Nostalgia Kills
Nostalgia Kills

Author: Robert Westbrook

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Published:

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1628158778

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Nostalgia Kills A Left-Handed Policeman Mystery What if the greatest American rock star of the sixties, drowned in his bathtub seventeen years ago, did not accidentally die of a drug overdose but was murdered? Now, a new murder in Beverly Hills leaves blues-playing police lieutenant Nicky Rachmaninoff haunted by what really happened. The provocative and murderously profitable world of California rock is the setting for Nostalgia Kills by Robert Westbrook, author of The Left-Handed Policeman. After top video-jockey Jay Jeffries is found murdered and mutilated in his Bev­erly Hills mansion, Nicky Rachmaninoff finds himself in the middle of a bloody scan­dal. Jeffries was a member of the radical sixties rock group The Perceptions, whose lead singer Billy Lion died mysteriously in Rome at the height of his fame. Someone is out to kill all the surviving band members, now successful music promoters at The Rock Channel. Nicky's investigation is complicated by his precocious young daughter, Tanya, and by an entanglement with his ex-wife, TV star Susan Merril. But he uncovers a trail of murder that leads him to music broadcast studios, a bordello, a Malibu beach house, a sailboat off the coast of Hawaii, and ulti­mately—in a scene of mayhem and potential murder—the Grammy Awards. Everyone seems to want The Perceptions dead, including the band members them­selves: lecherous guitarist Rick Elsmore, scheming businessman Bo Daniels, and the bitterly betrayed Donny Meredith. Others with stakes in the outcome include mobster Bushy di Sutro; Susan's husband, Frank Fee, a famous actor; nymphet VJ Unity Sphere; a punk rock music group called Public Tele­phone; groupie/housemaid Nancy Normal; and a mysterious, deadly voice that calls itself The Ghost of Rock and Roll. The sixties meet the eighties in Nostalgia Kills, as sixties veteran Nicky Rachmaninoff races against time to rescue not just The Perceptions but rock and roll, past and pre­sent, in this colorful, funny, and gripping story of murder. "IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO VISIT LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S TONIEST CITY, WESTBROOK'S NOVEL IS THE NEXT BEST THING. Westbrook, the son of former Hollywood gossip columnist Sheilah Graham knows the police and he know's Southern California, from the back alleys of Beverly Hills to the Salton Sea." —Philadelphia Inquirer

Puppets of Nostalgia
Puppets of Nostalgia

Author: Jane Marie Law

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1400872952

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Puppets of Nostalgia is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the "life, death, and rebirth" of awaji ningyo shibai, the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes and to keep dangerous spiritual forces properly channeled and appeased. Law conducted fieldwork on Awaji, located in Japan's Inland Sea, over a ten-year period. In addition to being a detailed history and ethnography of this ritual tradition, Law's work is, at a theoretical level, a study of the process and meaning of tradition formation, reformation, invention, and revitalization. It will interest scholars in a number of fields, including the history of religions, anthropology, cultural studies, ritual and theater studies, Japanese studies, and social history. Focusing on the puppetry tradition of Awaji Island, Puppets of Nostalgia describes the activities of the island's ritual puppeteers and includes the first English translation of their performance texts and detailed descriptions of their rites. Because the author has lived on Awaji during extended periods of research, the work includes fine attention to local detail and nuanced readings of religious currents in Japan that affect popular religious expression. Illustrated throughout with rare photographs, the book provides an in-depth view of a four-hundred-year-old tradition never so thoroughly revealed to Western readers. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Netflix Nostalgia
Netflix Nostalgia

Author: Kathryn Pallister

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1498583067

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Whether it’s “Flashback Friday” or “Throwback Thursday,” audiences are hungry for nostalgic film and television, and the streaming giant Netflix serves up shows from the past that satisfy this craving, in addition to producing original contemporary content with nostalgic flavor. As a part of the series “Reboots, Remakes and Adaptations” originated by series editors Dr. Carlen Lavigne and Dr. Paul Booth, this edited volume focuses exclusively on the intersection between the Netflix platform and the current nostalgia trend in popular culture. As both a creator and distributor of media texts, Netflix takes great advantage of a wide variety of audience nostalgic responses, banking on attracting audiences who seek out nostalgic content that takes them back in time, as well as new audiences who discover “old” and reimagined content. The book aims to interrogate the complex and contradictory notions of nostalgia through the contemporary lens of Netflix, examining angles such as the Netflix business model, the impact of streaming platforms such as Netflix on the consumption of nostalgia, the ideological nature of nostalgic representation in Netflix series, and the various ways that Netflix content incorporates nostalgic content and viewer responses. Many of the contributed chapters analyze current, ongoing Netflix series, providing very timely and original analysis by established and emerging scholars in a variety of disciplines. What can we learn about our selves, our times, our cultures, in response to an examination of “Netflix and Nostalgia”?

