[PDF] Let Me Clear My Throat eBook

Author : Elena Passarello
Publisher : Sarabande Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1936747456

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A rollicking, wide-reaching annotated soundtrack of pop stars, phone psychics, Elvis impersonators, and other marvels of the human voice.

Author : Elena Passarello
Publisher : Sarabande Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1936747502

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“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead

Author : Gerald T. Dolphus
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1483609340

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TRANSLATED Are you ready for promotion? Can your life use an upgrade? If so, read the simple, no-nonsense, biblical answers in this book. It will teach you how to augment every aspect of your life-your marriage, your personal relationships, your finances, and your business. You'll learn: How to plateau your happiness. How to retrain your brain. How to replace problem consciousness with solution consciousness. How to activate spiritual discernment in business transactions. How to increase your marital intimacy. How to transport your marriage from worship to ecstasy. How to maximize your faith and finances, when you're unmarried. It's all here! You will learn, as you turn the pages of this book, the significance of metacognition (awareness of ones thinking processes) and bi-dimensional living (living in Heaven and on Earth, simultaneously). In fact, you will learn how it is possible to actualize Ephesians 2:6, in everything you do! And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Do yourself a favor; get lifted! Get Translated!

Author : Chuck D
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 34,93 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 0316430986

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A one-of-a kind survey of rap and hip hop history from 1973 to today by Chuck D, arguably the most influential rapper in the world. In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and "Rapper's Delight," hip hop and rap have become a billion-dollar worldwide phenomenon. Yet there is no definitive history of the genre-until now. Based on Chuck's long-running show on Rapstation.com, this massive compendium details the most iconic moments and influential songs in the genre's recorded history, from Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'" to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill to Kendrick Lamar's ground-breaking verse on "Control." Also included are key events in hip hop history, from Grandmaster Flash's first scratch through Tupac's holographic appearance at Coachella. Throughout, Chuck offers his insider's perspective on the chart toppers and show stoppers as he lived it. Illustrating the pages are more than 100 portraits from the talented artists specializing in hip hop.

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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 1997-03-15
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