Learning from Disasters
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This compelling book offers an important insight into the way organisations implement policies, systems and procedures to prevent future disasters occurring.
Simon Reynolds Books
June 19, 1963
Simon Reynolds is one of the most respected music journalists working today, and his writing is both influential and polarizing. He draws on an impressive range of knowledge, writing with a fluid, engaging style. His works on their respective genres are highly regarded, and his book Retro Mania may be his most broadly appealing work yet. It presents arguments about art, nostalgia, and technology with implications for all readers, not just diehard music fans. It is an important and provocative look at the present and future of culture and innovation.
Over the course of the past 25 years, a quiet but persistent revolution has been taking place in English cathedrals, in some larger churches in major towns and cities, as well as the chapels of university colleges. The numbers of people drawn by the distinctive musical character of their worship has risen significantly, with Choral Evensong becoming the locus of this persistent growth in the numbers of worshippers. A significant number of these people are under 40 years of age, and many others have, until now, lived their lives on the edges of the Church, if not completely beyond it. Simon Reynolds believes Evensong is providing a place of sanctuary for people seeking space for reflection in a frenetic world. It is becoming a significant part of the Church of England’s mission. Lighten Our Darkness provides the definitive guide to Choral Evensong, and will be a fascinating introduction for newcomers to this historic form of worship, and for clergy and students wishing to explore its roots.
A collection of writing by Simon Reynolds, centred on music that seemed, in its moment, to prefigure the Future
If you've ever wanted to feel happier, this is the book for you. It's packed with powerful techniques to increase your happiness and help you get maximum joy out of life. Backed by extensive research, this book explores the new field of Positive Psychology, which shows that anyone can be happier by following a series of simple, specific actions. Renowned advertising executive Siimon Reynolds has spent the last 20 years studying happiness. Here, he shares many techniques which are easy to try and potentially life-changing. Why fall back on chocolate when you can experience bliss?
From rave's origins in Chicago house and Detroit techno, through Ibiza, Madchester and the anarchic free-party scene, to the pirate-radio underworld of jungle and UK garage, the author documents with insight and infectious enthusiasm the tracks, DJs, producers and promoters that soundtracked a generation.
Rip it Up and Start Again
- 624 pages
- 22 hours of reading
In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.
"For decades, biologists and behavioral scientists have been uncovering methods of improving a person's mood in minutes. But then findings were available only in scientific journals and reports - until now. Drawing on a unique combination of visualization, neurology, spirituality, and biochemistry, this remarkable guide provides six simple steps that elevate your mood instantly and, if practiced overtime, lastingly. Become Happy in Eight Minutes will help you unleash the happiness power of your thymus gland, find out how your breathing can influence your state of mind, improve your mood with a simple glass of fruit juice, unlock the secrets of a focused brain, discover the body movements that will actually have you feeling happier, and more."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Explores the popularity of electronic dance music and the culture surrounding it, focusing on the fad of midnight-to-dawn revels, known as "raves," which offers a Dionysian world of dance, drugs, and debauchery
Shock and Awe
Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century
- 720 pages
- 26 hours of reading
The book delves into the vibrant GLAM movement that emerged in the wake of the sixties, highlighting its impact on music and culture across the Atlantic. It features iconic artists like Bowie, Bolan, and Alice Cooper, examining the era's distinctive sounds, flamboyant styles, and gender-fluid politics. Reynolds not only traces the evolution of glam through the early seventies but also connects its legacy to contemporary influences in hip hop and pop, including Lady Gaga and the cultural reverberations following David Bowie's death.
Retromania : pop culture’s addiction to its own past
- 496 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, Retromania explores rock's nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argues that there has never before been a culture so obsessed with its own immediate past. Pulling together parallel threads from music, fashion, art, and new media, Simon Reynolds confronts a central paradox of our era: from iPods to YouTube, we're empowered by mind-blowing technology, but too often it's used as a time machine or as a tool to shuffle and rearrange music from yesterday.We live in the digital future but we're mesmerized by our analogue past.
