Download or read book Hip Hop And Other Things written by Shea Serrano and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is about, as it were, rap, but also some other things. It's a smart, fun, funny, insightful book that spends the entirety of its time celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music these past two and a half decades. Tupac is in there. Jay Z is in there. Missy Elliott is in there. Drake is in there. Pretty much all of the big names are in there, as are a bunch of the smaller names, too. There's art from acclaimed illustrator Arturo Torres, there are infographics and footnotes; there's all kinds of stuff in there. Some of the chapters are serious, and some of the chapters are silly, and some of the chapters are a combination of both things. All of them, though, are treated with the care and respect that they deserve. HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is the third book in the (And Other Things) series. The first two—Basketball (And Other Things) and Movies (And Other Things)—were both #1 New York Times bestsellers.

Download or read book Dear Dickhead written by Virginie Despentes and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Epic . . . Brash and provocative . . . [A] riveting exploration of feminism and sexism . . . Readers will be awed." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) The French novel taking the world by storm: an ultracontemporary Dangerous Liaisons about sex, feminism, and addiction. Dear Dickhead, I read your post on Insta. You’re like a pigeon shitting on my shoulder as you flap past. It’s shitty and unpleasant. Waah, waah, waah, I’m a pissy little pantywaist, no one loves me so I whimper like a Chihuahua in the hope someone will notice me. Congratulations: you’ve got your fifteen minutes of fame! You want proof? I’m writing to you. Oscar is a B-list novelist in his forties. He used to be an alcoholic and a cokehead, but now he keeps himself busy by ranting on social media. When Rebecca, an actress whose looks he insulted, sends him an angry email, they strike up a combative correspondence—at the very moment that Oscar is accused of sexual harassment by his former publicist. What ensues is a no-holds-barred conversation about life under the patriarchy, and above all about addiction—to drugs, to alcohol, to the internet, to rage. Virginie Despentes, the celebrated author of King Kong Theory, has written her breakthrough book: a Dangerous Liaisons for our time. We follow Rebecca and Oscar as they develop an unlikely friendship and argue over questions of right and wrong in a city—Paris—where pleasure, excess, and freedom rule the day, or used to. Dear Dickhead is a guns-blazing novel about a culture that makes men and women sick, and about how the search for feeling leaves us addicted to what makes us feel. The result is a provocative and unmissable book from the author hailed by The Guardian as France’s “rock and roll Zola.”

Download or read book OFF THE AIR written by gLenie b and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenie b is a Punk Rock DJ who started djing at the age of 13 in clubs around upper New York State. He eventually moved to north-central Pennsylvania starting a very successful mobile DJ business that lead him to be a local radio celebrity and music programmer on various stations through the years. Now, 30 years later you can hear him on NCPA's only All 80's Station Totally Awesome 80's Q1069, 1059 Qwik Rock out of State College and his music programming on Key West, Florida's Own Party Station 1057. This is his story of The Rock n Roll life style he lead from back stage antics to DJ tips, tricks, groupies, sex, lovers, personal tragedies and triumphs.

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Download or read book OFF THE AIR Collector s Edition written by gLenie b and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenie b is a Punk Rock DJ who started djing at the age of 13 in clubs around upper New York State. He eventually moved to north-central Pennsylvania starting a very successful mobile DJ business that lead him to be a local radio celebrity and music programmer on various stations through the years. Now, 30 years later you can hear him on NCPA's only All 80's Station Totally Awesome 80's Q1069, 1059 Qwik Rock out of State College and his music programming on Key West, Florida's Own Party Station 1057. This is his story of The Rock n Roll life style he lead from back stage antics to DJ tips, tricks, groupies, sex, lovers, personal tragedies and triumphs.

Download or read book My Own Devices written by Dessa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I love the way Dessa puts words together. In her songs, in her poetry, in her short stories, and now in this beautiful and candid memoir. Wanna be an artist? Get this book.” --Lin-Manuel Miranda "Dessa writes beautifully about a wide range of topics, including science, music, and the pain that comes with being in love; it's a surprising and generous memoir by a singular voice." --NPR, Best Books of 2018 Dessa defies category--she is an intellectual with an international rap career and an inhaler in her backpack; a creative writer fascinated by philosophy and behavioral science; and a funny, charismatic performer dogged by blue moods and heartache. She's ferocious on stage and endearingly neurotic in the tour van. Her stunning literary debut memoir stitches together poignant insights on love, science, and language--a demonstration of just how far the mind can travel while the body is on a six-hour ride to the next gig. In "The Fool That Bets Against Me," Dessa writes to Geico to request a commercial insurance policy for the broken heart that's helped her write so many sad songs. "A Ringing in the Ears" tells the story of her father building a wooden airplane in their backyard garage. In "'Congratulations,'" she describes the challenge of recording a song for The Hamilton Mixtape in a Minneapolis basement, straining for a high note and hoping for a break. "Call Off Your Ghost" chronicles the fascinating project she undertook with a team of neuroscientists to try to clinically excise romantic feelings for an old flame. Her writing is infused with scientific research, dry wit, a philosophical perspective, and an abiding tenderness for the people she tours with and the people she leaves behind to be on the road. My Own Devices is an uncompromising and candid account of a life in motion, in music, and in love. Dessa is as compelling on the page as she is onstage, making My Own Devices the debut of a unique and deft literary voice.

