American Entertainment History
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American Comics
- A History
- By: Jeremy Dauber
- Narrated by: Jeremy Dauber
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through the progress of comics in the 20th century and beyond. Follow the history from the golden age of newspaper comic strips - Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy - to the midcentury superhero boom - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman - and from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights to the graphic novel’s rise.
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Shockingly Thorough
- By Alex Firer on 12-29-21
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American Comics
- A History
- Narrated by: Jeremy Dauber
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-30-21
- Language: English
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Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through comics’ progress in the 20th century and beyond....
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Secretos del barril [Secrets from the Barrel]
- By: Vice Media
- Narrated by: Ixchel Cisneros Soltero
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Cuando El chavo del ocho se estrenó en los años 70, el programa ofrecía un retrato poco común de la vida de la clase trabajadora que resonó en la gente de toda América Latina. En el pico de su popularidad, 350 millones de personas lo sintonizaban cada semana. Y durante casi 50 años, el legado de “el chavo” se mantuvo vivo a través de una creciente base de fans multigeneracional y sus retransmisiones diarias. Hasta 2020, cuando El Chavo dejó de emitirse repentinamente.
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Secretos del barril [Secrets from the Barrel]
- Narrated by: Ixchel Cisneros Soltero
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: Spanish
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Cuando El chavo del ocho se estrenó en los años 70, el programa ofrecía un retrato poco común de la vida de la clase trabajadora que resonó en la gente de toda América Latina.
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Lights, Camera, Witchcraft
- A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
- By: Heather Greene
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
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No industry has been as influential at shaping the popular notion of what it means to be a witch quite as much as Hollywood. This book traces the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television. From Joan the Woman and The Wizard of Oz to Carrie and Charmed, author and film scholar Heather Greene explores how these films helped influence the public image of the witch and profoundly influenced how women negotiate their power in a patriarchal society.
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Above and beyond
- By TS on 10-22-23
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Lights, Camera, Witchcraft
- A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-08-21
- Language: English
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No industry has been as influential at shaping the popular notion of what it means to be a witch quite as much as Hollywood. This book traces the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television....
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Delta Blues
- The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz - brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the legendary figures who shaped its sound and ethos: Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others.
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A well-researched history of the blues
- By Joselo on 08-19-21
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Delta Blues
- The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-16-21
- Language: English
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Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music....
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood
- Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
- By: Anne Helen Peterson
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Believe it or not, America's fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well before the days of TMZ, Perez Hilton, Charlie Sheen's breakdown, and allegations against Woody Allen. And the stars of yesteryear? They weren't always the saints that we make them out to be. Part biography, part cultural history, the stories contained in this book cover the stuff that films are made of: love, sex, drugs, illegitimate children, illicit affairs, and botched cover-ups.
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Riveting journey
- By Jennifer on 10-07-14
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood
- Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-30-14
- Language: English
- Based on Anne Helen Petersen's popular column on the Hairpin, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is sensationalism made smart....
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The New Negro
- The Life of Alain Locke
- By: Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
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In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally. He narrates the education of Locke, including his becoming the first African American Rhodes Scholar, earning a PhD in philosophy at Harvard University, and his long career as a professor at Howard University. And yet he became most closely associated with the flowering of Black culture in Jazz Age America.
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Let me guess? Locke was a gay black man?
- By Porter on 01-21-20
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The New Negro
- The Life of Alain Locke
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-28-19
- Language: English
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In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally....
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Shout It Out Loud
- The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
- By: James Campion
- Narrated by: Stephen Borne
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer - including the band's arduous ascent to the unexpected smash hit Alive!, the ensuing lawsuits between its management and its label, the pursuit of the hot, young producer, a grueling musical "boot camp", the wildly creative studio abandon, the origins behind an iconic cover, the era's most outlandish tour, and the unlikely string of hit singles.
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Good and Bad
- By Fred Lewis on 08-16-21
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Shout It Out Loud
- The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
- Narrated by: Stephen Borne
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-26-21
- Language: English
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Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer....
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Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life
- By: Jimmy Hawkins
- Narrated by: Jimmy Hawkins
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Fifty years ago, a little boy was cast in a movie with some of Hollywood's brightest stars. The movie: It's a Wonderful Life; the boy: Jimmy Hawkins; today, he tells his story. Through personal recollection, careful research, and interviews with cast and crew, actor Jimmy Hawkins, who played four-year-old Tommy Bailey, takes you behind the scenes for a first-hand look at the American movie classic It's a Wonderful Life.
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Wow, I Just Didn’t Know.
- By Donald Roberts on 01-27-22
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Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life
- Narrated by: Jimmy Hawkins
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-14-05
- Language: English
- Fifty years ago, a little boy was cast in a movie with some of Hollywood's brightest stars....
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The Improv
- An Oral History of the Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up
- By: Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell, Jay Leno - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to his hometown of New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers called the Improvisation. His goal? Simply to make a living, and if all went according to plan, to also make enough professional contacts to be able to mount his first Broadway show within a year's time. Later shortened to the Improv, its first West 44th Street location was in a seedy section of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.
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Shockingly tone deaf
- By JenniferW on 06-28-23
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The Improv
- An Oral History of the Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-29-17
- Language: English
- In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit a job as a Boston advertising executive and came to New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers....
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- By: John Szwed
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz.
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Essential read
- By Rahm Gharde on 07-11-24
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-09-21
- Language: English
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn....
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Nigger
- An Autobiography
- By: Dick Gregory, Dr. Christian Gregory - introduction, Robert Lipsyte
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Dr. Christian Gregory
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America's best-loved comedians and activists, Dick Gregory, was published. With a shocking title and breathtaking writing, Dick Gregory defined a genre and changed the way race was discussed in America.
