Author: Benjamin Piekut
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478005513
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
In its open improvisations, lapidary lyrics, errant melodies, and relentless pursuit of spontaneity, the British experimental band Henry Cow pushed rock music to its limits. Its rotating personnel, sprung from rock, free jazz, and orchestral worlds, synthesized a distinct sound that troubled genre lines, and with this musical diversity came a mixed politics, including Maoism, communism, feminism, and Italian Marxism. In Henry Cow: The World Is a Problem Benjamin Piekut tells the band’s story—from its founding in Cambridge in 1968 and later affiliation with Virgin Records to its demise ten years later—and analyzes its varied efforts to link aesthetics with politics. Drawing on ninety interviews with Henry Cow musicians and crew, letters, notebooks, scores, journals, and meeting notes, Piekut traces the group’s pursuit of a political and musical collectivism, offering up its history as but one example of the vernacular avant-garde that emerged in the decades after World War II. Henry Cow’s story resonates far beyond its inimitable music; it speaks to the avant-garde’s unpredictable potential to transform the world.
Unspoken
Author: Henry Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545550696
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A Civil War–era girl’s courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger’s fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him? Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girl and the runaway as they each face a journey: one following the North Star, the other following her heart. Henry Cole’s unusual and original rendering of the Underground Railroad speaks directly to our deepest sense of compassion. Praise for Unspoken A New York Times Best Illustrated Book “Designed to present youngsters with a moral choice . . . the author, a former teacher, clearly intended Unspoken to be a challenging book, its somber sepia tone drawings establish a mood of foreboding.” —The New York Times Book Review “Moving and emotionally charged.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Gorgeously rendered in soft dark pencils, this wordless book is reminiscent of the naturalistic pencil artistry of Maurice Sendak and Brian Selznick.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Cole’s . . . beautifully detailed pencil drawings on cream-colored paper deftly visualize a family’s ruggedly simple lifestyle on a Civil War–era homestead, while facing stark, ethical choices . . . Cole conjures significant tension and emotional heft . . . in this powerful tale of quiet camaraderie and courage.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545550696
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A Civil War–era girl’s courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story. When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger’s fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him? Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girl and the runaway as they each face a journey: one following the North Star, the other following her heart. Henry Cole’s unusual and original rendering of the Underground Railroad speaks directly to our deepest sense of compassion. Praise for Unspoken A New York Times Best Illustrated Book “Designed to present youngsters with a moral choice . . . the author, a former teacher, clearly intended Unspoken to be a challenging book, its somber sepia tone drawings establish a mood of foreboding.” —The New York Times Book Review “Moving and emotionally charged.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Gorgeously rendered in soft dark pencils, this wordless book is reminiscent of the naturalistic pencil artistry of Maurice Sendak and Brian Selznick.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Cole’s . . . beautifully detailed pencil drawings on cream-colored paper deftly visualize a family’s ruggedly simple lifestyle on a Civil War–era homestead, while facing stark, ethical choices . . . Cole conjures significant tension and emotional heft . . . in this powerful tale of quiet camaraderie and courage.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Bang The Gong For These Canterbury Prog Rock Crossword Puzzles
Author: Aaron Joy
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131292134X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Music writer/historian Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. A great starting point for growing a music collection, enjoying a particular musical genre or band or winning the next game of rock trivia. This volume (15 puzzles) features the following: Matching Mole, Uriel/Egg/Arzachel, Centipede, Henry Cow, Khan, Kevin Ayers, Caravan, Gilgamesh, Soft Heap/Soft Head, Daevid Allen, Delivery/Hatfield And The North, In Cahoots, Short Wave, National Health, Gong/Pierre Moerlen's Gong, Soft Machine and Rock In Opposition. Series 1: thrash, grunge, classic NYC rock bands, women in rock, prog-rock, L.A. hair metal. Series 2: sludge metal, Boston bands, LGBT musicians (3 vols). Series 3: drone metal, Canterbury prog, boy bands, classic surf bands, early Christian & Jesus music
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131292134X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Music writer/historian Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. A great starting point for growing a music collection, enjoying a particular musical genre or band or winning the next game of rock trivia. This volume (15 puzzles) features the following: Matching Mole, Uriel/Egg/Arzachel, Centipede, Henry Cow, Khan, Kevin Ayers, Caravan, Gilgamesh, Soft Heap/Soft Head, Daevid Allen, Delivery/Hatfield And The North, In Cahoots, Short Wave, National Health, Gong/Pierre Moerlen's Gong, Soft Machine and Rock In Opposition. Series 1: thrash, grunge, classic NYC rock bands, women in rock, prog-rock, L.A. hair metal. Series 2: sludge metal, Boston bands, LGBT musicians (3 vols). Series 3: drone metal, Canterbury prog, boy bands, classic surf bands, early Christian & Jesus music
The Rotters' Club
Author: Jonathan Coe
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030742927X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around them, they hold together to navigate the choppy waters of a decidedly ambiguous decade.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030742927X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around them, they hold together to navigate the choppy waters of a decidedly ambiguous decade.
Prudence the Part-Time Cow
Author: Jody Jensen Shaffer
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 1627796150
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
At first Prudence tries to fit in with the other cows in the herd, suppressing all her scientific smarts and imaginative inventing, but in a moment of inspiration, she realizes how to show the others that she can be a part-time cow and a full-time member of the herd.
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 1627796150
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
At first Prudence tries to fit in with the other cows in the herd, suppressing all her scientific smarts and imaginative inventing, but in a moment of inspiration, she realizes how to show the others that she can be a part-time cow and a full-time member of the herd.
Music Is Rapid Transportation
Author: Lawrence Joseph
Publisher: Charivari Press
ISBN: 1895166047
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A truly alternative look at music lists, not one that merely includes the obvious but shows the connections of popular music to the avant garde, the obscure, the experimental, the quirky, and the adventurous, this edition leads the curious reader towards new musical experiences hitherto unknown to them.
Publisher: Charivari Press
ISBN: 1895166047
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A truly alternative look at music lists, not one that merely includes the obvious but shows the connections of popular music to the avant garde, the obscure, the experimental, the quirky, and the adventurous, this edition leads the curious reader towards new musical experiences hitherto unknown to them.
Medical Grade Music
Author: Steve Davis
Publisher: White Rabbit
ISBN: 1474619509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
No-one, least of all Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi themselves, expected the six-time former World Snooker champion and a British-Iranian underground rock musician to become one of the most trusted brands in British alternative music. In their weekly radio shows and as two-thirds of The Utopia Strong, they set out to do exactly that. Part sonic memoir, part Socratic dialogue, part gonzo mission to the heart of what makes music truly psychedelic, Medical Grade Music takes us from the snooker halls of Plumstead to the wildest shores of Plymouth's '90s thrash scene in the first work of joint autobiography to trace the evolution of a life-changing friendship through the discographies of Gentle Giant, Voivod and a host of deviant psychedelic avatars.
Publisher: White Rabbit
ISBN: 1474619509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
No-one, least of all Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi themselves, expected the six-time former World Snooker champion and a British-Iranian underground rock musician to become one of the most trusted brands in British alternative music. In their weekly radio shows and as two-thirds of The Utopia Strong, they set out to do exactly that. Part sonic memoir, part Socratic dialogue, part gonzo mission to the heart of what makes music truly psychedelic, Medical Grade Music takes us from the snooker halls of Plumstead to the wildest shores of Plymouth's '90s thrash scene in the first work of joint autobiography to trace the evolution of a life-changing friendship through the discographies of Gentle Giant, Voivod and a host of deviant psychedelic avatars.