Download or read book Mail Order Groom written by A. N. Boyden and published by A. N. Boyden. This book was released on 2022-03-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Take a picture. It'll last longer," the surly stranger drawled as he took a puff from his Marlboro Red, causing Nina to scrunch her face in disgust. "Are you gonna let me in or keep me standin' out here all night?" Nina batted away a cloud of smoke he sent her way and poorly attempted to stifle a cough. "Um, I'm sorry, but I believe you have the wrong house." "This is 1123 Elmhurst, correct?" "That's correct." "And you're Nina O'Neil, correct?" "Yes, that's correct." "Well, then I'm in the right place." "No, I don't think you are. I don't know you, and I certainly don't know what your intentions are. Please leave before I call the cops," Nina demanded before closing the door. Her eyes widened when they landed on the booted foot that prevented the heavy oak door from shutting. "Sugar, I'm the one you've been begging to keep you warm at night." "Excuse me?" Nina gasped, flinging the door back open. "Isn't that what you wrote to me? You would be waiting for me with open arms and a meal fit for a king once I finished my business trip." "I wrote that to someone, but that someone isn't you!" Nina exclaimed. "It is me, Zane." "No, no, no, no, no. I don't know what kind of sick game you're playing, but you're not my Zane," Nina argued. "You lost your first tooth in an extreme pillow fight with your older brother, your nephew calls you NiNi, you hate the taste of toothpaste, you have a severe obsession with 80s music, you detest people who have more than 15 items in the 15 items or less checkout line, and you have a rose tramp stamp that you had to get as a result of losing a dare. Must I go on?" Nina's hand flew to the tattoo on her back that was currently burning a hole through her sweater. How did this stranger know all these personal details about her? The only man she shared this with was Zane Doran, who spoke with through the mail-order groom service. "You wanted a mail-order groom? Here I am, sugar, signed, sealed, and delivered." "Oh, you got me fucked up!" *** Nina O'Neil is a successful physical therapist looking to settle down without all the hoopla and disappointment dating in the modern age brings. Despite the stern warnings she received from her family and friends, Nina signs up for a mail-order groom service in hopes of finding true love. It didn't take much for Nina to fall for Zane Doran, an accomplished hedge fund manager. For her? It was love at first sight, and the two spent the next several months exchanging messages. She falls in love with her online lover and is ready to take the next step. Instead of being met by the well-kept, polite gentleman whom Nina has been bearing her soul to, Nina is surprised to find a rough-neck tattooed beast of a man on her doorstep. What makes matters worse...he was just released from prison. Join the hilarious, side-splitting adventures of Nina and Zane as they attempt to navigate a relationship. Will the pair ever find common ground and make it down the aisle? **Best for a Mature audience: Sexual Content, Foul Language, LGBTQ characters 48,000 words

Download or read book Words for Wild Women written by J Lei D and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of meaningful messages to manage misgivings, surmount self-sabotage and submit to the super power of the soul. Written wildly to entertain and engage the wit of wild women, the twists of tales here electrify the light of life. Wild words send signals to chakra energy centres to break down blockages and balance the scales of sensibilities shook by silly and sorrowful situations. Wild ways often precede personal power by making sense of senselessly supressing self-love. It’s a long learning curve when your losses outweigh your wins. Words for Wild Women prompts reflection, developing a deeper understanding of why each misstep and misfortune on a wild road act as miles stones to self-mastery. The will of the wild is not motivated by madness, but rather a mission to overcome the heat from hell. Seek to ascend through the channels of change with love. Self-love.

Download or read book She Begat This written by Joan Morgan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy. Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill's first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in modern history. Artists from Beyoncé to Nicki Minaj to Janelle Monáe have claimed it as an inspiration, and, in 2017, it was included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as well as named the second greatest album by a woman in history by NPR (right behind Joni Mitchell's Blue). Award-winning feminist author and journalist Joan Morgan delivers an expansive, in-depth, and heartfelt analysis of the album and its enduring place in pop culture. She Begat This is both an indelible portrait of a magical moment when a young, fierce, and determined singer-rapper-songwriter made music history and a crucial work of scholarship, perfect for longtime hip-hop fans and a new generation of fans just discovering this album."--Jacket.

