100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan (Punk Planet Books)

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Ryan's first collection of poster art in full color

Wit and Humor by the pound!

okay so i wrote one of the essays...

100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan (Punk Planet Books)
Steve Albini , and Art Chantry
Manufacturer: Punk Planet Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1888451939

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A greatest-hits collection of the last decade of Jay Ryan's compelling posters, 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels showcases one of underground poster art's most prolific and talented practitioners. Framed by essays from luminaries in the music, design, and poster worlds-including Steve Albini, Art Chantry, Greg Kot, and Debra Parr-as well as an interview with Ryan himself, this book offers a unique look into Ryan's unusual approach to poster art.

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Ryan's first collection of poster art in full color.......2006-04-27

The first collection of poster artist Jay Ryan is both a biography and an art celebration: it gathers his works from rock clubs to galleries and arrives not alone but supplemented by essays from other involved in the music, design and poster worlds. Full-color reproductions of his works supplement these insights to create an excellent catalog of screenprint poster genius: a must for any collecting underground poster art.

Wit and Humor by the pound!.......2006-01-11

This book is absolutely essential for all fans of illustration, poster art, and contemporary design. One of the best books you will find on an american poster artist, the layout is top-notch with original drawings for some of Jay's posters next to the finished pieces. Having watched Jay make his work for Ten years, it is great to see such a powerful survey packed into such a beautiful book.

okay so i wrote one of the essays..........2005-12-12

Maybe Narducy of Evanston is kidding, but just to clarify for the kids in New York, Los Angeles, and Berlin--this IS the Jay Ryan based in Chicago, dude. And this book of his posters should grace the collection of any art student or indie music fan...

ps. it would be great if Amazon would fix the typo in the title--it's "Decade," not "Secade."

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These six chubby wooden "body crayons" are nontoxic, washable for easy cleanup, and remarkably neat and easy for little hands to manipulate. The companion book is packed with ideas, instructions, and inspiration for creating body art masterpieces.

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El Libro del Body Crayon
Klutz Press
Manufacturer: Catapulta
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Binding: Paperback

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Inspiring look at experiential education

Very Inspiring Book

Outward Bound: The Inward Odyssey Volume 2
Mark Zelinski
Manufacturer: From The Heart Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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foreword by His Royal Highness Prince Andrew

over 180 colour photographs

Governor General's Medal-winning Canadian photographer Mark Zelinski takes you on a visual odyssey to remote and breathtaking locations from around the globe. In the words of His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, this book "will serve to inspire future generations of leaders across the world."

For more than 60 years, The Outward Bound organization has encouraged journeys of self-discovery, nurtured the growth of social conscience and promoted environmental awareness. Through Outward Bound, founder Kurt Hahn's ideas have changed the lives of more than two and a half million participants from all walks of life.

The Inward Odyssey Volume 2 documents the scope, depth and beauty of the Outward Bound experience at 43 schools across 29 countries. This is a testament to the courage and achievement of the staff and participants of Outward Bound.

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Inspiring look at experiential education.......2003-08-04

This book and its many beautiful photos encompasses the passion and philosophies of a great organization. Mark's ability to capture the essence of what it means "to serve, to strive and not to yield" really shines through in this book. I look forward to future books and photos by Mark Zelinski.

Very Inspiring Book.......2003-08-03

One of best, most definitive books about Outward Bound. Zelinski's stunning photographs transport readers directly into the soul of the Outward Bound experience - the compassion, courage and self-discovery that have inspired the millions of individuals who have experienced Outward Bound first-hand. Not just a book about outdoor adventure, but a book about personal transformation and self-discovery.

Outward Bound: The Inward Odyssey (Earthsong Collection)

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Good coffee table piece for the Outward Bound Fan

Outward Bound: The Inward Odyssey (Earthsong Collection)
Mark Zelinski
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Good coffee table piece for the Outward Bound Fan.......2000-07-17

The book has beautiful photos of O.B. programs around the world. It also contains a good synopsis of OB History and origins. It is rather outdated however - since 1991 there are now 50 Outward Bound schools, many of them not included in this edition. Also, information on the schools is no longer entirely accurate. As a current staff member for the Australian Outward Bound School, I noticed that the photos and text show activities we no longer run and areas in which we no longer operate. But fear not OB fans - rumour has it from a source at the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School I recently visited that another book is on the agenda for the author. I'm hanging out for that!This book is still a beautiful investment, especially for those interested in capturing OB before the 21st Century.

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Mage Knight: Omens brings exciting new game play to your tabletop. New and improved Shyft warriors introduce a new subfaction, the Darkmarch. Adventuring companies are a new card type providing common abilities to all of the warriors in a player's army. Champions are single figures with multiple swappable combat dials, each representing a different version of the warrior. All of these new features allow players more power to customize their armies and field the warriors of their choice!

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Useful, but perhaps overbroad.......2006-10-14

I may not be an expert, but I do know that "soul" represents a fusion of R&B with gospel. Moreover, since its inception in the late 50's and early 60's, soul has developed side-by-side with R&B, with a number of artists straddling the thin divide between them, and additional cross-pollination in the meantime. Soul in turn begat funk, which then immediately began interacting with the other genres as well. Given all of this, it is to be expected that a volume listing 100 "essential" soul recordings will include R&B and gospel antecedents, R&B and funk artists who also perform soul, and all sorts of hybrids for which simple categorization is not possible. But one wonders how this can justify the inclusion of pure disco/funk acts like Cameo or The Gap Band, much less Donna Summer, who is described in this very book as having a voice lacking even a hint of the church in it.

