ancient practice and alternative medicine, if not outright quackery and pseudoscience. In the last decade, however, an overwhelming body of scientific evidence has emerged that persuasively argues music can offer profoundly effective treatment for a whole host of ailments, from Alzheimer&’s to PTSD, depression, pain, and cognitive injury. It is, in short, one of the most potent and remarkably promising new therapies available today.A work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge research, and joyful celebration of the human mind, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord explores the critical role music has played in human evolution, illuminating how the story of the human brain is inseparable from the creative enterprise of music that has bound cultures together throughout history. Music insinuates itself into our earliest memories; it is intimately connected to our emotional regulation and cognition; its shared rhythms and sounds are essential to our social behaviors. As neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin demonstrates in this mind-expanding follow-up to This Is Your Brain on Music—which revolutionized our understanding of the neuroscience of song—medical researchers are now finding that these same deep connections can be harnessed to create profound benefits for those both young and old.
I Heart Band #1
by Genevieve Kote Michelle SchustermanBand Geeks unite in this fresh new middle-grade series by debut author (and former band director) Michelle Schusterman! Holly Mead's first day of seventh grade isn't going as planned. Her brother ruins her carefully chosen outfit, she's almost late, and her new band director has some surprisingly strict rules. Worst of all, it seems like her best friend, Julia, has replaced her with Natasha, the pretty, smart, new French horn player! Holly is determined to get first chair, but Natasha is turning out to be some pretty stiff competition--and not just in band. Band might be a competition, but friendship isn't--and Holly needs to figure it out before she loses Julia for good.
I Heart Jonas Brothers (I Heart Ser.)
by Harlee HarteHarlee Harte writes the celebrity column for her high school newspaper where she gets to meet and greet the hottest teen sensations, write about her idols, and hang out at the hippest places. Her friends pop in and offer advice on the latest fashions, beauty tips, music, celeb sightings, and how to deal with parents, school, crushes, and friends.Harlee' s latest assignment is getting the inside scoop on the Jonas Brothers— Nick, Joe, and Kevin– who starred in the Disney movie Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. The brothers also produced the top ten singles “ Burnin' Up” and “ Tonight” as well as number one albums A Little Bit Longer and Lines, Vines, and Trying Times.In this fun-filled book, Harlee shares gossipy facts about the brothers and the songs and movies that made them famous. Get all the details about this trio, including their thoughts on dating, their likes and dislikes, and their quick rise to fame. Then, take the quizzes at the end of the book to find out how much you really know about Joe, Kevin, and Nick!
I Heart Justin Bieber
by Harlee HarteHarlee Harte writes the celebrity column for her high school newspaper where she gets to meet and greet the hottest teen sensations, write about her idols, and hang out at the hippest places. Her friends pop in and offer advice on the latest fashions, beauty tips, music, celeb sightings, and how to deal with parents, school, crushes, and friends.Harlee' s latest assignment is getting the inside scoop on Justin Bieber, who was the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Justin achieved international success with his debut album, My World and wrote and performed worldwide hits "Baby” and “ Boyfriend.” Justin also had number one albums My World 2.0 and Never Say Never. In this fun-filled book, Harlee shares gossipy facts about Justin and the songs that made him famous. Get all the details about Justin, including his thoughts on dating, his likes and dislikes, and his quick rise to fame. Then, take the quizzes at the end of the book to find out how much a Belieber you really are!
I Heart Selena Gomez
by Harlee HarteHarlee Harte writes the celebrity column for her high school newspaper where she gets to meet and greet the hottest teen sensations, write about her idols, and hang out at the hippest places. Her friends pop in and offer advice on the latest fashions, beauty tips, music, celeb sightings, and advice on how to deal with parents, school, crushes, and friends.Harlee' s latest assignment is getting the inside scoop on Selena Gomez, a multi-talented Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated singer and actress who rose to fame in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. With her band “ Selena Gomez & the Scene," she also released her first album, Kiss and Tell, which reached the top ten on the Billboard album charts.In this fun-filled book, Harlee shares gossipy facts about Selena and the shows and music that made her famous— long before her acclaimed series Only Murders in the Building. Get all the details about Selena, including her thoughts on dating, her likes and dislikes, and her quick rise to fame. Then, take the quizzes at the end and find out how much you and Selena are alike!
