Black Sabbath's Master of Reality


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John Darnielle describesMaster of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his culture to his captors: passionately, patiently, and lovingly.




Black Sabbath's Master of Reality


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Black Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John Darnielle hears it through the ears of Roger Painter, a young adult locked in a southern California adolescent psychiatric center in 1985; deprived of his Walkman and hungry for comfort, he explains Black Sabbath as one might describe air to a fish, or love to an android, hoping to convince his captors to give him back his tapes.




Black Sabbath and Philosophy


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A philosophical look at heavy metal's dark masters of reality, Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is one of the world's most influential and enduring rock bands. Dubbed "the Beatles of heavy metal" by Rolling Stone, they helped to define a genre with classic songs like "Paranoid", "Iron Man", and "War Pigs", songs whose lyrics reveal hidden depth and philosophical insight. Their songs confront existential despair, social instability, political corruption, the horrors of war, and the nature of evil. This book explores the wide range of profound ideas in the band's music and lyrics to help you understand Black Sabbath as never before. Discusses and debates essential Black Sabbath topics and themes, such as the problem of evil, "War Pigs" and the nature of just war theory, whether or not Sabbath is still Sabbath without Ozzy, and whether "evil is in the ear of the beholder" Gives you new perspectives on Black Sabbath's music and lyrics Provides a deeper appreciation and understanding of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Ronnie James Dio Brings some of history's heaviest thinkers to bear on the band's music, from Aristotle and Nietzsche to Schopenhauer and Marx So . . . can you help me, occupy my brain? Yes! Start reading Black Sabbath and Philosophy.




Sabotage! Black Sabbath in the Seventies


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The most intensive analysis of Sabbath's first 8 albums ever attempted. Also touches upon torrid troubles with money, management, drugs & booze; tour tales, album cover stories & production tips 'n' tricks. All told, it's everything needed to send the reader back to the catalogue, headphones on, for a second listen of this landmark run of recor




Master of Reality


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La musica gli fa bene. È questo che il giovane Roger prova a spiegare a Gary, lo psicologo dell’istituto psichiatrico in cui è stato rinchiuso, nel disperato tentativo di farsi restituire il walkman e le cassette che gli sono stati sequestrati all’arrivo. Se non tutte, almeno la sua preferita: Master of Reality dei Black Sabbath. Nel diario che è costretto a tenere racconta il disco come lo si potrebbe raccontare a un alieno appena atterrato sulla Terra. Scrive che ascoltare il riff iniziale di «Lord of This World», nel buio della stanza, è come assistere alla nascita del mondo, e che «Sweet Leaf» sembra provenire da un vulcano sommerso sul fondo dell’oceano.John Darnielle, grande cantautore americano, rende omaggio a un disco fondamentale della storia del rock, un album in grado di travalicare le generazioni e accomunare gli outsider di ogni epoca. Ma il diario di Roger racconta anche molto altro: l’effetto liberatorio e terapeutico dell’heavy metal, la crudeltà degli istituti psichiatrici, il rimpianto per gli anni rubati e per le cose perdute e l’esultanza nello scoprire che alcune di queste possono essere ritrovate.Ci sono parti di noi che resistono al tempo, proprio come fanno alcuni dischi. Quei dischi che parlano del posto in cui ti trovi invece di dirti dove devi andare. Quei dischi che, ascoltati da ragazzini nella stanza vuota di un istituto o da adulti in ufficio durante una pausa dal lavoro, semplicemente fanno bene.




Black Sabbath


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Black Sabbath's Master of Reality


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Black Sabbath's Master of Reality has maintained remarkable historical status over several generations; it's a touchstone for the directionless, and common coin for young men and women who've felt excluded from the broader cultural economy. John Darnielle hears it through the ears of Roger Painter, a young adult locked in a southern California adolescent psychiatric center in 1985; deprived of his Walkman and hungry for comfort, he explains Black Sabbath as one might describe air to a fish, or love to an android, hoping to convince his captors to give him back his tapes.




Black Sabbath


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DVDs feature candid interviews with original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, plus the views of later members such as Neil Murray and the late Ronnie James Dio The authorative text encompasses the complete inside story of Black Sabbath and is accompanied by four companion interview DVDs tracing the band's story from Birmingham clubs through the first triumphant tours and on to the stadium rock phenomenon of today. The views of the band are complemented by a wealth of informative insights from journalists and critics who toured with them.




Black Sabbath FAQ


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BLACK SABBATH FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ON THE FIRST NAME IN METAL




Wolf in White Van


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Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving, John Darnielle's audacious and gripping debut novel Wolf in White Van is a marvel of storytelling and genuine literary delicacy. Welcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined. His primary creation, Trace Italian, is an intricate text-role playing game that enables participants far and wide to explore a dystopian America, seeking refuge amidst the ruin. However, when two high school players, Lance and Carrie, extend the game into their reality, the consequences are horrifying, leaving Sean to account for it. Darnielle’s Wolf in White Van invites us to comprehend the depth and intricacy of Sean's life. Told in reverse, the story draws us back to the moment that fundamentally altered Sean’s life as he knows it.