Download or read book The Gas Pump Blues written by John Papa and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: gas saving tips,,,illustrated ,, Over 40 gas saving tips,,,,gas prices continue to soar

Download or read book Gas Station Blues written by Charles B. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Hood Nigga s Blues written by Tranay Adams and published by Tranay Adams. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After avenging his homeboy’s shooting, MARQUAN is given a ten-year sentence on a murder charge. Locked up, he takes the time to reflect on his life and the decisions that have put him in unfortunate circumstances. Coming to the conclusion that he must change for the better, Marquan decides to turn his life around and live righteously. But his past comes back to haunt him, and he finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful cars behind the walls. They’re looking to take his head to right an injustice. Meanwhile, life on the outside isn’t what it’s cracked up to be for his family. A guilty conscience causes his son’s mother, ADELE, to turn to the needle to tame her demons. Addicted to heroin, she neglects her responsibilities to their son, ANTONIO, a young man that’s eager to follow in the gangster footsteps of his father. Aiding him along the path of self-destruction is a man that Marquan once called friend, APOCALYPSE. Will Marquan survive the green light that’s been put on him in prison and make it out in time to save his family, or is he destined to leave the penitentiary in a body bag?

Download or read book Dirtdobber Blues written by Cyril E. Vetter and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immensely talented and devastatingly self-destructive, singer/songwriter Charles "Butch" Hornsby lived hard and fast. One of the most versatile artists ever to emerge from South Louisiana, Hornsby touched and frustrated his friends in equal measure. Dirtdobber Blues, a fictionalized account of Hornsby's life written by his close friend Cyril Vetter, provides the gritty but engrossing story of this man, his demons, and his art. Much like Hornsby's life, Dirtdobber Blues consists of short, fast-paced segments. These vignettes juxtapose musical accomplishments and personal misadventures to paint the portrait of a truly complex individual. His all-too-familiar vices -- sex, alcohol, and rock and roll -- and his capricious temperament affected his ability to find success in the music business. Vetter celebrates all that is Hornsby including his off-beat humor, frustrating narcissism, and profound creativity. In addition to Vetter's lively and captivating account of Butch's life, the book includes Hornsby's sheet music and a CD with fourteen of his songs. Photos of Butch and images of his found-object artwork by photographer Philip Gould are also included. Through the music, images, and text, Hornsby moves from the strawberry fields of Amite, Louisiana, to the bars of Baton Rouge and into the unforgiving arena of the recording industry. Along the way, Vetter provides glimpses into the musician's inspiration -- a tumultuous young love, a stint in Hollywood, his family's return to Louisiana -- and pieces together the arc of Hornsby's life, littered with poor decisions, crowned by artistic success, and concluding with the redemptive power of love.

Download or read book The Blues Brothers written by Daniel de Visé and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture “They’re not going to catch us,” Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. “We’re on a mission from God.” So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage. But Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honor the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists—Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles—made the film as unforgettable as its wild car chases. Much delayed and vastly over budget, beset by mercurial and oft drugged-out stars, The Blues Brothers opened to outraged reviews. However, in the 44 years since, it has been acknowledged a classic: it has been inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance, even declared a “Catholic classic” by the Church itself, and re-aired thousands of times on television to huge worldwide audiences. It is, undeniably, one of the most significant films of the twentieth century. The story behind any classic is rich; the saga behind The Blues Brothers, as Daniel de Visé reveals, is epic, encompassing the colorful childhoods of Belushi and Aykroyd; the comedic revolution sparked by Harvard’s Lampoon and Chicago’s Second City; the birth and anecdote-rich, drug-filled early years of Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers were born as an act amidst turmoil and rivalry; and, of course, the indelible behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene. Based on original research and dozens of interviews probing the memories of principals from director John Landis and producer Bob Weiss to Aykroyd himself, The Blues Brothers