I Heart Taylor Swift
by Harlee HarteHarlee Harte writes the celebrity column for her high school newspaper where she gets to meet and greet the hottest teen sensations, write about her idols, and hang out at the hippest places. Her friends pop in and offer advice on the latest fashions, beauty tips, music, celeb sightings, and how to deal with parents, school, crushes, and friends.Harlee' s latest assignment is getting the inside scoop on Taylor Swift, the multi-Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter of such hits as “ Love Story” and “ You Belong with Me,” as well as titles songs to her number one albums Fearless and Speak Now. In this fun-filled book, Harlee shares gossipy facts about Taylor and the music that made her famous. Get all the details about Taylor, including her thoughts on dating, her likes and dislikes, and her quick rise to fame. Then, take the quizzes at the end and find out if you and Taylor are besties!
I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
by Barbara S. GarrielPerfect for any young reader interested in music, families who love music, and a must-have staple for music classrooms, this funny picture book is an amusing introduction to the instruments in an orchestra, featuring clever rhymes and whimsical illustrations. Meet a shy fellow! He&’s hard to notice, but he&’s right at the side of the room listening to a duet for cello and viola. But look again -- our shy fellow suddenly has an urge to swallow a HUGE cello, which is precisely what he does. And he doesn't stop there! He also swallows a harp, a saxophone, and a fiddle while trying to satisfy his voracious appetite for musical instruments. But when he swallows a teensy, tiny, little bitty bell, you won&’t believe what happens! In this take-off on a classic children&’s song, kids will laugh out loud and learn all about musical instruments with this story that&’s a melodious mix of fun and frivolity.
I Love My White Shoes (Pete the Cat #1)
by Eric Litwin<p>Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series! <p>Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes! <p>But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song...because it's all good. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes asks the reader questions about the colors of different foods and objects—kids love to interact with the story. <p>The fun never stops—download the free groovin’ song.</p>
I Love My White Shoes (Pete the Cat)
by Eric Litwin James DeanPete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries and other big messes! But no matter what color his shoes are are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song... because it's all good.
I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)
by Brian BooneMusic breeds duality. We enjoy the music we love-listening to it, talking about it, reading about it. But it's just as fun to passionately revel in mocking the music we hate. Fortunately, musicians make this two-lane path very easy to follow. Half the time they're creating timeless works of art that speak to the soul; the other half, they're recording ridiculous concept albums about robots. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) covers both sides: It celebrates the music world's flashes of genius, the creation of masterpieces, and the little-known stories. . . as well as the entertainingly bad ideas. Armed with a healthy dose of Brian Boone's humorous asides and lively commentary, you'll learn extremely important stuff like: ? How bands got their stupid names ? All alternative rock bands directly descend from Pixies ? The most metal facts of metal in the history of metal ? The secret lives of one-hit wonders ? The story behind "Layla," and other assorted love songs about George Harrison's wife ? What is quite possibly the worst song in rock history Boone also reveals terribly useful information like chart trivia, the rules of music, lists, and many more origins, meanings, and stories about everyone's most loved and loathed musicians.
I Love You, Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Baby Shark)
by John John BajetSing and dance along with Baby Shark in this story full of kisses, snuggles, and hugs -- the follow-up to the bestselling picture book!How does Baby Shark say "I love you"? No matter where you swim, near or far,My heart will be with you, wherever you are.In the light of day, to the night so dark,I will always love you, Baby Shark!Sing, dance, and read along to this brand-new love-filled song, featuring Baby Shark, Mama Shark, Daddy Shark, and more underwater friends. Perfect for bedtime, Valentine's Day, or any love-filled occasion, Kids and caregivers alike will delight in this silly illustrated story, full of funny, eye-popping illustrations and a catchy tune you won't be able to stop singing. Also features helpful picture guides so readers can dance along, act out the hand and foot movements, and develop their fine motor skills. Snuggle up with your little one and as you laugh, sing, and dance along to this charming and catchy read-aloud!
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
by Leslie Odom Jr. Nicolette RobinsonA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERI Love You More Than You'll Ever Know is a touching and heartfelt ode about the way we feel for our children, by award-winning actors of stage and screen Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nicolette Robinson, and illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz.Do you remember when we first met?It was a moment I won’t soon forget.Your sparkling aura. Your crooked grin!Do you remember, my trusted friend?When I count all my blessings, you’re always number one.Sweetest of all is, we’ve only just begun.The love we feel for our children never wavers. From the moment a baby is born, through the good times and the bad, from the silly moments to the warm embraces, this love is bigger than what we can put into words.This beautiful book is a comforting and lyrical refrain about the bonds we form with the children to whom we are closest in our lives.