Everyone, of course, will have their disagreements with a given list of 100 "essential" recordings. Other reviewers here have complained about a perceived over-reliance on "Greatest Hits" packages; in my view, a guide like this can serve the valuable function, at least for some artists, of pointing out which of the often many such packages available really provides the best overview. And it should go without saying that - especially given the time and the singles-dominated genre from which most of these recordings originate - the typical soul LP is loaded with largely worthless filler, making "Greatest Hits" releases even more desirable.

Regardless, this book is a pocket-sized reference, of sorts, containing brief two-page listings for 100 CDs the writer proposes as "essential" for a good collection of "soul" music. Each listing introduces the performer, provides a very brief biographical and/or career overview, occasionally includes additional information for the specific recording, and finally summarizes the key tracks on each. As such, read cover-to-cover the book can serve as a quick-and-dirty primer to the recorded history of soul music (although with a few inevitable gaps). It can serve to provide interesting new suggestions for your own collection - for my part, James Carr, Ann Peebles and The Jimmy Castor Bunch were all new to me, but definitely worth the effort to find subsequent to reading this book. James Carr, in particular, is a real discovery - imagine encountering an artist with the depth and style of Otis Redding all over again. It is also possible to read this book and come away with a new appreciation for artists you may have never listened that closely to before - for example, Chic, which in my mind was just another throwaway disco act before I read this. I may still not be quite as enthusiastic about them as the author is here, but at least I'm paying a bit more attention.

It should also be noted that there are more like 200 CDs mentioned in here, since at the end of each entry an alternate selection is mentioned for each artist, albeit without any associated commentary. Occasionally these are just different Greatest Hits packages that cover the same ground, but more often they represent entirely different albums or collections from other periods in the artist's career.

That said, it might have been a better idea to split the funk and disco, not to mention the hip-hop and the New Jack Swing, into another guide and so provide more room for the soul music.

A good introduction to the soul catalogue.......2005-09-14

The reviews have been rather harsh of Peter Shapiro's Rough Guide to Soul. It is a good introduction to soul. Shapiro is well-informed about the music. I found interesting information about the Meters, Ann Peebles and James Carr some of the unsung heroes of soul. The main criticism of the book is that it includes lots of greatest hits selections. I think this really isn't fair because in the 50s and 60s soul artists concentrated on hit singles not albums. Shapiro is right to focus on the Greatest Hits as the best works. Remember it is just an introduction and if you really like the music you can start investigating the back catalogue. Shapiro's book is a good starting point to investigate the wonderful world of soul.

pretty good but missing.......2003-09-27

the out-line of the Book seems promising&this Book should be a book to have ASAP but it come sup short&doesn't cover enough Artists.it takes a early exit out for Greatest Hits Packages.I dig the Concept but the Book comes up a bit short.

So-So Soul Collection.......2001-12-28

The Rough Guide to Soul collects their 100 essential soul recordings in a compact book (it is literally a pocket book as it can easily fit into your front shirt pocket). Obviously due to the dimensions of the book, each album is not reviewed in great detail. The reviews are decent, nothing spectacular. The one plus the book has is that while there are numerous collections like this for rock or combine all genres, there are very few that concentrate only on soul music. The biggest negative I have is that they include greatest hits collections. Most all of the Motown groups like The Four Tops, The Temptations and The Supremes are represented by greatest hits collections. While they are more noted for their singles work, they and many other Motown groups made some outstanding albums in the 60's prior to the groundbreaking album work of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye in the 70's.

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What does it mean to be a "mixed-blood," and how has our understanding of this term changed over the last two centuries? What processes have shaped American thinking on racial blending? Why has the figure of the mixed-blood become a major representative of twentieth-century native consciousness? In Injun Joe's Ghost, Harry J. Brown addresses these questions within the interrelated contexts of anthropology, U.S. Indian policy, and popular fiction by white and mixed-blood writers, mapping the evolution of "hybridity" from a biological to a cultural category. He also traces the processes that once mandated the mixed-blood's exile as a grotesque or criminal outcast and that have recently brought about his ascendance as a cultural hero in contemporary Native American writing.

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Harry J. Brown is THE MAN!.......2006-02-21

Harry Brown is the most intelligent human being I have ever witnessed in my entire life. He exudes pure wisdom. Read this book, or else. It's probably the greatest piece of literature since THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Absolutely stunning.

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This course discusses the electronic media programming process and the kinds of issues and strategies that are prominent in the field today.

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Very Informative!.......2003-11-11

This textbook provides a thorough overview of the field of broadcast/cable programming. Industry terms are clearly defined and incorporated into the description of the various topics covered. The book is divided into easily identifiable cataegories, which assists in digesting the material.

It's appropriate that a book of this nature start with a discussion of the central theme, in this case programming. That is done quite well in the first chapter. The constraints unique to the broadcasting industry are at the core of the industry and are addressed in that manner.

Audience research is essential to professional program executives doing their work well. That's the topic of the second chapter. Again, industry terminology is explained.

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Programming TV, Radio, and Cable provides an in-depth look at the roles and responsibilities of television, radio and cable programmers.

You will discover how programmers come up with ideas, how those ideas are developed into programming, how the show ideas are pitched to the
buyer, how the program schedule is created, how the success or failure of individual shows and the program schedule as a whole is determined and what, if anything, can be done to save shows. Each topic is explored, then applied to three different media: television, radio and cable. Numerous illustrations and real-life examples bring this topic alive and present you with a realistic view of today's programming issues.

The foreword is by Grant Tinker.
Over 150 illustrations and numerous real-life examples.
A complete overview of television, radio and cable programming needs, practices and issues.

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Radio, Tv, and Cable Programming
Herbert H. Howard , Michael S. Kievman , and Barbara A. Moore
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Programming TV, Radio, and Cable by Vane, Edwin; Gross, Lynne

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Programming TV, Radio, and Cable by Vane, Edwin; Gross, Lynne
Edwin Vane; Lynne Gross
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