The Road Crew
The Road Crew

Author: Gabrielle Kielich

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-12-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1003837069

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The Road Crew: Live Music and Touring is an in-depth study of the road crew – the group of workers who handle the logistical and technical requirements of popular music concert tours – that provides an extensive look at the activities and personnel involved in the daily operation of these events. Using interviews with road crew members, participant observation at concert venues and archival research, this book covers a range of topics, including how they learn their roles and maintain work through networks and informal practices, the experience of being on tour and the workplace culture of road crews, the daily tasks and necessary documents that contribute to the realisation of concert events, and the integral role that tour managers play in the working lives of musicians. The book also provides important insights into the experience of women working in a male-dominated field, the ways in which hierarchy shapes the working lives of “support” workers and the effects of touring on road crew members. The Road Crew will be of interest to scholars and students of popular music, live music and the creative industries, as well as music fans, journalists, and professionals and practitioners in the music industries.

Confessions of a Female Tour Manager
Confessions of a Female Tour Manager

Author: Kim Hawes

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-22

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 9781694960177

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If someone said to you, 'Imagine a tour manager for a rock band,' what would you think?Now take that thought and turn it completely on its head.That's Kim.In this, my first book, Confessions of a Female Tour Manager, I tell the story of my life on the road with some of the most notorious bands in rock 'n' roll history, including Chumbawamba, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath - and for the ten craziest years of my life, Motörhead.Mine is the story of a woman in a man's world. I had no interest in being one of the boys, let alone proving it. I wore designer shoes instead of steel toe-caps, freshly-painted nail varnish instead of tattoos and carried a Tiffany pen instead of an Allen key in my pocket. In thirty years, I never ran, never shouted, never gave in and never gave up. This is a memoir with a triple-A pass - filled with egos and escapades, divas and decadence, substance abuse and sex; tales of music and madness, of scotching stereotypes, of not giving a damn and deciding what really matters - all to a soundtrack playing at 11.

The Dirt
The Dirt

Author: Tommy Lee

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0062209817

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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE. Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love affairs, rollercoaster drug addictions, and immortal music in Mötley Crüe books like Tommyland and The Heroin Diaries, but now the full spectrum of sin and success by Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Mick Mars is an open book in The Dirt. Even fans already familiar with earlier editions of the bestselling exposé will treasure this gorgeous deluxe edition. Joe Levy at Rolling Stone calls The Dirt "without a doubt . . . the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read. It is completely compelling and utterly revolting."

Confessions of an HR Pro
Confessions of an HR Pro

Author: Julie Turney

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-31

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780578905822

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This book will help you to regain your HR mojo, find your community and gain clarity on your way forward. Based on real-life experiences from HR Professionals who felt just like you at some point in their careers, you will learn about our moments of defeat and triumph. I wrote this book because I believe that we need more transparency in our HR community. Enough about what we need to do and more about how we are actually navigating our careers in this space.Read this book to:Learn how to navigate working with a bad boss Understand what it takes to be the best recruiter you can beDiscover how Agile ways of working can improve your workflowLearn how to become more inclusive in building your HR teamLearn why your mental health and well-being mattersUnderstand how to build resilience through making mistakesDiscover how to build your HR Community/tribe

Madonna Confessions
Madonna Confessions

Author: Guy Oseary

Publisher: powerHouse Books

Published: 2008-10-07

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781576874813

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In conjunction with this summer's most talked about concert, Madonna's highly anticipated "Sticky and Sweet" Tour, powerHouse Books will release Madonna Confessions, the official book of quintessential images taken by über-manager Guy Oseary during the course of over 50 performances around the world during the Material Girl's sold out 2006 Confessions Tour. With over 250 never-before-seen images, the book showcases various provocative themes from that show including an iconographic equestrian opening to an urban Bedouin segment and on to glam punk and disco fever. The photographs celebrate what the New York Times called "the sheer spectacularity of her physical form" along with show stopping highlights and groundbreaking staging. Oseary, who is also Madonna's manager and has worked with her for the past twenty years, traveled with the artist and was given unprecedented access to each performance. As a result, the photographs in Madonna Confessions capture the essence, sheer energy, and excitement that came alive onstage every night. The photographs were each lovingly handpicked by Oseary and Madonna and are interspersed with quotes from Madonna. Long considered one of the most exciting live performers of our era, Madonna Confessions is a visual delight that highlights the multi-Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's astounding career. "powerHouse is delighted to collaborate with one of the world's greatest live performers; Guy Oseary's exclusive access to each night's Confessions show allowed him the opportunity to capture unparalleled iconic moments in live performance photography. The intimacy and the sweep of the work put you front row center of an incredible experience." -Daniel Power, CEO of powerHouse Books.