Download or read book The Cheat Sheet written by Sarah Adams and published by Dell. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Discover the heartwarming friends to lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok—now with a new chapter and a Q&A with the author! The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. The only problem is that she can’t admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. But those abs . . . Nope! Nothing but good old-fashioned, no-touching-the-sexiest-man-alive, platonic friendship for Bree. In any case, she has other things to worry about. After a car accident ended her chance at becoming a professional ballerina, Bree changed paths and now owns her own dance studio, with big dreams to expand it. But one more rent increase could mean the end of the studio entirely. Then, as usual, Nathan comes to the rescue and buys the entire building. A stubborn Bree is not happy about it and decides to rebel with a couple—okay, maybe more than a couple—of tequila shots. Then her plan backfires as she spills her deepest, darkest secret to a TMZ reporter. One viral video later, the world thinks Nathan and Bree are the perfect couple. Before they can really talk about her confession, Nathan’s publicist proposes a big opportunity that could mean financial security for Bree. The catch? They have to pretend to be in love. For three whole weeks. What will happen when Bree gives in to the feelings she’s been desperately hiding for so long, and could she be imagining that Nathan is actually enjoying it? Sarah Adams scores more than touchdowns in this exciting romantic comedy.

Download or read book Listen written by Michel Faber and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind." There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on inside us when we listen. Michel Faber explores two big questions: how do we listen to music and why do we listen to music? To answer these questions, he considers a range of factors, which includes age, illness, the notion of "cool," commerce, the dichotomy between "good" and "bad" taste and much more. From the award-winning author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, this idiosyncratic and philosophical book reflects Michel Faber's lifelong obsession with music of all kinds. Listen will change your relationship with the heard world.

Download or read book A Spy in the Struggle written by Aya de León and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Washington Post Featured Thriller That Will Have You On The Edge Of Your Seat Bustle's Most Anticipated Reads for December An Amazon Best of the Month Selection Book Riot Featured Hispanic Heritage Month Book CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Books of Fall 2020 Novel Suspects Featured December New Release "A passionately felt stand-alone with an affecting personal story at its center." - The Washington Post Winner of the International Latino Book Award, Aya de Leon, returns with a thrilling and timely story of feminism, climate, and corporate justice--as one successful lawyer must decide whether to put everything on the line to right the deep inequities faced in one under-served Bay Area, California community. Since childhood, Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. So when her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yolanda turns in her corrupt bosses to save her career--and goes to work for the Bureau. Soon she's sent undercover at Red, Black, and Green--an African-American "extremist" activist group back in her California college town. They claim a biotech corporation fueled by Pentagon funding is exploiting the neighborhood. But Yolanda is determined to put this assignment in her win column, head back to corporate law, and regain her comfortable life... Until an unexpected romance opens her heart--and a suspicious death opens her eyes. Menacing dark money forces will do anything to bury Yolanda and the movement. Fueled by memories of who she once was--and what once really mattered most--how can she tell those who've come to trust her that she's been spying? As the stakes escalate, and one misstep could cost her life, Yolanda will have to choose between betraying the cause of her people or invoking the wrath of the country's most powerful law enforcement agency. "Part of a new wave of espionage fiction from authors of color and women, many of whom place emphasis on the disturbing nature of being forced to spy on one's own." - Crime Reads, Most Anticipated Books of Fall

Download or read book THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS written by PETER B. KYNE and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bang Bang Crash written by Nic Brown and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another In the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Show—what could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path. Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country. Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Brown’s unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment.

Download or read book State of Emergency written by Tamika D. Mallory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A globally recognized civil rights activist presents an unwavering history of American systemic racism, a first-hand view of what makes for effective activism today, and a vision for lasting, positive change.

Download or read book The Musical Artistry of Rap written by Martin E. Connor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years Rap artists have met with mixed reception--acclaimed by fans yet largely overlooked by scholars. Focusing on 135 tracks from 56 artists, this survey appraises the artistry of the genre with updates to the traditional methods and measures of musicology. Rap synthesizes rhythmic vocals with complex beats, intonational systems, song structures, orchestration and instrumentalism. The author advances a rethinking of musical notation and challenges the conventional understanding of Rap through analysis of such artists as Eminem, Kanye West and Jean Grae.

Download or read book Weird Al written by Lily E. Hirsch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Expanded Edition features even more insights on “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his activities during a tumultuous 2020 and 2021, diving deeper into the world of the iconic man who has made a career out of making us laugh. Funny music is often dismissed as light and irrelevant, but Yankovic’s fourteen successful studio albums prove there is more going on than comedic music's reputation suggests. Lily Hirsch weaves together original interviews with the prince of parody himself, creating a fresh take on comedy and music’s complicated romance. She reveals that Yankovic’s jests have always had a deeper meaning, addressing such topics as bullying, celebrity, and racial and gender stereotypes. The Expanded Edition celebrates Yankovic’s vast influence on musicians, comedians, and performing artists as well as what the man has meant to fans—in a time of uncertainty, Yankovic has served as a much-needed bright spot for many. From his love of accordions and Hawaiian print shirts to his popular puns and trademark dance moves, Weird Al is undeterred by those who say funny music is nothing but a low-brow pastime. And thank goodness. With his good-guy grace still intact, Yankovic remains unapologetically and unmistakably himself. Reveling in the mischief and wisdom of Yankovic’s over forty-year career, this book is an Al-expense-paid tour of a true comedic and musical genius.