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Legendary impresario Bill Graham began in January 1966 to commission posters to promote the concerts he was putting on at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. The poster artists created vivid, irreverent banners that reflected their own sense of poetics, style, and wit. What resulted were signature juxtapositions of design, lettering, and color that represented a brand-new art form. These posters now occupy a place in art history while surviving as treasured artifacts of rock archaeology.
Published in cooperation with Bill Graham Presents, The Art of the Fillmore reunites for the first time in a single volume the original Bill Graham posters created exclusively for the San Francisco and New York Fillmore dance concerts. Indexes cross-reference the posters with the bands they advertised and the poster artists who created them.
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Useful Resource.......2007-06-17
The main positives: this is complete, showing the first and most modest flyer, up through the closing of the Fillmore; almost all the flyers are at least partly in color, and they do indeed show the tenor of the era (which I well remember).
The main negative: most of these are shown as a small part of each page; few are relatively large, and I don't recall any being full-page size. So, don't buy this book in the expectation that you're getting a collection of full-page reproductions (even reduced in size from the originals, as they would be).
Important historical document found!.......2007-02-26
This zeros in on what the sixties meant to me. A period of artistic creativity without bounds and limits. One giant leap for mankind...I used to sit in art class and try to copy the lettering in some of these psychedelic posters and it was hard. And to think these San Francisco artist were so prolific as to produce a new one or two every week. I was in awe of this period and love to look back on that scene. Thanks to the Bill Graham estate for compiling this tomb from the ancient ones that came before us.
Superb.......2006-10-08
The psychedelic posters from the late 1960's are classic and very much a part of rock history. These posters were commissioned by Bill Graham, who ran the Fillmore East and West, and other venues. The posters were beautiful and colorful and psychedelic. They were carefully created and used to promote the concerts, but what makes them so amazing is that all this work to promote only a few weekend concerts, which typically featured three or four bands playing on Friday and Saturdays. Never again would such works of art capture the moment. This book tells you about the artists and how they came to become Fillmore artists, and of course full color reproductions of the Fillmore posters are prominently featured through the book. If you love the posters, you'll love the book.
Art of the FIllmore - Posters 1966-1971.......2005-10-26
As a person who attended some of the shows represented by the posters, I loved the book. It brought back many, many memories and inspirations. The book captured the essence of Bill Graham as an entrepreneur and, as it turned out, supporter of the arts.
Not a book for everyone, but if you were there, or you think you wanted to be there, this is a great value.
A must have for any collector of the Fillmore posters........1998-09-19
Now you can see just how beautiful these rock posters are. Each poster in the Fillmore series is presented in full color. An excellent tool to guide you in your purchases, or just help you to enjoy these works of art. Excellent information on the artists and some cool insights into the people and the place that was the Fillmore west.
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Stained Glass in England During the Middle Ages
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Bestselling author of Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History now takes on the world! Skewering the nonsense we were all taught about the world's revolutions, religions, heroes, and inventors, Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History is a whirlwind tour of history from the Trojan War to World War II. Eclectic and fun, Richard Shenkman's well-documented revelations prove that muck of history is indeed "but a fable agreed upon."
- Queen Victoria may have usually worn black, but she loved to drink and party.
- During World War II the English were conned into believing it was Winston Churchill who broadcast the speech about this being their finest hour. But it wasn't Churchill, it was Norman Shelley, a radio actor hired as a stand-in.
- Marie Antoinette did not say, "Let them eat cake," Churchill didn't coin the phrase "the Iron Curtain," and Caesar never said, "Et tu, Brute?"
- Scandal in the English monarchy is nothing new: Fifteen kings fathered children out of wedlock. One queen helped depose her husband so her lover could take his place. Three English kings were gay.
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A Quick And Fun-Filled Read.......2007-09-07
Some people don't take this book in the way it was clearly written - with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The author obviously didn't mean for this to be a definitive account of all the events covered - that would have acquired volumes approaching a set of encyclopaedias!
What he does do, however, is cause you to pause, and think, about some of the things you might have believed for years based solely upon what some highly-dubious sources have passed off as legitimate history - such as Hollywood. There they;d have you believe that Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek were paragons of virtue in their roles as great Western allies. Or how about those "authentic" Spanish Civil War battle scenes - many shot on the back lots of Hollywood and some even shot in a bathtub in New Jersey.
What he might have included, as examples of manipulative history, was Frank Capra's unjustifiably renowned "why we fight" video series which shows, among other gross inaccuracies, the "gallant" Russians, prior to the Nazi invasion, toiling away in their wheat fields in Socialist bliss. Because Capra compiled this DURING the war, no mention was made, of course, of the murderous Stalinist purges that had already sent millions of his own people to their deaths or lifetimes of slavery in he Gulags. The problem is, the series is STILL being sold as "historical" accounts of the era.