Call at Six - Bags at Seven
Call at Six - Bags at Seven

Author: David L. Gordon

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1608609502

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The Author as a professional tour guide escorted American and other groups world-wide during a lifetime of travel. He has visited over 100 countries around the globe and virtually every country in Europe. He represented prestigious U.S. and European Tour Operators. Since his first assignment over 50 years ago as a travel host in Switzerland he has escorted tourists on African Safaris, to countries in the Far East, Australia and luxury cruises world wide. There are few, if any, professional tour guides who can match his lifetime of experience, sometimes travelling eleven months of the year. Throughout his career he has contributed travel articles to the travel trade and has also been engaged in travel promotion in the USA. In Call at Six, Bags at Seven the author recalls some of the delightful, spiteful, sad and slightly mad tourists he has travelled with over the years. His recollections are told with dry English humour and illustrated with amusing sketches of some of these incidents, he gives us a candid and unique view together with the inside story of group tourism, sharing with us hilarious and umbelievable experiences that he has had. Call at Six, Bags at Seven should be read by anyone who has travelled with a tourist group and a MUST for anyone who may be planning a trip. If you have travelled with a tourist group in the past and think you recognize yourself as one of the characters in this book, well......maybe the coincidence is not incidental. Bon voyage!

Feature Writing for Journalists
Feature Writing for Journalists

Author: Sharon Wheeler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-16

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1000576698

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Feature Writing for Journalists considers both newspapers and magazines and helps the new or aspiring journalist to become a successful feature writer. Using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative' publications, Sharon Wheeler considers the different types of material that come under the term 'feature' including human interest pieces, restaurant reviews and advice columns. With relevant case studies as well as interviews with practitioners, Feature Writing for Journalists is exactly what you need to understand and create exciting and informative features.

The Polished Hoe
The Polished Hoe

Author: Austin Clarke

Publisher: Dundurn.com

Published: 2003-09-03

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 088762815X

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Winner of the 2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize and of the 2003 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize: Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean) When an elderly Bimshire village woman calls the police to confess to a murder, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the African diaspora in one epic sweep. Set on the post-colonial West Indian island of Bimshire in 1952, The Polished Hoe unravels over the course of 24 hours but spans the lifetime of one woman and the collective experience of a society informed by slavery. As the novel opens, Mary Mathilda is giving confession to Sargeant, a police officer she has known all her life. The man she claims to have murdered is Mr. Belfeels, the village plantation owner for whom she has worked for more than thirty years. Mary has also been Mr. Belfeels’ mistress for most of that time and is the mother of his only son, Wilberforce, a successful doctor. What transpires through Mary’s words and recollections is a deep meditation about the power of memory and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. Infused with Joycean overtones, this is a literary masterpiece that evokes the sensuality of the tropics and the tragic richness of Island culture.

Confessions of a Female Vigilante
Confessions of a Female Vigilante

Author: A. L. Sutter

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1514405547

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Confessions is a psychological thriller, page-turning revelation about misplaced trust and the irreparable harm to the female psyche caused by relationships with men. Lane Stone has been a twenty-five year prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office, and now practices criminal defense. Claiming justice after a devastating experience of erotic transference with her psychologist of thirty years, she takes justice into her own hands. Through the encouragement of the only true love Lane has ever known - Christopher, she seems to be redeemed. Doubt as to Lanes motives is raised by Chris best friend, Jimmy, an LAPD cop, but the mature unbreakable bond Lane shares with Christopher seems strong enough to put Lanes demons to rest. Can the obsessive need for revenge ever be satiated? Only you, the readers can hand down the verdict on Lane Stone.

Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Girl
Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Girl

Author: Paula Hendricks

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2013-08-26

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0802485162

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Sound familiar? 1. You spot a cute boy (we’ll call him Boy A). 2. You dream about Boy A. 3. You do whatever it takes to make Boy A notice you. 4. Even though Boy A doesn’t pursue you, you hang on to your dream of Boy A until he (a) moves to the North Pole with no access to a cell phone or computer, (b) dies and is buried or cremated, or (c) begins dating another girl. 5. You mend your broken heart by hating Boy A and finding another cute boy (Boy B). You replace Boy A with Boy B and begin all over again . . . Paula has gone through an entire alphabet—and more—of boys over the years. As she shares her journal entries and stories—the good, the bad, and the ugly—you’ll be encouraged to trust God with your love life and buckle up for the ride! Written for teen girls, Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Girl will help you on your own journey from neediness to freedom. Part of the True Woman publishing line, whose goal is to encourage women to exude God’s beauty by embracing his design for womanhood