Bryan McCann, author of João Gilberto and Stan Getz’s Getz/Gilberto, is guest-blogging for us all week. Today he delves into the relationship between bossa nova and politics, asking: what hope does the music hold for Brazilians in the current political climate? Getz/Gilberto was recorded in March of 1963 but not released until late February of 1964. […]
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This month we’re bringing you two new books in the Brazilian strand of our 33 1/3 Global series! The first is on João Gilberto and Stan Getz’s Getz/Gilberto with its hit single “The Girl From Ipanema”: a game-changing album, as author Bryan McCann explains… The first time I really listened to João Gilberto, as opposed to hearing him
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For their final blog post, dc Talk’s Jesus Freak authors Will Stockton and G. Wilson invite you to take a quiz to find out… are you closer to Christ or Satan? As young music critics for Christ, one of our favorite games to play was “Secular or Saved”. It went something like this: grab a friend.
dc Talk Week: Day 4 – Secular or Saved? Read More »
It’s publication day for dc Talk’s Jesus Freak! In today’s post, the authors delve into where the members of dc Talk are nowadays… As a teenager, one of my favorite things about going to the orthodontist was the opportunity the waiting room afforded me to read People Magazine and catch up on the afterlives of my favorite
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In their second post this week, 33 1/3 authors Will Stockton and D. Gilson list their top 10 dc Talk songs, and why they’ve declared them the best of the best. Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) is derivate, sure. It feeds off mainstream styles. But for adolescents, especially, that’s why it works. Without question, dc Talk was
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This week, Will Stockton and D. Gilson, authors of the new 33 1/3 on dc Talk’s Jesus Freak, will be taking over the blog in celebration of their book’s upcoming publication. Here they cordially invite you to meet the Jesus Freaks. It almost sounds like the set-up to a joke: two gay atheists / cultural
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To celebrate the recent publication of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Peepshow, author Samantha Bennett will be guest-blogging all week. In her final post, Samantha looks at the influence that silent films had on the music video for their critically acclaimed song, “Peek-A-Boo.” Peepshow features numerous references to silent filmmaking, particularly its technical facets, including the use
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To celebrate the recent publication of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Peepshow, author Samantha Bennett will be guest-blogging all week. In today’s post, she focuses on Peepshow‘s lead single, “Peek-A-Boo,” and the role that Caligarisme played in the song’s music video. Take a look at the topsy-turvy, surrealist evidence below… Released in July 1988, ‘Peek-A-Boo’ was Peepshow‘s lead single, as well as
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To celebrate the recent publication of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Peepshow, author Samantha Bennett will be guest-blogging all week. Today, she explores the influences that film maudit had on Siouxsie and the Banshees’ music. Taken literally, the term film maudit means ‘cursed’ film, often one that exists on the fringes of the film industry. Perhaps panned by
Siouxsie and the Banshees Week: Day 2: Peepshow and Film Maudit Read More »
To celebrate the recent publication of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Peepshow, author Samantha Bennett will be guest-blogging all week. In her first post, she discusses why she chose to write about this album, and how you should be reading it (hint: it should be a rainy day…) I was compelled to write about Peepshow for a
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