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1996 and the End of History by David Stubbs; Mark Perryman (Editor)
Category: History
1996 . . . examines the year as it panned out in the UK not just in politics but in music, light entertainment and sport. It was the zenith of a decade which will go down as remarkably untroubled by modern standards; following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, prior to 9/11, in which political conditions ...Show more
Better Call Saul: The World According to Saul Goodman - Attorney at Law by DAVID STUBBS
Category: Humour
Drug problem? Better call Saul. He'll turn that addiction into a prescription. Warrant out for your arrest? Better call Saul. He knows a guy who knows a guy who will take care of it. Saul Goodman is Alburquerque's finest 'criminal' lawyer, but fans know that there is more to him than his unique brand of ...Show more
Different Times: A History of British Comedy by David Stubbs
Category: Humour Books
A history of the great British comedy tradition of the twentieth century to the present day.
Eminem : Cleaning Out My Closet - the Stories Behind Every Song by David Stubbs
Category: Fiction
From his fledgling rhymes with New Jacks and D-12 through to chart-busting epics like 'My Name Is', 'The Way I Am', and 'Stan', Eminem's recorded work has been an exercise in lyrical genius, satirical wit and enjoyable gratuitous offensiveness. But Marshall Mathers is not just a mere comic turn. Fuelled ...Show more
Eminem: The Stories Behind Every Song by David Stubbs
Category: Music
After more than a decade in the game, Eminem endures as one of the most popular celebrities. The world's most successful rapper continues to break records in the modern era, recently reinventing himself after a drug overdose to hold his own against viral sensations like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. Cont ...Show more
Future Days - Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany by David Stubbs
Category: Film
West Germany following the Second World War was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe. But this disorientating landscape proved fertile ground for a generation of musicians who, from the 1960s onwards, would develop the experimental and various sounds ...Show more
Future Days - Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany by David Stubbs
Category: Music
A sweeping history of the men and women who transformed postwar Germany--and created a musical genre that revolutionized rock and roll and gave birth to hip-hop. West Germany after World War II was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe. But this orpha ...Show more
Jimi Hendrix The Stories Behind Every Song by STUBBS DAVID
Category: Fiction
Jimi Hendrix was very probably the greatest solo rock artist of all time. He was the supreme physical and musical emblem of rock music. If anyone personified the genre in its purest, most potent and inflammatory form, it was Hendrix. He was unparalleled as a sonic sculptor of fretboard electricity. With ...Show more
Jimi Hendrix: the Stories Behind the Songs by David Stubbs
Category: Music | Series: Stories Behind the Songs Ser.
In Jimi Hendrix: The Stories Behind the Songs, music journalist and author David Stubbs provides the definitive companion to Hendrix's recorded output, from the early years, including 'Hey Joe' and 'Purple Haze' through to his posthumously released trilogy that concluded with Both Sides Of The Sky. Qui ...Show more
Mars By 1980 - The Story of Electronic Music by David Stubbs
Category: Music
The definitive guide to electronic music. In FUTURE SOUNDS, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century to the pre-World War I inventions of the Futurist Luigi Russolo, author of the "Art Of Noises" manifesto. He takes us ...Show more
Mars By 1980 - The Story of Electronic Music by David Stubbs
Category: Music
In Mars By 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century, through to the familiar sounds of electronica, house and techno that we know today. It's a tale of mavericks and future dreamers overcoming Luddite resistance, ...Show more