Sure, you can poke holes in what author Shenkman writes. Isn't that the whole point of history? As George Santayana said [and who is quoted in the Conclusion of this book] "History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten."
One of my jabs is aimed squarely at the chapter "World War II" where the author attempts to justify the appeasement of Hitler by Britain - specifically Chamberlain. He says the Munich Accord [the sell-out of Czechoslovakia] not only produced peace [however temporarily], but that Britain was in no position to take on Germany in 1938.
Now while that is certainly true, what he completely overlooks are the relative strengths of France and Germany at that time. France had a pact with the Czechs, and a move by Daladier and the French Army, Navy and Air Force [which dwarfed the Germans at that time] would have caused Hitler to cave in. Indeed, his own generals were absolutely petrified at the prospect of going head to head with France in 1938 with inferior tanks and less aircraft! The fact is, France did not need Britain in 1938 - except for moral support and, perhaps, the Royal Navy and Air Force. What the French did NOT have in 1938 was the courage of their convictions. And THAT Hitler banked upon.
He counted on it again a year later when, in September 1939, he invaded Poland, leaving his Western flank virtually unprotected except for a few scattered lower-level units. And by this time Britain was stronger both from a manpower and a materiel aspect. And so was France. An attack then and again Hitler would have had no choice but to capitulate as he was in no position to fight a two-front war.
Not only does the author not even mention that possibility, he then goes on to punch a few holes in his own Munich argument later in the chapter when he says that, when Germany attacked France in May 1940, the latter were STILL better equipped than the Germans in almost every respect [although he does acknowledge that the reason for their quick collapse - quicker than the Poles by the way - was a lack of a will to fight.
But that's the fun of looking back. Opinions will vary widely on what should or should not have been done, and you can argue forever as to who was right and who was wrong.
I like the book because what it made me do was go out and seek the more straightforward, no-axes-to-grind historical accounts that simply present the facts and allow you to draw your own conclusions. THAT's the way history should always be presented.
A Wickedly Funny Debunking.......2005-05-03
So you think Catherine the Great was Russian, do you? Then you are a prime candidate for R. Shenkman's acid-tongued revelation of little known or seldom recognized historical fact. If there is a basic misapprehension, Shenkman is on it--much to the annoyance of those who thought they knew Cleopatra was Egyptian, the Gospels are consistent, and the Scots have always worn kilts.
In some respects the work is like buckshot: Shenkman basically goes after what interests him, darting from one item to another in a more or less chronological order, taking on everything from Alexander the Great to Hitler. Did Moses write the first five books of the Old Testament? Did Lady Godiva really ride naked through the streets of Coventry? Who was really responsible for having Joan of Arc burned at the stake? Did Winston Churchill really oppose appeasement of Germany?
Some of the material is stuff you would have known if you had paid attention in high school, but even so much of it will startle most readers, and Shenkman's wry style is sure to amuse. Recommended for the pure fun of it!
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
A good compliment to the "Myth America" TV series........2005-04-18
As with most TV series you get statements with out support. So I tracked down the Richard Shenkiman book to get some background to the statements about American myths. I was not disappointed. It is as if he was reading this book on the TV with more graphic representations for the different media.
The book is worth reading. However the format may not be to some peoples liking as it is short choppy statements and the chapters are divided into subjects as, Discoverers and Inventors, Presidents, Sex, and Art.
There is a fair set of footnotes to lead you to further reading. You may need this as he sometimes stretches a point.
Final analysis, you are better off reading this to give a better perspective on reality. Read it to your kids and save them a lifetime of "Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History".
Terrible, terrible, terrible.......2005-01-20
As a professional historian I was appalled by this book. I have a pretty generous sense of humor, but Shenkman's weak attempts at debunking popular conceptions and his "breezy" wit were too much. He propogates just as much bad history as he purports to correct, oversimplifying such complex subjects as Alexander's conquests and the fall of Rome, and his section on Judaism could easily be called anti-Semitic. It should come as no surprise that he skips over relgions that it's not okay to ridicule--only Jews and Christians are the butt of jokes, here. As another reviewer said, Shenkman seems to like hearing himself talk--so true. His narrative style reminds of me those self-important people you hear dominating restaurant conversation so often.
If you really must have something historical to laugh at, check out The Lowbrow's Guide to History, which, at least, doesn't pretend to be telling the truth.
Shenkman's Book a Must for Everyone!.......2003-12-29
Rick Shenkman is a talented historian whose skill at writing makes his understanding of history all the easier to comprehend. Witty and irreverant, democratically short and readable, this book is useful to both the historical novice and the more sophisticated student of things past. Anecdote after anecdote, Shenkman humourously points to the narrow line that separates myth from history. A must for everyone!
