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Wicked Shit Boombox and Other Poems Related to the Underground and Mainstream Entertainment is a second poetry book by Frederick Blackwell. The poetical pieces of collective works are based on influences of Underground Rap and Heavy Metal, as well as Mainstream Entertainment Media. Based on influences such as Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Esham, and the Juggalo World; as well as former music video networks like The Cool TV and The Box Network. Wicked Shit Boombox is a poetic masterpiece to make your ears and eyes bleed.
A highly visual and star-filled celebration of the Old School hip hop icon. The boombox has always been a means of expression and empowerment, adding a prevailing swagger to your experiences.
Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound is a personal story of how one composer has created new music on the web, a history of interactive music, and a guide for aspiring musicians who want to harness the new creative opportunities offered by web composing. Also includes a 4-page color insert.
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David Watts continues his powerful epic saga in Sub-Heroes Boombox. Oscar Hammond is ambitious, Powered and a Hero in almost all ways that matter. He yearns to be recognised by the elite crime fighters of his world, the Ultra Heroes. On his journey to be noticed, Oscar is faced with unexpected choices that are laced with perils and the promise of glory. However, in a world where Powered villains such as Killervolt exist, the danger for any new Hero has never been greater. If Heroes are measured by their challenges, then Oscar Hammond is truly in for the fight of his young life. Sub-Heroes Boombox is a powerful, exciting, and a can't put down kind of book. In this stand alone sequel to Sub-Heroes Killervolt, David Watts again transfixes the reader into the exciting world of Super Heroes. William Webster: Editor Inspiring Publishers. A must read for all science fiction fans. Also available: Sub-Heroes Killervolt.
Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage...
Scholars consider sound and its concepts, taking as their premise the idea that popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way through sound. The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way. From an infant's gurgles over a baby monitor to the roar of the crowd in a stadium to the sub-bass frequencies produced by sound systems in the disco era, sound—not necessarily aestheticized as music—is inextricably part of the many domains of popular culture. Expanding the view taken by many scholars of cultural studies, the contributors consider cultural practices concerning sound not...
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The first in-depth, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of indigenous Amazonian musical cultures, Burst of Breath showcases new research on the dynamic range of ritual power and social significance of various wind instruments—including flutes, trumpets, clarinets, and whistles—played in sacred rituals and ceremonies in Lowland South America. The editors provide a detailed overview of the historical significance, scientific classification, shamanic and cosmological associations, and changing social meanings of ritual wind instruments within Amazonian cultures. These essays present a wide perspective that goes beyond better-documented areas such as the Upper Xingu and northwest Amazon...