I Love You Through and Through at Christmas, Too! / ¡En Navidad también te quiero! (Bilingual)
by Bernadette Rossetti-ShustakA joyful and loving holiday bilingual board book from the creators of the bestselling I Love You Through and Through!We love our little ones through and through and especially at Christmas, too!Join our bestselling toddler and bear as we huggle and snuggle and wiggle and giggle during this loving holiday.Share some love with your little one with I Love You Through and Through at Christmas, Too!In English and Spanish!Te quiero, yo te quiero... ¡y en Navidad también te quiero!Únete a este pequeñín y a su osito de peluche mientras comparte momentos de ternura con sus hijos. Un libro sobre el amor, en inglés y español, para leer mientras se acurrucan, se abrazan y se ríen juntos durante todo el año... ¡y en Navidad también!
I Love You Too
by Ziggy MarleyZiggy Marley in Concert was awarded a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album!"A sweetly affectionate ode to togetherness and love."--Publishers Weekly"Lyrics inspired by an exchange with Marley's 3-year-old daughter are set to bright paintings of a multicultural cast of children and adults enjoying each other's company indoors and out...The art will draw and hold young children's attention."--Kirkus Reviews"Sure to be a hit at bedtime, the lyrical story conveys the sweet, soothing, and affirming message."--School Library Journal"The emphasis of this book is that love has no boundaries."--New York Journal of Books"This looks to be on our home charts for weeks, months, maybe even years."--Austin Chronicle"An inspiring storybook edition of the lyrics of famous reggae performer Ziggy Marley...song lyrics are surrounded and set in warm, vivid illustrations of children of many hues, laughing and playing with loving parents and grandparents in a healthy, light, balanced natural world."--Midwest Book Review"Orly Marley, 42, adores the tale husband Ziggy wrote for daughter Judah, 9."--US Weekly, Objects of Affection mention"The illustrations are simply stunning...But even more than the gorgeous illustrations is the wonderful message that this book conveys--that families and friends will always love each other."--The Mama GamesReleased simultaneously with Ziggy Marley's new album, Fly Rasta.A debut children's book by reggae icon Ziggy Marley with illustrations by Ag Jatkowska.A beautifully illustrated, multicultural children's picture book based on one of Ziggy Marley's most beloved songs, "I Love You Too." The book explores a child's relationship with parents, nature, and the unstoppable force of love. This is Ziggy's first book, though his foray into children's music is extensive and very well known. He is the singer of "Believe in Yourself," the popular theme song of the hit TV show, Arthur.Marley has been a long-time fixture in the children's entertainment arena. In 2004, he played the role of Ernie, the mischievous jellyfish in the Dreamworks animated smash, Shark Tale, and has made appearances on multiple family and children’s shows including Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, the 2009 "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade," and A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration on HBO. In 2009, Ziggy, along with his wife, children, and mother Rita Marley, joined President Barack Obama for the 131st annual White House Easter Egg Roll celebration. More recently, he has crafted the theme song for HBO's Saving My Tomorrow, is featured in the GRAMMY Museum / Cal Science Center's Exhibit "Saving the Earth with Music" and lent his voice to the PupStar franchise. Marley is also an honorary member of the board of directors for Little Kids Rock, an organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the United States.From the introduction to I Love You Too by Ziggy Marley:"One day I was in my kitchen making breakfast with my then three-year-old daughter Judah. She looked at me and said, 'I love you.' I spontaneously replied to her, 'I love you too.' From that came the song and now the book based on the lyrics. I hope you share and enjoy this with your loved ones as I have with mine. I love you too."A coproduction of Akashic Books and Tuff Gong Worldwide
I Mix What I Like!
by Jared A. BallI Mix What I Like is a study of the hip-hop mixtape as a tool of emancipatory journalism. Looking at colonialism, the media, education, intellectual property, and popular culture Jared Ball examines the ways in which the grassroots history of the rap music mixtape can encourage new forms of political organization and struggle.