Self Proclamation
Self Proclamation

Author: Nkosi Efa

Publisher: RISE OVER RUN PRODUCTIONS LLC

Published: 2024-01-08

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13:

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What’s your story? Where did you land within the ongoing story of the Universe? This next question is a big one. Have you been a part of this universal story ever before? Look around you, examine your days; review your past, and delve a step deeper into the concept of ‘story’ as it pertains to how we experience life as humans. Within the story is your story. Your unique narrative is the road by which your lessons are delivered. It’s your pathway, so to speak. It is the backdrop to your collection of experiences this lifetime. Without a narrative, your Soul would have no identities to attach to. You wouldn’t know what character to be in the play of life. You wouldn’t be familiar with any of the stage notes of the play, per se. Why does ‘story’ have so much impact or value? This philosophical question has a mathematical answer. The answer is this: your unique life story is set in the same format as every other story ever told. Your life’s narrative has a plot, the parameters by which your story takes place. Your story has high points, low points, and the ebbs and tides of everything in-between. This structure is called a Bell Curve. The bell curve is the mathematical representation of how cycles transpire. Due to the energetic structure of a bell curve, we can accurately map data trends about various happenings within the life story. The story you were born into was chosen well before you arrived. You have a story chosen by you that is arranged specifically for you. All your experiences, good, bad, and in-between, are designed to further you on this spiral of ascension. On this journey of self-revelation, the goal is to arrive at a space of clarity, of understanding about who you are, who you want to become, and how you will service the One who sent you. We are all in this together, delicately intertwined, seeking the same clarity of self. If ever you wonder why you are here, know baseline that you are here to clear yourself of all things that block your ability to contribute to Universal balance. Self Proclamation offers to share with the Seeker a coming-of-age story of a particular Soul that is on the same enlightenment journey as the rest of the Universe. Through this story, the Universe will display concepts of wisdom and knowledge that will assist the Seeker in examining their own story. The goal of this work is to share with the Seeker a narrative, the subsequent training phase to cope with the realities of the narrative, and the unfolding process of practicing and attaining Self-awareness to reach Self-realization. You will be guided to learn principles and examine how they have impacted your personal narrative throughout life. You will become kindred to these principles and build a relationship with them to solve your own issues and vices and even reexamine your life practices. Important message for the Seeker: Many works of wisdom and knowledge invite readers to partake in the wisdom but do not explain the consequences of receiving these lessons. Spirit rule #528: You are responsible to do once you know. That’s just how it goes. It is an honor to be a part of your story. It is an honor to be a part of your freedom. Let’s begin, shall we?

SPIN
SPIN

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2005-09

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

Nostalgia After Nazism
Nostalgia After Nazism

Author: Heidi M. Schlipphacke

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 083875757X

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"Nostalgia After Nazism is a compelling, sophisticated entry in the growing field of German and Austrian memory studies. It introduces into German studies a nuanced set of tools drawn from the broad panoply of contemporary theory and sets those voices onto the broader historical landscape of post-World War II confrontations between the West's recent history and its present. The result is a highly readable, impeccably documented volume that joins the best of literary history and close readings to a broad spectrum of theoretical models. Nostalgia After Nazism offers an exemplary model for cultural scholarship after the supposed ̀end of theory,' recapturing how theory, history, and the texts of culture are mutually illuminating."---Katherine Arens, The University of Texas at Austin --

Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Authors

Author:

Publisher: Contemporary Authors New Revis

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780787667153

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These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors entries. A softcover cumulative index is published twice per year (included in subscription).

Beyond "Understanding Canada"
Beyond

Author: Melissa Tanti

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1772123277

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The dismantling of “Understanding Canada”—an international program eliminated by Canada’s Conservative government in 2012—posed a tremendous potential setback for Canadianists. Yet Canadian writers continue to be celebrated globally by popular and academic audiences alike. Twenty scholars speak to the government’s diplomatic and economic about-face and its implications for representations of Canadian writing within and outside Canada’s borders. The contributors to this volume remind us of the obstacles facing transnational intellectual exchange, but also salute scholars’ persistence despite these obstacles. Beyond “Understanding Canada” is a timely, trenchant volume for students and scholars of Canadian literature and anyone seeking to understand how Canadian literature circulates in a transnational world. Contributors: Michael A. Bucknor, Daniel Coleman, Anne Collett, Pilar Cuder-Domínguez, Ana María Fraile-Marcos, Jeremy Haynes, Cristina Ivanovici, Milena Kaličanin, Smaro Kamboureli, Katalin Kürtösi, Vesna Lopičić, Belén Martín-Lucas, Claire Omhovère, Lucia Otrísalová, Don Sparling, Melissa Tanti, Christl Verduyn, Elizabeth Yeoman, Lorraine York

Keeping the faith
Keeping the faith

Author: Keith Gildart

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1526150964

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In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s it was attracting thousands of enthusiasts across the country. This book is a social history of Northern Soul, examining the origins and development of this music scene, its clubs, publications and practices. Northern Soul emerged in a period when working class communities were beginning to be transformed by deindustrialisation and the rise of new political movements around the politics of race, gender and locality. Locating Northern Soul in these shifting economic and social contexts of the English North and Midlands in the 1970s, the authors argue that people kept the faith not just with music, but with a culture that was connected to wider aspects of work, home, relationships and social identities. Drawing on an expansive range of sources, including oral histories, magazines and fanzines, diaries and letters, this book offers a detailed and empathetic reading of a working class culture that was created and consumed by thousands of young people in the 1970s. The authors highlight the complex ways in which class, race and gender identities acted as forces for both unity and fragmentation on the dancefloors of iconic clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, Blackpool Mecca, the Torch in Stoke-on-Trent, the Catacombs in Wolverhampton and the Casino in Wigan. Marking a significant contribution to the historiography of youth culture, this book is essential reading for those interested in popular music and everyday life in in postwar Britain.