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The truth and nothing but the truth--Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends:
- The story of Columbus discovered that the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.
- The pilgrims never lived in log cabins.
- In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock.
- Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell in love with his best friend's wife.
- Independence wasn't declared on July 4 (and the Liberty Bell was so little regarded that Philadelphia tried to sell it for scrap metal but nobody wanted it).
- After World War II, the U.S. Government concluded that Japan would have surrendered within months, even if we had not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Good Read.......2007-05-13
I like this book for when I am on the train...not so in-depth that it requires a lot of concentration.
Sophmoric.......2006-06-04
Your sixth grader might find it revealing, but nobody with any knowledge of history will learn much from this disconnected, purposeless collection of factoids. Shenkman acts like an annoying twelve-year old who's memorized 50 state capitals and wants you to listen as he recites them -- and thereby proves how smart he is.
Many of the facts he "reveals" here were things most people would learn from a comptent high-school or college American History class, or else are too irrelevant to be included even there. e.g. pointing out that Paul Revere had two companions, or that Molly Pitcher was not the only woman to fight in the Revolution.
Yes, it's true that most people aren't aware that John Paul Jones later served as a mercenary to Catherine the Great ... but what's the point? Are they supposed to know? Does not knowing reflect some sort of failing in their education? Shenkman certainly implies as much.
But even more annoying is his habit of attacking myths that nobody really believes. He refers to the "firmly held belief that premarital sex is a twentieth-century phenomenon." Firmly held by whom? Shenkman wants to pretend that there are people out there who think that there was no fornication pre-1900, so that he can show how wrong they are (and by contast, how smart and urbane he is). But of course nobody actually thinks this; what they actually think is that it was >less common
< in the past than it is now ... which his statistics confirm. Now it probably is true that many people misunderstand or exagerrate how much less common ... but that's a comparatively subtle distinction, and Shenkman doesn't do those.
To pick another, he alludes to the (putatively common) "belief that Presidents were freqently born poor." Excuse me? I highly doubt anyone out there actually under the misapprehension that the majority of Presidents were raised from poverty. People believe that it is >possible for a poor person to become Head of State, and that that possibility is more real in the US than in other countries.
It might be interesting to do a comparative study with, say British PMs or Soviet Politburo members, to see what percentage of them came from comparatively wealthy backgrounds. Alas, that sort of thing is beyond Shenkman. His brilliant idea is to list all the presidents and spin their life stories to make them sound bourgeois: the orphaned Hoover was "brought up by his maternal uncle, the head of a local academy;" Nixon's father owned a gas station; Eisenhower's mother went to college. Best of all is his pointing out that while Lincoln was poor, he was "not as dirt poor as his neighbors."
My guess is that Shnekman fancies himself another Howard Zinn, fearlessly deconstructing the bourgeois myths of America. He isn't. Zinn uses facts to make points; he constructs arguments. Some of those facts are slanted, some points are debatable and some of arguments weak, but it is at least the discourse of an educated adult. Shenkman's is not.
Legend & Lies.......2006-01-27
Legend, Lies & Cherished Myths of American history is a misleading title. Do not assume this book to among likes of James Lowen's publications. Some aspects of the book seem factual. However, many arguements he makes such as the American revolution was not revolutionary at all, are completly rediculous.
This is yet another book in this kind of genre based upon assumptions and poor research. Avoid it at all costs.
Brian DeDentro
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Legends, Lies, and cherished Myths.......2005-08-06
Excellent source for my undergraduate students who are studying to become secondary social studies teachers.
thanks!!
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Nearly no primary sources.......2004-10-16
Television news reporter (now there's a credential) Shenkman attempts to debunk some widely-held but erroneous beliefs about American history from Columbus to the present day, covering topics such as sex, family, the so-called good old days, arts and quotations. It's a fine and admirable idea for a book. Unfortunately, this book does not deliver the idea's promise. Shenkman uses nearly no primary sources, relying on modern historians' research. This gives the result that in many instances, his "proof" of the falsity of one claim is simply another author's claim. Shenkman also has an odd idea of what constitutes American history, often resorting to 17th-century history to refute claims of what "American" life really is. He also quotes extensively but cites sources sproadically, often lumping a few paragraph's worth of sources together in one footnote. There are one or two nuggets of good stuff in here, like the origin of Paul Bunyan, or some of Harvard's history, but the lack of primary sources and generally non-scholarly approach make this book somewhat interesting at best.
