Hole in Our Soul
Hole in Our Soul

Author: Martha Bayles

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1996-05-15

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780226039596

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From Queen Latifa to Count Basie, Madonna to Monk, Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music traces popular music back to its roots in jazz, blues, country, and gospel through the rise in rock 'n' roll and the emergence of heavy metal, punk, and rap. Yet despite the vigor and balance of these musical origins, Martha Bayles argues, something has gone seriously wrong, both with the sound of popular music and the sensibility it expresses. Bayles defends the tough, affirmative spirit of Afro-American music against the strain of artistic modernism she calls 'perverse.' She describes how perverse modernism was grafted onto popular music in the late 1960s, and argues that the result has been a cult of brutality and obscenity that is profoundly anti-musical. Unlike other recent critics of popular music, Bayles does not blame the problem on commerce. She argues that culture shapes the market and not the other way around. Finding censorship of popular music "both a practical and a constitutional impossibility," Bayles insists that "an informed shift in public tastes may be our only hope of reversing the current malignant mood."

The Hole in My Soul
The Hole in My Soul

Author: Kelly M Spencer

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2024-07-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Hole in my Soul, will take you on a journey of a true story, relatable for everyone. The contrasts, challenges and traumas of our life can create a vacancy in our spirit. When we carry this hole in our soul through life, we often seek to fill it externally. There are loads of quick fix remedies that bring temporary relief through crutches and addictions (alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, shopping, relationships, food, work and so on). These external-fixations focus on control being remedy which are limited and temporary and often make the hole we seek to fill, even larger. The healing, the remedy must come from within. Our holistic being is body, mind and soul. We know when we ignore physical dis-ease, we get sicker. Same with mental dis-ease. Unfortunately, society is often remiss to pay attention and implement action to heal soul sickness. Fortunately, there are powerful ways we can all learn and practice that will bring us more ease and contentment and a trust that we will okay no matter what happens in life. One choice can lead to spiritual bankrupcy. The other, spiritual abundance.

God-Shaped Hole
God-Shaped Hole

Author: Tiffanie DeBartolo

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1492646954

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"God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word."—Colleen Hoover When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone... It's a dark prediction, but Beatrice Jordan never really believed in true love anyway. So, no harm done. She's accepted her lot in life: living in Los Angeles as an artist, not letting herself get too attached to anyone. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Until fate intervenes. It's a simple personal ad: "I am seeking a friend for the end of the world..." Eleven little words that change Beatrice's life irrevocably. Because they lead her to Jacob Grace, an unpredictable writer looking for something he can't name. Both of their worlds shift that day and what follows is a love story unlike any other; brimming with creativity and passion, as two lost souls find themselves in each other. From hole-in-the-wall record stores to late night phone calls, together, Beatrice and Jacob transcend the loneliness of their lives. But dark realities and secrets soon rise to the surface, as does Beatrice's fear of an inescapable fate. Despite it all, this is a story of real love: the kind that breaks you and remakes you, the kind that changes you forever. The kind of love worth having, even if it's short lived, even if you know you might lose it. God Shaped Hole is a brand new kind of love story, introducing dreamers to a quintessentially raw romance and inspires everyone to live and love as vividly as possible—the perfect book club or beach read for fans of The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, and More Than Words by Jill Santopolo. Praise for God-Shaped Hole: "This generation's Love Story."—Kirkus "If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things—a truly convincing love story."—Dave Eggers "With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive. Bottom Line: You'll dig it"—People

My Soul to Take
My Soul to Take

Author: Rachel Vincent

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1426837631

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She doesn't see dead people, but… She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally. Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next…

We Sold Our Souls
We Sold Our Souls

Author: Grady Hendrix

Publisher: Quirk Books

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1683690214

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“A gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. Readers will root for Kris all the way to the explosive, poignant finale.”—Publishers Weekly From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Only a girl with a guitar can save us all. Every morning, Kris Pulaski wakes up in hell. In the 1990s she was lead guitarist of Dürt Würk, a heavy-metal band on the brink of breakout success until lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom, leaving his bandmates to rot in obscurity. Now Kris works as night manager of a Best Western; she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Then one day everything changes—a shocking act of violence turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to reunite Dürt Würk and confront the man who ruined her life. Her journey will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a celebrity rehab center to a satanic music festival. A spine-tingling horror novel, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, pill-popping, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul.

There's a Hole in My Love Cup
There's a Hole in My Love Cup

Author: Sven Erlandson

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-18

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781625505385

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Your depression, anxiety, & unfulfillment are the result of a life disconnected from your soul--your own true self, which has been waiting for decades deep inside to be rediscovered. In this book you'll reconnect to your true voice, free yourself from the fears that dog you & find the courage to experience true ALIVENESS, lasting joy & inner peace

Stepping Into Spiritual Oneness ~ Spiritual Rememberings of the Soul Through Life Experience
Stepping Into Spiritual Oneness ~ Spiritual Rememberings of the Soul Through Life Experience

Author: DD Dr Patti Diamondlady Diamond

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-06-19

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1411651561

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We are but One Step from Spiritual Oneness Just One Step..... Will you choose to take just this One Step? Come Step Into ~ Living LIFE consciously ~ Aware, awake, and within Divine Free Choice Living LIFE within all inclusive inner wisdom ~ As this wisdom is alive because it is with you and within you! Living LIFE Multi~Dimensionally ~ In-tuned with the energetic, physical, spiritual, cosmic, esoteric, and Divine Multi~Dimensions of All That Is that comprises our Life Experience Living LIFE within a resonance of Absoulute Love, Infinite Light, Peace, and Bliss continuously and harmoniously Come Step Into the Spiritual Oneness Soul that you ARE! Welcome!....... Welcome to the Spiritual Oneness that resides within you and that you ARE!

Healing for the Holes in Our Soul
Healing for the Holes in Our Soul

Author: Sharon L. Patterson

Publisher: Llumina Christian Books

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781605940892

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They reside just below the surface of our inner being. They have been there a long time. Caused by unwanted trauma and skewed relationships, they are repositories of volcanic emotional material. They are the holes in our souls, and they are common to us all. How careful one has to be to keep these holes covered or camouflaged in order to operate with some semblance of normalcy in everyday life. It is an exhausting process to cover up what is inside so that it does not blow up outside. Is there greater hope than the misery experienced from the meticulous regimens of self-protection? Indeed there is! Healing for the Holes in Our Souls reveals steps of significant hope leading to greater wholeness through the awesome work of the Soul Maker and the Soul Healer-Jesus Christ. About the Author: No stranger to early trauma in life and the resulting soul wounds, author Sharon Patterson has written and ministered for over twenty-five years concerning the emotional healing she has experienced from the Great Physician-Jesus Christ. Her inspirational encouragement has taken on various forms, from greeting cards and Bible studies to short stories, poetry, and her first book, A Soldier's Strength from the Psalms. Sharon and her husband reside in Round Rock, Texas.