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Notes on Bar Napkins

By: Blake Ean McCartney

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Poet Blake Ean McCartney's underground poetry is showcased in Notes on Bar Napkins. His unique poetry brings you closer to the grit and grime of life-drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness, and crime. Notes on Bar Napkins bounces back and forth between comedy and tragedy as McCartney writes about the idealized world of which he dreams. He then contrasts that image with the brutal reality of what surrounds us. Notes on Bar Napkins is perfect for anyone who has felt frustrated with the world. McCartney's poetry doesn't pretend to solve our social ills, but merely analyzes and brings them to our attention.

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118

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iUniverse

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ISBN 10

0595369324

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9780595369324

American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication

By: Blake Stricklin

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American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication

By: Blake Stricklin

A critical account of the 1975 Schizo-Culture conference, which Michel Foucault called “the last countercultural event of the 1960s,” and its direct and indirect connection to American experimental literature.

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122

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Anthem Press

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1785277235

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9781785277238

Pretend You're In A War

The Who and the Sixties

By: Mark Blake

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Pretend You're In A War

The Who and the Sixties

By: Mark Blake

A definitive tome for both Who fans and newcomers alike’ ***** Q Magazine Pete Townshend was once asked how he prepared himself for The Who’s violent live performances. His answer? ‘Pretend you’re in a war.’ For a band as prone to furious infighting as it was notorious for acts of ‘auto-destructive art’ this could have served as a motto. Between 1964 and 1969 The Who released some of the most dramatic and confrontational music of the decade, including ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘My Generation’ and ‘I Can See For Miles’. This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties. From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex, drugs, spirituality and class, refracted the growing turbulence of the time. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. And – in the uneasy alliance between art-school experimentation and working-class ambition – he locates the motor of the Swinging Sixties. As the decade closed, with The Who performing Tommy in front of 500,000 people at the Woodstock Festival, the ‘rock opera’ was born. In retrospect, it was the crowning achievement of a band who had already embraced pop art and the concept album; who had pioneered the power chord and the guitar smash; and who had embodied – more so than any of their peers – the guiding spirit of the age: war.

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400

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Aurum

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1781313180

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9781781313183

The Land Without Music

Music, Culture and Society in Twentieth-century Britain

By: Andrew Blake

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The Land Without Music

Music, Culture and Society in Twentieth-century Britain

By: Andrew Blake

Examines the trajectories, linearities and paradoxes which have constituted contemporary British music. Provides an account of how British music came to be what it is in the 1990s.

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274

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Manchester University Press

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0719042992

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9780719042997

Book's by Blake Ean McCartney

Notes on Bar Napkins

Notes on Bar Napkins

American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication

American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication

Pretend You're In A War

Pretend You're In A War

The Land Without Music

The Land Without Music

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