Download or read book Nighthawk Blues written by Peter Guralnick and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Guralnick—in this, his only novel to date—draws on his rich storytelling skills and his intimate knowledge of music to create an an unforgettable character, and to give us an "engrossing, evocative" (Washington Post) look at the blues life. The Screamin' Nighthawk is a legendary bluesman, an uncompromising musician, and a cantankerous old man awash in memories of road trips and one-night stands, recording sessions and barroom escapades, love affairs and driven, inspired, down-home music making. As Hawk travels back down Highway 61 to Yola, Mississippi, for what may be his last gig, the novel immerses us in the world of Hawk, his friends and family, the nursemaid manager he craftily evades, and the beautiful young blues singer who alone can crack Hawk's crusty exterior.

Download or read book Blues and Trouble written by Tom Piazza and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the diverse landscape of American life, the stories in Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories capture the lives of people caught between circumstance and their own natures or on the run from fate, from a Jewish couple encountering a dealer in Nazi memorabilia to the troubled family of a Gulf Coast fisherman awaiting a hurricane. Tom Piazza’s debut short story collection, originally published in 1996, heralded the arrival of a startlingly original and vital presence in American fiction and letters. Set in Memphis, New Orleans, Florida, Texas, New York City, and elsewhere, the stories echo voices from Ernest Hemingway to Robert Johnson in their sharp eye for detail and their emotional impact. New to this volume is an introduction written by the author. Drawing themes, forms, and stylistic approaches from blues and country music, these stories present a tough, haunting vision of a landscape where the social and spiritual ground shifts constantly underfoot.

Download or read book Leavin Trunk Blues written by Ace Atkins and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-10-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Travers becomes involved in the forty-year-old murder of a blues record producer, a crime for which the victim's potentially innocent lover, Ruby Walker, has spent forty years in prison.

Download or read book Ice Blues written by Richard Stevenson and published by ManLove Romance Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone's left a man's body in Donald Strachey's car -- the grandson of Albany's most connected political fixer. A letter from the deceased asks Strachey to dismantle his grandfather's party machine. Like a chess master, Strachey moves ten suitcases, an army of colorful pawns (all of whom think they're king), and $2.5 million across the continent and around Albany. One of the funniest in the series. (Filmed for release by HereTV in 2008; originally published 1986.)

Download or read book Tales from the Gas Station Volume Two written by Jack Townsend and published by Jack Townsend. This book was released on with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.

Download or read book South Dakota Blues written by Timothy Dorr and published by Timothy Dorr. This book was released on 2021-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My debut novel. See the checklist below: Love? Yes. Check Heartbreak? Checked Friendship? Yeah. Got it Texting? Yup. Stayed current Adventure? Yes, for sure Action? Checked Gaming? Affirmative Comedy? Absolutely. Some laughable moments Sex scene? Tastefully, of course Travel? Check Music? Oh yeah. Rocking Ending? Yes. Always a must Please read and enjoy the journey of two people as they ride through the challenges of the day. And of the night. That’s all I can give away for the plot. Finish the book and find out where these heroes find a place in the world, during a drive of a lifetime.

Download or read book Shakedown Blues written by C.G. Masi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hang around bikers long enough and theyll all tell you things dont always go as planned. That is proved over and over again in this collection of tales told by journalist and motorcyclist C.G. Masi. Join Masi and his band of merry bikers as they try their best to have good, clean fun while riding from Point A to Point B. Its all crammed into five road trips taken during the late 1980s and early 1990s. As they set out on their adventures, the friends have big dreams about making money doing what they love best riding bikes. One of them wants to travel the country and make a living taking photographs. Masi wants to earn a living writing stories about his great adventures. And then there is Fred, who dreams of restoring a 1949 74 c.i.d., Hydra Glide Panhead. His mission will be the catalyst that leads to each rider falling victim to the different types of trolls that lurk under the next bridge or around the next corner in Shakedown Blues.

