Summary: There is nothing like a Greatful Dead concert!Since 1965, there have been over 3,000 Greatful Dead concerts, from the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park to the Gizeh Pyramids. At each of them, someone has stepped "on the bus" and become a Dead Head. Now, all of the Dead Head voices and visions have come together. Greatful Dead: The Official Book of the Dead Heads is a splendid mixture of musicians,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1983
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "As iconic a group as has ever existed, The Velvet Underground were so far ahead of their time, musically, visually and culturally, it's as if they were dropped, ready formed, into New York's avant-garde art scene, from a parallel universe. And in addition to their unique imagery, so perfectly designed by maverick artist and impresario Andy Warhol, their experiments with form and sound that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC VELSummary: Craig Baldwin presents an energized discourse on copyright infringement, fair use and culture jamming, via a montage of interviews, music and stock footage stemming from the infamous Negativland-U2 case where U2's recording company, Island Records, sued Negativland for releasing a parody. The film also includes interviews with other artists involved in the appropriation of popular media.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SONDuncan, Hamish
Summary: A chronological look at the performances, song writing and recording sessions, band members' lives and events surrounding the career of the funk rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983, the band's first year of existence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 DUNSummary: It follows the Navajo heavy metal band I Don't Konform's remarkable journey from performing on poverty-stricken reservations to recording their debut album with Grammy-award winner producer of Metallica while telling the compelling story of the thriving heavy metal scene on the Navajo reservations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC REZLingan, John
Summary: "The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fame and how their music embodied the cultural landscape of the late '60s and early '70s. From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Clearwater Revival. They managed a two-year barrage of top-10...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 LINFong-Torres, Ben.
Summary: Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. The Grateful Dead Scrapbook collects rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, including never-before-published photos, flyers, fan letters, and other ephemera. To accompany the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 FONSummary: "The Girl Group Sound, made famous and unforgettable by acts like The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Supremes, and The Vandellas, took over the airwaves by capturing the mix of innocence and rebellion emblematic of America in the 1960s. As songs like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Then He Kissed Me," and "Be My Baby" rose to number one, Girl Groups cornered the burgeoning post-war market of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BUTRaekwon
Summary: "There are rappers who everyone loves and there are rappers who every rapper loves, and Corey Woods, a.k.a. Raekwon the Chef, is one of the few who is both. His versatile flow, natural storytelling, and evocative imagery have inspired legions of fans and a new generation of rappers. Raekwon is one of the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, and his voice and cadence are synonymous with the sound...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAEKWON RAESummary: A look at the iconoclastic musicians of Phish, following them over the course of a year, on and off stages across the United States and Europe and at home in Vermont.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PHIBrownMark
Summary: "Prince's bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWNMARK BROSummary: Documentary on the avant-garde music and video collective, the Residents, based on the group's archival materials and their recent 40th anniversary world tour.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THESummary: Examines the long career of the Grateful Dead featuring new interviews with the surviving members of the group and never-before-seen footage of the group's performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of the life and times of the super successful American soft-rock band, Eagles. Four hours of never before seen material from the past 40 years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 2013
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD HISRuhlmann, William.
Summary: Presents a decade-by-decade view of the career of the distinctive American musical group, describes a typical concert, and discusses the way of life and world view of the musicians and their loyal followers
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 782.42 RUHTimberlake, Justin
Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN TIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TIMBERLAKE TIMSummary: No Grateful Dead fan will be able to resist Goin' Down the Road. Here is the history of the band, as revealed in interviews with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter, among others; memories of the band's early days; a tribute to beat hero Neal Cassady, a defining influence on the band; background on the traditional and blues songs the Dead cover in their shows; and descriptions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 JACHanna, Kathleen
Summary: "An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring almost 100 minutes of filmed unadulterated interviews, press conferences and other occasions of interest with Foo Fighters, during which Dave Grohl and his merry men come over with their traditional decency, humility and non-rock star approach to both their lives and their art, while discussing all manner of topics close to their communal and individual hearts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FOOTalking Heads (Musical group)
Summary: A film of the Talking Heads in concert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STOFain, Sammy
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Crawford Music Corporation 1939
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: Easter parade: Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. He vows to make Hannah a success before the next Easter parade. After a while Don and Hannah are so successful that Florence Ziegfeld is interested in them. With Nadine dancing for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009