Myers, Marc
Summary: "Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 MYEMyers, Marc
Summary: "A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on over ninety interviews with musicians, promoters, stagehands, and others who contributed to the huge cultural phenomenon that is live rock. Between 1950 and1985, the rock concert developed its allure and power as a unifying experience-and became an influential multi-billion-dollar industry. In Rock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 MYESummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLMars, Bruno
Contents: Grenade (3:43) -- Just The Way You Are (3:39) -- Our First Time (4:03) -- Runaway Baby (2:27) -- The Lazy Song (3:10) -- Marry You (3:50) -- Talking To The Moon (3:37) -- Liquor Store Blues (feat. Damian Marley) (3:49) -- Count On Me (3:17) -- The Other Side (feat. CeeLo Green and B.o.B) (3:47).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Records 2010
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Mars, Roman
Summary: "A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." -- Have you ever stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships? Mars and Kohlstedt reveal the stories baked into the buildings we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 720 MARMars Accelerator
Contents: Spites are looming -- Starlxt -- 1040m -- Your friends in multimedia -- Jupiter fell into a lapse -- Captains (the spies) -- Id et mien -- Zeroes and ones -- Mezzanine faction -- Mr. Tom blood poetry.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rx Remedy 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MARMars, Brigitte
Summary: "This quick-reference guide teaches you basic first aid for common conditions, plus the most effective herbal and homeopathic treatments, some wilderness preparedness guidelines, and how to detrmine when to seek professional medical help." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2017