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Oy Oy Oy Gevalt!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 211

Oy Oy Oy Gevalt!

Step inside a fascinating world of Jews who relate to their Jewishness through the vehicle of punk—from prominent figures in the history of punk to musicians who proudly put their Jewish identity front and center. Why did punk—a subculture and music style characterized by a rejection of established norms—appeal to Jews? How did Jews who were genuinely struggling with their Jewish identity find ways to express it through punk rock? Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk explores the cultural connections between Jews and punk in music and beyond, documenting how Jews were involved in the punk movement in its origins in the 1970s through the present day. Author Michael Croland begins by broadly d...

Punk Rock Hora
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

Punk Rock Hora

"Punk Rock Hora spans 13 years of covering edgy Jewish culture, with comedic behind-the-scenes anecdotes, insightful analysis of the songs, and unparalleled access to the artists. Read a revealing account of how Michael fell in love with Jewish punk, interviews with thought-provoking Jewish outcasts, playlists for Jewish holidays, and introductions to new bands. Connecting the dots of Michael's adventures in Jew-Punk Land, Punk Rock Hora is part memoir, part collection of articles, and part punk rock hodgepodge!"--Page [4] of cover.

The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's

Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people —among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner), and John Zorn—this book focuses on punk's beginnings in New York City to show that punk was the most Jewish of rock movements, in both makeup and attitude. As it originated in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the early 1970s, punk rock was the apotheosis of a Jewish cultural tradition that found its ultimate expression in the generation born after the Holocaust. Beginning with Lenny Bruce, &“the patron saint of punk,&” and following pre-punk progenitors such as Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman, Suicide, and the Dictators, this fascinating mixture of biography, cultural studies, and musical analysis delves into the lives of these and other Jewish punks—including Richard Hell and Joey Ramone—to create a fascinating historical overview of the scene. Reflecting the irony, romanticism, and, above all, the humor of the Jewish experience, this tale of changing Jewish identity in America reveals the conscious and unconscious forces that drove New York Jewish rockers to reinvent themselves—and popular music.

Jews Who Rock
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 235

Jews Who Rock

Foreword by Ben Stiller Afterword by Perry Farrell Jewish achievement in the sciences? Celebrated. Jews in literature? Lionized. But until now, there's been no record of the massive contributions of Jews in Rock n' Roll. Jews Who Rock features 100 top Jewish rockers, from Bob Dylan to Adam Horowitz, Courtney Love (yes, she's half Jewish) to John Zorn, with a concise page of essential data and a biography of each one. Includes the complete lyrics to "The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler

Damaged
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 372

Damaged

Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk is the first book-length portrait of punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in American society from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on musical analysis, archival research, and new interviews, Damaged provides fresh interpretations of race and American society during this period and illuminates the contemporary importance of that era. Evan Rapport outlines the ways in which punk developed out of dramatic changes to America’s cities and suburbs in the postwar era, especially with respect to race. The musical styles that led to punk included transformations to blues re...

New York Noise
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 324

New York Noise

An up-close view of the 1990s music scene that brought us neo-klezmer bands, Tzadik Records, and a new vision of Jewish identity. Coined in 1992 by composer/saxophonist John Zorn, “Radical Jewish Culture,” or RJC, became the banner under which many artists in Zorn’s circle performed, produced, and circulated their music. New York’s downtown music scene, part of the once-grungy Lower East Side, has long been the site of cultural innovation, and it is within this environment that Zorn and his circle sought to combine, as a form of social and cultural critique, the unconventional, uncategorizable nature of downtown music with sounds that were recognizably Jewish. Out of this movement ar...

Rock 'n' Roll Jews
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

Rock 'n' Roll Jews

A disciplined study that reveals the many contributions of Jews throughout the history of rock 'n' roll.

The Book of Dirt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

The Book of Dirt

‘An immense work of love and anger, a book Bram Presser was born to write.’ Joan London They chose not to speak and now they are gone...What’s left to fill the silence is no longer theirs. This is my story, woven from the threads of rumour and legend. Jakub Rand flees his village for Prague, only to find himself trapped by the Nazi occupation. Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is forced to sort through Jewish books for a so-called Museum of the Extinct Race. Hidden among the rare texts is a tattered prayer book, hollow inside, containing a small pile of dirt. Back in the city, Františka Roubíčková picks over the embers of her failed marriage, despairing of her c...

Jews Rock!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Jews Rock!

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-11-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The brand new casebound gift book accompanys the fine art photography exhibition and multimedia author lecture traveling to museums and visual arts organizations around the world. Young people and baby boomers alike will enjoy their very own copy of Jews Rock! A Celebration of Rock and Roll's Jewish Heritage. Filled with award winning photographs from photojournalist Janet Macoska and foreword by Rabbi Brian Leiken. 128 pages are filled with your favorite Jewish rock and roll icons: Bob Dylan, Paula Abdul, Aerosmith, Herb Alpert, Al Kooper, Michael Bolton, Michael & Randy Brecker, Vanessa Carlton, Eric Carmen, Mick Jones, Neil Diamond, Mark Knopfler, Art Garfunkel, J. Geils Band, Magic Dick, Janis Ian, Jay Black, Jefferson Airplane, Marty Balin, Billy Joel, Kenny G, Lisa Loeb, Barry Manilow, George Michael, Bette Midler, Lou Reed, David Lee Roth, Carly Simon, Neil Sedaka, Ashley Tisdale, Max Weinberg... and more. Online ordering for your convenience at www.JewsRock.net

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music

A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.