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PLEASE don't pass this book up!
- By D on 05-06-20
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Nigger
- An Autobiography
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Dr. Christian Gregory
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-28-20
- Language: English
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Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America's best-loved comedians and activists, Dick Gregory, was published. With a shocking title and breathtaking writing, Dick Gregory defined a genre and changed the way race was discussed in America....
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Daughter of the Dragon
- Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
- By: Yunte Huang
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905-1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood's most famous Chinese American actress, a screen siren who captivated global audiences and signed her publicity photos—with a touch of defiance—"Orientally yours." Now, more than a century after her birth, Yunte Huang narrates Wong's tragic life story, retracing her journey from Chinatown to silent-era Hollywood, and from Weimar Berlin to decadent, prewar Shanghai, and capturing American television in its infancy.
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Sympathetic portrayal of a screen icon and activist.
- By CMP1 on 07-21-24
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Daughter of the Dragon
- Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905-1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood's most famous Chinese American actress. Now, more than a century after her birth, Yunte Huang narrates Wong's tragic life story....
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Dilla Time
- The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
- By: Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz - contributor
- Narrated by: Dan Charnas
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities.
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Only a few chapters in <3
- By Chris Johnson on 02-05-22
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Dilla Time
- The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
- Narrated by: Dan Charnas
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-01-22
- Language: English
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He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit....
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Liner Notes for the Revolution
- The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
- By: Daphne A. Brooks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
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Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyonce exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry? Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on these acclaimed figures—a perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women concerned with the work of their musical peers.
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Incisive and Captivating
- By Anonymous User on 12-15-23
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Liner Notes for the Revolution
- The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-24-22
- Language: English
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Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a new perspective on acclaimed figures such as Aretha Franklin and Beyonce, who exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry—a perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women....
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Ametora
- How Japan Saved American Style
- By: W. David Marx
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Look closely at any typically "American" article of clothing these days, and you may be surprised to see a Japanese label inside. From high-end denim to oxford button-downs, Japanese designers have taken the classic American look - known as ametora, or "American traditional" - and turned it into a huge business for companies like Uniqlo, Kamakura Shirts, Evisu, and Kapital. This phenomenon is part of a long dialogue between Japanese and American fashion.
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You must read for anyone interested in Japanese and American style
- By Spencer Jackson on 01-23-22
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Ametora
- How Japan Saved American Style
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-31-16
- Language: English
- In Ametora, cultural historian W. David Marx traces the Japanese assimilation of American fashion over the past 150 years....
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Charlie Chan
- The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
- By: Yunte Huang
- Narrated by: Alfred Gingold
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Yunte Huang ingeniously traces Charlie Chan from his real beginnings as a bullwhip-wielding detective in territorial Hawaii to his reinvention as a literary sleuth and Hollywood film icon. Huang finally resurrects the "honorable detective" from the graveyard of detested postmodern symbols and reclaims him as the embodiment of America’s rich cultural diversity. The result is one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year and a "deeply personal...voyage into racial stereotyping and the humanizing force of storytelling" (Donna Seaman, Los Angeles Times).
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Good history of Charlie Chan with modern views
- By henryj on 07-10-20
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Charlie Chan
- The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
- Narrated by: Alfred Gingold
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-27-13
- Language: English
- Yunte Huang ingeniously traces Charlie Chan from his real beginnings as a bullwhip-wielding detective in territorial Hawaii to his reinvention as a literary sleuth and Hollywood film icon....
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- By: Daniel De Visé
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The saga behind The Blues Brothers, as Daniel de Visé reveals, is epic, encompassing the colorful childhoods of Belushi and Aykroyd; the comedic revolution sparked by Harvard’s Lampoon and Chicago’s Second City; the birth and anecdote-rich, drug-filled early years of Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers were born as an act amidst turmoil and rivalry; and, of course, the indelible behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene.
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In my opinion, the best single book on Belushi.
- By Ron Phenicie on 04-19-24
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-19-24
- Language: English
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Based on original research and dozens of interviews probing the memories of principals from director John Landis and producer Bob Weiss to Aykroyd himself, The Blues Brothers illuminates an American masterpiece while vividly portraying the creative geniuses behind modern comedy....
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Horror Noire (2nd Edition)
- A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present
- By: Robin R. Means Coleman
- Narrated by: Julienne Irons
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
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From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day. In this second edition, Robin R. Means Coleman expands upon the history of notable characterizations of Blackness in horror cinema, with new chapters spanning the 1960s, 2000s, and 2010s to the present, and examines key levels of Black participation on screen and behind the camera. The book addresses a full range of Black horror films.
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An indispensable reference for horror fans, film scholars, and aspiring filmmakers
- By TrevorTrujillo on 01-29-24
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Horror Noire (2nd Edition)
- A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present
- Narrated by: Julienne Irons
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day....
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- By: Michael Azerrad
- Narrated by: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right.
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Comprehenisve History of Some 1980s Indie Bands
- By Jeff Koeppen on 12-22-19
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- Narrated by: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, Sharon Van Etten, Stephin Merritt, Jeff Tweedy, Corey Taylor, Phil Elverum, Michael Azerrad, Dave Longstreth, Jonathan Franzen, Laura Jane Grace, Colin Meloy
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-21-19
- Language: English
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock....
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The Jazzmen
- How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
- By: Larry Tye
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.
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Well Organized and Themed
- By unhae campbell on 05-23-24
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The Jazzmen
- How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie.
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