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  • The Troublesome Cloud

    by Ryan H Minor ...
    The Troublesome Cloud, is a four-act illustrated poetic allegory from the mind of artist, author, and English/History professor Ryan Minor. The story, which is both whimsical and touching, features a lovable, yet melancholic, creature as it navigates the arrival of a pesky and unrelenting raincloud. As the pages unfolds, readers follow this unnamed creature across a variety of settings, as it ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Choral Fantasies

    Music, Festivity, and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany

    by Ryan Minor ...
    Most histories of nineteenth-century music portray 'the people' merely as an audience, a passive spectator to the music performed around it. Yet, in this reappraisal of choral singing and public culture, Minor shows how a burgeoning German bourgeoisie sang of its own collective aspirations, mediated through the voice of celebrity composers. As both performer and idealized community, the chorus ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • Will You Take Me As I Am

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  • Music Express

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    by Keith Sharp ...
    The glory days of rock from the perspective of Canada’s original music magazine.The story of Music Express is told through the unique perspective of Keith Sharp, the magazine’s founder and editor. During its seventeen-year existence, Music Express rose from a small, Calgary-based regional magazine to an international publication. The interviews, anecdotes, and stories cover the golden era of ... Read more

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  • Route 19 Revisited

    The Clash and London Calling

    by Marcus Gray ...
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  • The Art of Nick Cave

    New Critical Essays

    Edited by John H. Baker ...
    Known for his work as a performer and songwriter with the Birthday Party, the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, Australian artist Nick Cave has also pursued a variety of other projects, including writing and acting. Covering the full range of Cave's creative endeavours, this collection of critical essays provides a comprehensive overview of his multifaceted career. The contributors, who hail from an array ... Read more

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    by Chris Campion ...
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  • The First Time I Heard My Bloody Valentine

    by Scott Heim ...
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    THE FIRST TIME I HEARD MY BLOODY VALENTINE is Part VI in an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band. In this sixth volume (following the first five installments, which covered Joy Division/New Order, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, The Smiths, and Kate Bush), forty different musicians and writers remember their initial ... Read more

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  • Bach & God

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