Download or read book Ground Beef for the Mind written by Tema Kuda and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We rarely have the guts to say it, but this book does! It eclipses, principally, issues and topics that would be beneficial if discussed openly. But sadly, we seldom, if ever, have the gall to do so. It slam dunks you with food for thought -- raw. In all there are over a hundred discussions and expos?s (many with a complementary illustration) that include the following (paraphrased):The Virginia Tech myth about guns;Juveniles delinquents needed for road kill;How to marry a Canadian murderer;Some speeding tickets are Legal Highway Robbery;The genetic code for sexual orientation;The Pantyhose-Diamonds connection;Dump your wife because life is short;The prostitution solicitation mystery;IQ and geography;The FSBO myth;Put dem prosecutors in the slammer;Is Rush a new four letter word?The brain evolution puzzle;When your vote is meaningless;The intelligence behind dumb political ads;The follies of Child Support Court;No place to pee in Brooklyn;Gene mutations in Polygamist Wives;Legal Child Abuse;How to deal with a cop when stopped;Megamart myths;The Daytime Soap ? Talk Radio Connection;A High Wire Jamaican adventure;Mabel?s demise while traveling with a dish of chicken curry;How to be a rock star; and much more. Honest, satirical, humorous, thought provoking, and very candid. Not politically correct. Enjoy!“/div>

Download or read book The Atlas of Reds and Blues written by Devi S. Laskar and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Washington Post "Best Book of the Year" grapples with the complexities of the second–generation American experience, what it means to be a woman of color in the workplace, and a sister, a wife, and a mother to daughters in today's America. When a woman—known only as Mother—moves her family from Atlanta to its wealthy suburbs, she discovers that neither the times nor the people have changed since her childhood in a small Southern town. Despite the intervening decades, Mother is met with the same questions: Where are you from? No, where are you really from? The American–born daughter of Bengali immigrants, she finds that her answer―Here―is never enough. Mother's simmering anger breaks through one morning, when, during a violent and unfounded police raid on her home, she finally refuses to be complacent. As she lies bleeding from a gunshot wound, her thoughts race from childhood games with her sister and visits to cousins in India, to her time in the newsroom before having her three daughters, to the early days of her relationship with a husband who now spends more time flying business class than at home. Drawing inspiration from the author's own terrifying experience of a raid on her home, Devi S. Laskar's debut novel explores, in exquisite, lyrical prose, an alternate reality that might have been. "The entire novel takes place over the course of a single morning. . . and the effect is devastatingly potent." —Marie Claire "Devi S. Laskar's The Atlas of Reds and Blues is as narratively beautiful as it is brutal . . . I've never read a novel that does nearly as much in so few pages." —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

Download or read book Intersecting Film Music and Queerness written by Jack Curtis Dubowsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness uses musicology and queer theory to uncover meaning and message in canonical American cinema. This study considers how queer readings are reinforced or nuanced through analysis of musical score. Taking a broad approach to queerness that questions heteronormative and homonormative patriarchal structures, binary relationships, gender assumptions and anxieties, this book challenges existing interpretations of what is progressive and what is retrogressive in cinema. Examined films include Bride of Frankenstein, Louisiana Story, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Blazing Saddles, Edward Scissorhands, Brokeback Mountain, Boys Don't Cry, Transamerica, Thelma & Louise, Go Fish and The Living End, with special attention given to films that subvert or complicate genre. Music is analyzed with concern for composition, intertextual references, absolute musical structures, song lyrics, recording, arrangement, and performance issues. This multidisciplinary work, featuring groundbreaking research, analysis, and theory, offers new close readings and a model for future scholarship.

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Download or read book Tell the Truth Until They Bleed written by Josh Alan Friedman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fifteen biographical profiles provides a look at legendary musicians and songwriters captured in moments of crisis, despair, revelation, and glory, in portraits of Leiber and Stoller, Doc Pomus, Ronnie Spector, Keith Ferguson and Tommy Shannon, and others. Original.