[PDF] All The Rave eBook

Author : Joseph Menn
Publisher : Crown Business
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,58 MB
Release : 2003-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400050065

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At age seventeen, Shawn Fanning designed a computer program that transformed the Internet into an unlimited library of free music. Tens of millions of young people quickly signed on, Time magazine put Fanning on its cover, and his company, Napster, became a household name. It did not take long for the music industry to declare war, one that has now engulfed the biggest entertainment and technology companies on the planet. For All the Rave, top cyberculture journalist Joseph Menn gained unprecedented access to Fanning, other key Napster and music executives, reams of internal e-mails, unpublished court records, and other resources. The result is the definitive account of the Napster saga, for the first time revealing secret take-over and settlement talks, the unseen role of Shawn’s uncle in controlling Napster, and hidden agendas and infighting from Napster’s trenches to the top ranks of the German media giant Bertelsmann. All the Rave is a riveting account of genius and greed, visionary leaps and disastrous business decisions, and the clash of the hacker and investor cultures with that of the copyright establishment. Napster left a generation of music fans feeling that paying the recording industry close to twenty dollars for a CD was a foolish and unnecessary extravagance, which provoked a still-growing backlash against digital media consumers that might leave them with less control than ever. Here is the inside story of the young visionary and the company that made it happen. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Rainald Goetz
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781913097196

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An unapologetic embrace of the nightlife, this fragmentary novel attempts to capture the feel of debauchery from within.

Author : J. R. Traas
Publisher :
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2021-01-28
Category :
ISBN :

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Time, it stretched before her, every second crawling by, lengthening like an uncurling worm. Alina absorbed it all in painful detail: the twinkles of firelight caught in the breastplates and gauntlets of the Chimaera Guard, the panic in Cho's eyes, the spittle glistening on Mezami's fangs, every growl and sputter of all their raised voices. The Aelfraver Trilogy, set in J.R. Traas's futuristic fantasy world of El, is a story about teenage rebellion--against the ruling elite and their gods. GO HOME, ALINA When Alina K'vich lost her parents, her grandfather Dimas gave her a home and a purpose. At The School, he trained her to become an Aelfraver--a hunter of arcane beasts, demons, and other anti-human entities. For ten years, they built a life together. Then, one night, in the middle of preparing dinner, Dimas vanished. Now seventeen, and stuck with her grandfather's debts, Alina resorts to illegal Raves in her rundown hometown. But these small-time contracts simply aren't enough: The School lies in disrepair, the power's shut off, and the bills remain insurmountable. In a last-ditch gamble, she signs up for a Rave whose massive reward could rewrite her entire future. However, she's far from the only Aelfraver to answer the call of such an alluring bounty... Out of options, Alina sinks the last of her money into a forged Raver's license and a one-way ticket to New El, the floating Capital. There, an unnamable horror--her target--busies itself slaughtering the nobility in the dead of night, leaving no survivors and no witnesses. Protected only by her wits and spells, Alina must find a way to save New El, her School, and herself. About the Author J.R. Traas is an author, editor, and tutor who has published over twenty books, as well as various short stories and poems. With well over a decade of teaching experience, it has been his privilege to instruct dozens upon dozens of young people in a plethora of subjects. Some of his students have won awards and scholarships for their writing. One of them calls him "Gandalf"--the highest compliment he has ever received. Gandalf lives near Atlanta with his wife and their animal friends. Heading over to Blankbooklibrary.com is the simplest way to reach him and, if desired, join the conversation. If you liked this story, please leave a review and spread the word. Cat food, after all, doesn't grow on trees.

Author : Sean W. Arnold
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481168496

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Here is a delightful picture book for small children. A wonderful tale of racers racing, cars zipping about, and drivers striving to cross the finish line first.

Author : Bob DeMoss
Publisher : DeMoss Publishing Group, LLC.
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2020-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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One Girl. Against the mob. This was no ordinary party. It was the first night of the Memorial Day weekend and Kat Koffman figured she’d dance the night away at a massive, East Coast rave. She’d go to the beach in the morning with friends from school. At least that was the plan. But when classmates Jodi Adams and Bruce Arnold found her, Kat lay unconscious on the second floor of a rat-infested warehouse. Beside her was an empty syringe—and a dead boy. Jodi wanted answers—and justice. How did the boy die? Was Kat next? Why did the syringe look familiar to Bruce? And why did the police refuse to help? Nothing could prepare Jodi for the fact that some kids are worth more dead than alive. Can Jodi uncovered the truth before she's stopped?

Author : Graham St John
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1134379722

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Vast numbers of western youth have attached primary significance to raving and post-rave experiences. This collection of essays explores the socio-cultural and religious dimensions of the rave, 'raving' and rave-derived phenomena.

Author : Gary Oliver
Publisher : Quhwah Publications
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Join young MC rave as he goes on a journey of finding himself through Music, Drugs, faith, grief hope and loss. A great coming of age story through the Rave scene and the awe inspiring back drop to this coming of age triumph of a story.

Author : Mireille Silcott
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,52 MB
Release : 1999
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 1550223836

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Through hundreds of interviews with DJ's, recording artists, producers, promoters, drug lords, club celbrities, and nightworld casualties, this book takes readers into the deepest recesses of the electronic dance culture, uncovering secrets and stories never before seen inprints. Starting with club culture in the 70s and 80s the book inlcudes such greats as DJ Frankie Bones, the acid fuelled dreams of SF's Full Moon beach parties, Florida's DJ Icey, right up to the twelve hour post-aids muscle raves of the cross coutnry gay circuit parties.