Sound Bites by Ed Le Brocq
$40.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
Ed Le Brocq invites you to come on a journey with him through a living tradition that spans a millennium - the tradition of Western classical music. Have you ever wondered where our music comes from? How did we arrive here, a place where we can have a hundred musicians on stage playing the wildest rhyt ...Show more
DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval - A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-Century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West by Wes Anderson (Editor); Jake Perlin (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
Inspirations for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City a collection of new and classic writing on mid-century cinema and the American West ** Includes an exclusive interview with Wes Anderson in which the director details how the pieces collected here influenced the characters, stories, and settings in the film ...Show more
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
Dylan Jones's definitive oral history of The Velvet Underground draws on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, film-makers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, to celebrate not only their impact but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever int ...Show more
Bic Runga's Drive by Henry Johnson; Jon Stratton (Series edited by); Jon Dale (Series edited by)
$28.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music | Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Ser.
From entering a high-school music competition to being honoured with the New Zealand Order of Merit, Bic Runga has an established place within contemporary popular music. Focusing on her iconic album, Drive, and including informative case studies of representative tracks on the album, this book provide ...Show more
Living Colour's Time's Up by Kimberly Mack
$22.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
The iconic Black rock band Living Colour's Time's Up, released in 1990, was recorded in the aftermath of the spectacular critical and commercial success of their debut record Vivid. Time's Up is a musical and lyrical triumph, incorporating distinct forms and styles of music and featuring inspired collab ...Show more
Ways of Hearing - Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces by Scott Burnham (Editor); Marna Seltzer (Editor); Dorothea von Moltke (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more--from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon--explore the influence of music on their lives and work Contributors include: Laurie Anderson ● Jamie Barton ● Daphne A ...Show more
Honey, Baby, Mine - A mother and daughter talk life, death love (and banana pudding) by Laura Dern, Diane Ladd
$38.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
*WITH A FOREWORD FROM REESE WITHERSPOON* A collection of deeply personal conversations from award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and the woman she admires most, her mother-legendary actress Diane Ladd. What happens when we are brave enough to speak our truths to the ones we love the most? Laura ...Show more
Unscripted by James B Stewart Rachel Abrams
$40.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
'Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing.' Hollywood ReporterThe shocking inside story of how dysfunction, misconduct and scandal almost brought down one of Hollywood's greatest companies.Unscripted is the inside story of the struggle to control one of the world's great entertainment empires ...Show more
Babes in Toyland's Fontanelle 33 1/3 by Selena Chambers
$22.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music | Series: 33 1/3 Ser.
Babes in Toyland was one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1990s. They rode the wave of the Minneapolis grunge scene crafting a unique sound composed of self-taught instrumentation and unabashed banshee raging vocals. Their stage presence was enigmatic, their lyrics vitriolic, and thei ...Show more
Strong Female Character by Hanna Flint
$37.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
Leading film critic of her generation offers an unflinchingly honest and humorous account of her millennial journey towards self-acceptance through a cinematic lens. Hanna Flint speaks from the heart in Strong Female Character, a personal and incisive reflection on how cinema has been the key to underst ...Show more
From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga by S.H Fernando Jr.
$38.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music-hip hop or otherwise-WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as R ...Show more
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming
$25.00 NZD
Category: Culture, film & music
Baggage is the story of Alan Cumming's life in Hollywood, taking us through the highs and lows of his career, from his struggle with mental health and failed relationships to encounters with legends (Liza! X Men! Gore Vidal! Kubrick! Spice Girls!). Cumming shows how every experience - each bad decision ...Show more