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From deeply suspect sexual politics to crackpot religions, musicians elevated position in popular culture allows them to hold forth freely on subjects about which they know precious little. Mind The Bollocks collects some of the finest nuggets of wisdom ever to fall from their foul, ill-educated mouths.

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Bestselling author and philosopher Roger Scruton follows up his classic work of criticism Understanding Music by turning his immense critical faculties to music both contemporary and classical.

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A larger-than-life personality herself, photographer Lynn Goldsmith highlights the bombast, sexiness, and spectacle of countless rock stars in the 1980s in Musicians in the 1980s, showcases more than 150 beloved and popular musicians from a beloved and iconic decade.

Pianiststheir lives, performances, and recordingsare detailed in this two-volume set. This readable work, containing extensive documented coverage of 100 artists, will be appreciated by scholar, student, and music buff alike.

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Established in 1979, Time Off was the first free music/ entertainment weekly in Australia. Here are some of the best interviews and articles from the magazine's first thirty years - from bands on the cusp of greatness to megastars at the height of their powers. Time Off had a fiercely independent and wry voice. Off the Record reflects this.

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Explores the historical context of the significant social dissent that was central to the cultural genesis of the sixties. Searches for the deeper roots of American cultural and musical evolution for the past 150 years by studying what the Western European culture learned from African American culture in a historical progression that reaches from the minstrel era to Bob Dylan.

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Documents the wildly successful Leonard Cohen World Tour through the eyes of his friend and long-time collaborator, Sharon Robinson.

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Opera is often dismissed as outdated and excessive, and perceived to be characterised by excessive passions, sumptuous costumes, and ill-mannered divas. Revealing the diverse reasons behind opera's lasting appeal, this title introduces the agendas that have governed its composition, production and reception over the last four centuries.

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With contributions from Placido Domingo, Sir Antonio Pappano and Simone Young, a stellar cast of authors look beyond the many stereotypes associated with opera to examine how, like all the great narrative arts, it draws on essential human experiences to create a form that can be endlessly reinvented to reflect a constantly changing society.

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Published to accompany the V&A's major summer exhibition, Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains, celebrates 50 years of one of the greatest bands of all time.

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Punk Fiction is an anthology of short stories and poems submitted by an impressive line up of contributors. All pieces share a unifying theme - everything included in this collection will be inspired by a punk song.

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Longtime Coldplay roadie Matt has taken almost every step with the band over a decade of world tours and 40 million (and counting) record sales. In this, his first book, he reveals what life is like behind the scenes at the pinnacle of rock 'n' roll touring.

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The illustrated story of the rich pop music scene in the city of Adelaide in the 1960s and all the local bands that contributed to that remarkable explosion of creativity.

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Rush: Album by Album, from rock journalist and Rush authority Martin Popoff, pays tribute to the band's discography by moderating frank, entertaining conversations about all 20 of Rush's studio albums.

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Helps you learn that: Frederic Chopin had his heart removed before burial, due to his grave fear of being buried alive; Sergei Rachmaninoff hated the sound of his own music and despised performing it; and, Gustav Mahler was rarely invited to dinner parties because he would eat nothing but whole wheat bread and apples.

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Previously unpublished photographs of the Sex Pistols' final UK gig, taken by Kevin Cummins: preeminent photographer of British bands.

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This is the story of women as creators and innovators, aiming to provide a history of women in rock, pop and soul - on stage, on camera and working behind the scenes in a male-dominated industry. This edition contains an extra chapter and interviews covering trends such as Girlpower.

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In 1903, Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that captured the spirit of Great Britain. A century later, writer, presenter and journalist Will Hodgkinson sets out on a similar journey.

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It perhaps seems impossible that any images of the Beatles remain unseen, but this fascinating book accompanied by a DVD of rare 8mm footage provides a whole new insight into the Beatles, in pictures.

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