Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez by Craig Bartholomew Strydom
24.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
In the summer of 1972, during a compulsory stint in the South African military, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman heard the music that would forever change his life. A decade later, on yet another military base, Craig Bartholomew Strydom heard the same music. It would have a profound effect. Who was this folk si ...Show more
Smile if you Dare by Ramzy Alwakeel
22.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
A creative analysis of the band's fifth album Very, "Smile If You Dare" examines topics as diverse as technological paradise, sexual paranoia and representations of class in British pop music. As well as a keen critical edge, itis equipped with an undisguised mad love for the source material, a sense of ...Show more
Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: the Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert
27.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
As seen in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Ghostbusters. Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the ground-breaking study of the paranormal, Ghosts from Our Past - now back in print! Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Whether yo ...Show more
The Hatred of Music by Pascal Quignard; Matthew Amos (Translator); Fredrik Rönnbäck (Translator)
36.95 AUD
Category: Film Theatre | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
How does a man who once adored music beyond measure come to revile it as a form of tyranny?Throughout Pascal Quignard's distinguished literary career, music has been a recurring obsession. As a musician he organized the International Festival of Baroque Opera and Theatre at Versailles in the early 1990s ...Show more
Gus Van Sant/ Icons by No Author Provided
60.00 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
From Drugstore Cowboy to Sea of Trees, Van Sant is both indie auteur and Hollywood subversive Gus Van Sant: Icons offers insight into the world of filmmaker Gus Van Sant, published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the Cinémathèque française in Paris. This comprehensive monograph surveys the ful ...Show more
MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson by Steve Knopper
24.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
The definitive biography of Michael Jackson, a vivid gripping...authoritative account of a world-changing force of nature ("Rolling Stone"), celebrating the King of Pop s legendary contributions to music, dance, and popular culture. From the moment in 1965 when he first stepped on stage at age seven in ...Show more
It's One for the Money by Clinton Heylin
24.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
Song publishing is the one constant in the carousel of recorded music now spanning the past century, and has been the way that song-credits and publishing revenue have caused ructions and recriminations, and inspired writers by making them poor and lawyers rich. Whether it be Procul Harum going to court ...Show more
Prince: The Man and His Music by Matt Thorne
32.95 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
Famously reticent, perverse, and controversial, Prince is one of the few remaining superstars of the 1980s who still, perhaps, remains an enigma. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as "Purple Rain," "Sign o' the Times," and "Parade" regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Princ ...Show more
Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians by Steven Isserlis
24.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
Robert Schumann was far ahead of his time, not least in his attitude to children and young people; his 'Advice for Young Musicians', originally created to accompany his famous 'Album for the Young', remains as relevant today as when it was written. Celebrated cellist Steven Isserlis adds his own extensi ...Show more
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny by Steve Kaplan
34.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
While other books give you tips on how to "write funny," this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique s ...Show more
Small Screens - Essays on Contemporary Australian Television by edited by Michelle Arrow, Jeannine Baker, Clare Monagle
24.95 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
There has been a lot happening on Australia’s small screens. Neighbours turned 30. Struggle Street was accused of poverty porn. Pete evangelised Paleo. Gina got litigious. Netflix muscled in. The Bachelor spawned The Bachelorette. Peter Allen’s maraccas were exhumed. The Labor Party ate itself. Anzac wa ...Show more