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From pop culture critic and music journalist Miles Marshall Lewis comes a book about the power and poetry of Kendrick Lamar! Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics and powerful music, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Promise That You Will Sing About Me explores Kendrick Lamar's life, his roots, his music, his lyrics, and how he has shaped the musical landscape of this generation. With incredible graphic design, quotes, lyrics and commentary from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alicia Garza and more, this book provides an in-depth look at how Kendrick came to be who he is today, his world, how he creates his lyrics and music, and how he revolutionizes the music industry from the inside.

With the resurgence of vinyl going from strength to strength, album cover art is as important as it's ever been. This sumptuous book brings together 250 of the greatest album covers of all time and is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1956. Our judging panel, drawn from the great and the good of the music industry, has selected the final 275 entries, giving their reasons for selection to accompany the illustrations. From rock ‘n’ roll to pop, R&B to jazz, blues and even folk, some of the album covers included are obvious classics, while others will surprise readers and jog memories. The chosen entries might not necessarily be of a best-selling release, but they are important artistically, stylistically or culturally. This fascinating book forms a wonderful visual record of this popular art form, and is an essential read for music fans the world over.

For the first time, cultural icon and label manager Barry Miles tells the full story of Zapple. It is a story of inspired ideas, set against the backdrop of London's vibrant underground scene and the final years of the battling Beatles and their crumbling Apple empire.

Now available once again after being out of print for several years, the David Bowie Black Book remains one of the most elegant books about the iconic superstar ever to have been published.

This title examines the counter culture that emerged in London’s West End and Soho after World War II, highlighting the city’s appeal to artists, writers, musicians, and fashion designers in their quest for inspiration and success.

Představuje unikátní pohled na historii architekturya staveb skrze detailního skoumání jednotlivých prvků, jako jsou základy, zdi, střechy, schody a okna, které tvoří veřejné i soukromé budovy. Popisuje účel, design a praktickou aplikaci těchto dílčích částí a přehledně vysvětluje rozmanitý výraz každé části. Uvádí světově nejproslulejší budovy včetně mnohých ze seznamu Světového kulturního dědictví UNESCO. Zahrnuje více jak 500 barevných fotografií interiérových a exteriérových pohledů a detailů staveb.

Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge.

Pink Floyd schufen in den Sechzigerjahren den ersten echten Soundtrack des alternativen London – mit einer radikal neuen Kombination aus Musik, Lightshow und pyrotechnischen Bühneneffekten. Der Autor verfolgte die Entwicklung der Gruppe von den frühesten Tagen an, als Pink Floyd noch fremde Rhythm & Blues-Nummern spielte, bis zum Zenit ihres Ruhms, als sie weltbekannt war und mit The Dark Side Of The Moon eines der erfolgreichsten Alben aller Zeiten veröffentlichte. So gewinnt sein persönlich gehaltenes Porträt einer aufstrebenden jungen Band Profil. Barry Miles erlebte die Gruppe schon live, als sie sich noch The Pink Floyd Sound nannte, und er schrieb seinen ersten Artikel über sie 1966 für eine New Yorker Underground-Zeitung. Miles kannte die Musiker auch persönlich. Er war Zeuge des raschen Verfalls von Syd Barrett und beteiligte sich aktiv an der Vorbereitung einiger großer Konzerte von Pink Floyd. Er rekonstruiert aus direkter Anschauung die frühen Jahre der Gruppe – von ihren Wurzeln in der englischen Universitätsstadt Cambridge bis zum Kultstatus im London der Sechziger. Dieses Buch bildet im Hannibal-Programm die Ergänzung der klassischen Bandbiografie von Nicholas Schaffner sowie der Monografie über die Entstehung von The Dark Side Of The Moon von John Harris.

Nell’autunno del 1957 tre giovani poeti americani - Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso e Peter Orlovsky – arrivano a Parigi dopo un lungo vagabondaggio tra Africa ed Europa. Vorrebbero restare solo qualche settimana. Per i successivi tre anni Ginsberg e Corso, insieme a Orlovsky e a William Burroughs saranno invece al centro di un’eccentrica colonia di beat che metterà radici in un cadente albergo della Rive gauche, al 9 di rue Gît-le-Coeur: il Beat Hotel. Anche nella tollerante atmosfera della Parigi di fine anni Cinquanta, l’infima pensione gestita da Madame Rachou rappresenta una sorta di porto franco per artisti in fuga dalla più repressiva società americana. Nelle stanze buie e sovraffollate del Beat Hotel si crea il miracolo di una nuova bohème, una stagione irripetibile di sperimentazioni creative, di droghe e di libero amore che gli stessi protagonisti hanno raccontato a Barry Miles in ore e ore di conversazioni pazientemente registrate dall’autore. È qui che l’ombroso e paranoico William Burroughs compone Pasto nudo ; qui Allen Ginsberg intona la prima stesura di Kaddish , l’elogio funebre per la madre Naomi; qui Gregory Corso dipana la serie infinita delle sue avventure in terra di Francia e compone il suo primo e unico romanzo, American Express . Attorno a loro e alla loro amicizia, a volte difficile e accidentata, si intrecciano le storie di altri protagonisti, come Jack Kerouac, e di comprimari meno noti, come Brion Gysin e Ian Sommerville, geniali artisti multimediali con i quali William Burroughs dà avvio alla creazione dei primi cut-up.