Arts et spectacles
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Les Doors ? Juste un délire psychédélique, ou une voix qui a marqué de son empreinte l'histoire du rock ? Pour Greil Marcus, le groupe de Jim Morrison est à la fois l'un et l'autre. Entre l'hommage et la plongée dans l'Amérique de la fi n des sixties, cette époque qui est aussi « un lieu dont les ha...
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A celebratory, and revelatory exploration of the artist in his most sublime moments by one of the most revered cultural commentators of these times. ...
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October 1982: ABC, Culture Club, Shalamar and Survivor dominate the top twenty when the Pogues barrel out from the backstreets of King's Cross, a furious, pioneering mix of punk energy, traditional melodies and the powerfully poetic songwriting of Shane MacGowan. Reviled by traditionalists for ...
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Looks at the extraordinary resilience of the French film industry during the Second World War when, in spite of the national catastrophe of defeat and occupation, it was still able to produce such classics as "Le Corbeau" and "Les Enfants du Paradis". This title also looks at the seminal impact of t...
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An anthology of writings spanning Simon Reynolds's extraordinary career as a music writer, Bring the Noise weaves together interviews, reviews, essays, and features to create a critical history of the last twenty years of pop culture. Bring the Noise juxtaposes the voices of many of rock and rap's m...
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Elizabeth Taylor has defined the very essence of Hollywood stardom. This title looks at a girl who grew up with fame, who learned early - and well - how to be famous, and how that fame was used and constructed to carry her through more than sixty years of public life. ...
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Greil Marcus's study of American rock and roll is universally acclaimed as the benchmark work of modern rock criticism. Using a handful of artists - a brace of bluesmen, The Band, Sly Stone, Randy Newman and Elvis Presley - Marcus illuminates and interprets the American Dream in rigorous prose t...
