Author : Scott McClanahan
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Artists
ISBN : 9781937512453
Renowned artist Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan combine talents in a dazzling, eye-popping biography of musician and artist Daniel Johnston.
Author : Daniel Johnston
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Drawing, American
ISBN : 9780847832309
Daniel Johnston is an indie rock star whose songs are covered by musicians such as Beck & Yo La Tengo. In 1985, hailed as a bright light in the Austin music scene, he had the first of several mental breakdowns. Daniel's artwork is in many ways a counterpart to his music - charming, sometimes disturbing, inconsistent & fascinating.
Author : Eilon Paz
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 22,61 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1607748703
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
Author : Evan Puschak
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 198216395X
Producer, editor, and writer behind the highly addictive, informative, and popular YouTube channel The Nerdwriter, Evan Puschak presents an unconventional and whip-smart essay collection about topics as varied as Superman, politics, and public benches. As YouTube's The Nerdwriter, Evan Puschak plays the polymath, posing questions and providing answers across a wide range of fields--from the power of a split diopter shot in Toy Story 4 to the political dangers of schadenfreude. Now, he brings that same insatiable curiosity and striking wit to this engaging and unputdownable essay collection. Perfect for fans of Trick Mirror and the writing of John Hodgman and Chuck Klosterman, Escape into Meaning is a compendium of fascinating insights into obsession. Whether you're interested in the philosophy of Jerry Seinfeld or how Clark Kent is the real hero, there's something for everyone in this effervescent collection.
Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674015173
This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.
Author : Ricardo Cavolo
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1910620009
A graphic novel in the form of Ricardo Cavolo’s personal diary, which follows the story of music through 101 essential artists; from Bach to Radiohead, to Amy Winehouse, Nirvana and Daft Punk. With over one hundred uniquely colorful illustrations and handwritten text, lists, notes, and personal anecdotes this is a book to delight in.
Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195151237
In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
Author : J. T. LeRoy
Publisher : Last Gasp
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780867196146
Harold's end is a street hustler power ballad from San Francisco novelist JT Leroy. A young boy finds solace in a gift from an older, seemingly compassionate man. As with other Leroy stories, it goes from dark to incomprehensibly black. Internationally renowned Australiam artist Cherry Hood has created eight unique watercolour paintings based on the character descriptions in the story.
Author : Scott McClanahan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988518391
McClanahan is the only real successor we have to Breece D'J Pancake. Old-fashioned storytelling from modern Appalachia.
Author : Scott McClanahan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781937512033
A colorful and elegiac coming-of-age story that announces Scott McClanahan as a resounding, lasting talent.