I Remember Jazz: Six Decades Among the Great Jazzmen
by Al RoseAl Rose has known virtually every noteworthy jazz musician of this century. For many of them he has organized concerts, composed songs that they later played or sang, and promoted their acts. He has, when called upon, bailed them out of jail, straightened out their finances, stood up for them at their weddings, and eulogized them at their funerals. He has caroused with them in bars and clubs from New Orleans to New York, from Paris to Singapore -- and survived to tell the story. The result has been a lifetime of friendship with some of the music world's most engaging and rambunctious personalities. In I Remember Jazz, Rose draws on this unparallelled experience to recall, through brief but poignant vignettes, the greats and the near-greats of jazz. In a style that is always entertaining, unabashedly idiosyncratic, and frequently irreverent, he writes about Jelly Roll Morton and Bunny Berigan, Eubie Blake and Bobby Hackett, Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong, and more than fifty others.Rose was only twenty-two when he was first introduced to Jelly Roll Morton. He quickly discovered that they had more in common than a love of music. Something of a peacock at that age, Rose was dressed in a "polychromatic, green-striped suit, pink shirt with a detachable white collar, dubonnet tie, buttonhole, and handkerchief" -- and so was Jelly Roll. About Eubie Blake, Rose notes that he was not only a superb musician but also a notorious ladies' man. Rose recalls asking the noted pianist when he was ninety-seven, "How old do you have to be before the sex drive goes?" Blake's reply: "You'll have to ask someone older than me." Once in 1947, Rose was asked to assemble a group of musicians to play at a reception to be hosted by President Truman at Blair House in Washington, D.C. The musicians included Muggsy Spanier, George Brunies, Pee Wee Russell, Pops Foster, and Baby DOdds. But the hit of the evening was President Truman himself, who joined the group on the piano to play "Kansas City Kitty" and the "Missouri Waltz."I Remember Jazz is replete with such amusing and affectionate anecdotes -- vignettes that will delight all fans of the music. Al Rose does indeed remember jazz. And for that we can all be grateful.
I Saw Eternity the Other Night: King's College, Cambridge, and an English Singing Style
by Timothy DayThe sound of the choir of King's College, Cambridge - its voices perfectly blended, its emotions restrained, its impact sublime - has become famous all over the world, and for many, the distillation of a particular kind of Englishness. This is especially so at Christmas time, with the broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, whose centenary is celebrated this year. How did this small band of men and boys in a famous fenland town in England come to sing in the extraordinary way they did in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?It has been widely assumed that the King's style essentially continues an English choral tradition inherited directly from the Middle Ages. In this original and illuminating book, Timothy Day shows that this could hardly be further from the truth. Until the 1930s, the singing at King's was full of high Victorian emotionalism, like that at many other English choral foundations well into the twentieth century.The choir's modern sound was brought about by two intertwined revolutions, one social and one musical. From 1928, singing with the trebles in place of the old lay clerks, the choir was fully made up of choral scholars - college men, reading for a degree. Under two exceptional directors of music - Boris Ord from 1929 and David Willcocks from 1958 - the style was transformed and the choir broadcast and recorded until it became the epitome of English choral singing, setting the benchmark for all other choral foundations either to imitate or to react against. Its style has now been taken over and adapted by classical performers who sing both sacred and secular music in secular settings all over the world with a precision inspired by the King's tradition.I Saw Eternity the Other Night investigates the timbres of voices, the enunciation of words, the use of vibrato. But the singing of all human beings, in whatever style, always reflects in profound and subtle ways their preoccupations and attitudes to life. These are the underlying themes explored by this book.
I Saw The Light: The Story of Hank Williams - Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams
by Colin EscottIn his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Songs like Your Cheatin' Heart, Hey Good Lookin' and Jambalaya sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed.But by the time of his death at age twenty-nine, Williams had drunk and drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and out of his headline spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Even though he was country music's top seller, toward the end he was so famously unreliable that he was lucky to get a booking in a beer hall.After his death, Williams' records sold more than ever, and have continued to do so in the half-century since. His oft-covered catalog has produced hits for artists ranging from Fats Domino and John Fogerty's Blue Ridge Rangers to Ray Charles and B.J. Thomas; from Bob Dylan and jazz diva Norah Jones, to crooner Perry Como, R&B star Dinah Washington, and British punk band, The The.In this definitive account Colin Escott vividly details the singer's stunning rise and his spectacular decline, and reveals much that was previously unknown or hidden about the life of this country music legend.Now, over sixty years after his death, a major motion picture starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen brings Hank Williams' tragic story to the screen. I Saw The Light first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be distributed by Sony Picture Classics in the UK.
I Saw the Light: The Story of Hank Williams
by Colin Escott George Merritt William MacewenThe book that inspired the major motion picture I Saw the Light. Originally published as Hank William: The Biography.In his brief life, Hank Williams created one of the defining bodies of American music. Songs such as "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," and "Jambalaya" sold millions of records and became the model for virtually all country music that followed. But by the time of his death at age twenty-nine, Williams had drunk and drugged and philandered his way through two messy marriages and out of his headline spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Even though he was country music's top seller, toward the end he was so famously unreliable that he was lucky to get a booking in a beer hall. Colin Escott's enthralling, definitive biograph--now the basis of the major motion picture I Saw the Light--vividly details the singer's stunning rise and his spectacular decline, revealing much that was previously unknown or hidden about the life of this country music legend.
I See the Rhythm of Gospel
by Michele Wood Toyomi Igus'We free now, baby,' mama whispers as we bounce and sway with the wagon's twists and turns over roads of clay through the land that oppressed us to a new world, a brand new day. The dynamic author/illustrator team of Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood has come together again to produce I See the Rhythm of Gospel, a sequel to the Coretta Scott King Award-winning I See the Rhythm. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this informative and inspirational blend of poetry, art, and music that relates the history of gospel music as reflected through the journey of African Americans from their arrival as slaves in America to the election of our first black president, Barack Obama.
I, Shithead
by Joey Keithley Jack RabidJoey Keithley, aka Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978. Punk kings who spread counterculture around the world, they've been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid and The Offspring; have toured with The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nirvana, PiL, Minor Threat and others; and are the subject of two tribute albums. They are the band that introduced the term "hardcore" into punk lexicon and may have turned Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain onto a career in music.But punk is more than a style of music: it's a political act, and D.O.A. have always had a social conscience, having performed in support of Greenpeace, women's rape/crisis centres, prisoner's rights, and antinuke and antiglobalization organizations. Twenty-five years later D.O.A. can claim sales of hundreds of thousands of copies of their 11 albums and tours in 30 different countries, and they are still going strong.I, Shithead is Joey's personal, no-bullshit recollections of a life in punk, starting with the burgeoning punk movement and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo, who believed they could change the world: stories of riots, drinking, travelling, playing and conquering all manner of obstacles through sheer determination.Praise for D.O.A.:"They rock out. They blow the roof off. Some of the best shows I've seen in my life were D.O.A. gigs. I've never seen D.O.A. not be amazing."--Henry Rollins (Black Flag, Rollins Band)"The proper medicine growing young minds needed."--Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)"Joey Shithead casts a long shadow."--John Doe (X)"They've changed a lot of people's lives."--Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)Joey "Shithead" Keithley has long been an activist, including as a candidate for the Green Party, and is the founder of Sudden Death Records (www.suddendeath.com). He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their three children.
I Talk Too Much: My Autobiography
by Francis RossiTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'THE ROCK 'N' ROLL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Essential for fans and great reading for anyone else' Classic RockBreak-ups, make-ups, groupies, band politics, court battles, the tragic death of Rick Parfitt . . . This is Francis Rossi as you have never seen him before.Status Quo have sold over 100 million records worldwide, including 65 hit singles and 32 hit albums. The legendary band's career has mirrored the evolution of rock music. From the struggles of the flower-power '60s, the highs of the denim-clad '70s, the coke- and tequila-induced blur of the '80s, to fighting for musical integrity in the '90s and '00s and a fresh lease of life from new band members in recent years, Rossi has been there for the entirety of Quo's turbulent history.In I Talk Too Much, Rossi will reveal the truth behind one of the biggest rock bands of all time, as well as the personal highs and lows of a career spanning over 50 years. He lifts the lid on the man behind the music - from humble beginnings in Forest Hill and being labelled a has-been by the press in his twenties to opening Live Aid in 1985 - and why he's still going strong at seventy. Along the way he has fathered eight children with three mothers and beaten both alcoholism and cocaine addiction. Rossi comes clean about the time he almost left the band, what he really thinks about the music industry today and the complexities of his fifty-year friendship with Rick Parfitt.Painfully honest, riotously funny and frequently outrageous, I Talk Too Much covers the glory years, the dark days and the real stories behind the creation of some of the greatest rock music of all time.