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Completely updated and radically expanded, the new Rough guide to Hip-Hop is the definitive guide to every aspect of the music, tracing its story from its origins in the 1970s as New York's urban folk music all the way to hip-hop's current dominance as the world's best-selling genre. Extensive biographies cover hip-hop's entire spectrum, from the millionaire players to the underground freestylers, from gangster rappers to conscious rhymers, all alongside hundreds of illustrations by top hip-hop photographers. Pioneers like Run DMC and Public Enemy, as well as global superstars of today such as Eminem and Jay Z, are all covered in detail; and each entry concludes with recommendations of the best of their recordings on CD. All the best MCs, DJs, B-Boys and graffiti-writers are here, but there are also extensive sidebars that go beyond the music to the lifestyle, describing hip-hop's fashions, films, feuds and fads.
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Good Overview - Needs Index.......2007-01-14
This guide to hip hop by Peter Shapiro is an excellent source for those new to hip hop or looking to expand their hip hop horizons. Shapiro's writing style is concise, approachable, steeped in aspects of hip hop history and occasionally opinionated. Some of his reviews should be taken with a grain of salt, as he explicitly states he's continuing the hip hop tradition of sparking debates and causing beefs (did he just forget to include Puff Daddy? probably not, sorry P. Diddy). One thing pointed out in some other reviews that really needs some attention - the lack of an index combined with often confusing placement of artists. Take Quasimoto... would that be placed under Quasimoto? Madlib? Stones Throw Records? Actually, none of the above... it's under L for Lootpack/Madlib. Some of this treasure hunting leads to fun exploration, often it's just plain annoying. So four stars for the lack of index, but overall still a recommended guide.
Very useful guide.......2005-10-06
Since I've started using my iTunes and iPod, I've been building up my rap/hip-pod collection. So this is a very useful book that provides information about artists and other topics in alphabetical order for easy referencing. When I get a new rap CD, I like to know some background about the artist(s) I'm listening to, and this book is very useful in that regards. Also like how well illustrated that book is with CD art covers and portrait shots of artists.
Almost perfect.......2005-09-01
A great guide. Includes everything (everything I've looked for so far at least). The histories are well-written and pretty comprehensive. There's underground hip-hop too. Also, VERY up to date (I'm writing this in August of 2005). The only thing missing is an index, which would have been very helpful, especially for those of us who are still in the process of discovering hip-hop. If you want to look up an artist, you often have to know what group they started with because that's where the info will be.
a damn good attempt to cover all sides of Hip Hop.......2005-07-25
This book is a good "Who's Who" of rap artist and tries to be fair in their description of them. though the book has old school/back packer lean it nonetheless tries not to put down to many non-lyrical rappers and instead gives them praise for what they deserve (style, originality,etc). It also gives back ground information about artist that doesnt rely on media hype (meaning if the artist was raised middle class they will tell you instead of just going with the flow and making the claim that all artist are from the hood).
It also gives pretty good reviews of the major record labels in Hip Hop and why they either failed or succeded. Along with this they give little blurb articles of such topics as "Hip Hop Style" or "French Hip Hop" as a way of trying to fill in all the gaps that simple biographies can not fill when it comes to Hip Hop culture.
when it is all put together this book can help someone who wants to add onto their knowledge of Hip Hop, if they have a real want to go deeper than what Hip Hop has been in the last few years. But if you dont know the difference between Eric B & Rakim and Onyx and how their music sounds then look somewhere else cause this book will only confuse you unless you know why they describe certain artist the way they do.
Also on a side note the copy I have is as recent as ODB's death (R.I.P)
Good but flawed overview.......2001-07-15
Small but thick guide to the major figures in rap/hip-hop with an overview of the recordings and/or contributions of each. Entries average 2 or 3 pages with b/w pictures accompanying most, and are up-to-date through the end of 2000. Each entry for a recording artist concludes with a recommended album. The book lacks an index, though, and there are some obvious omissions (Puff Daddy for one), but this is still recommended as an interesting, if not terribly provocative, overview.
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Soldier and Peasant in French Popular Culture, 1766-1870 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
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Revolutionary France gave the modern world the concept of the 'nation-in-arms', a potent combination of nationalism, militarism and republicanism embodied in the figure of the conscript. But it was not a concept shared by those most affected by conscription, the peasantry, who regarded the soldier as representative of an entirely different way of life. Concentrating on the militarised borderlands of eastern France, this book examines the disjuncture between the patriotic expectations of elites and the sentiments expressed in popular songs, folktales and imagery. Hopkin follows the soldier through his life-cycle to show how the peasant recruit was separated from his previous life and re-educated in military mores; and he demonstrates how the state-sponsored rituals of conscription and the popular imagery aimed at adolescent males portrayed the army as a place where young men could indulge in adventure far from parental and communal restraints. The popular idea of moustachioed military folk-heroes contributed more to the process of turning 'peasants into Frenchmen' than the mythology of the 'nation-in-arms'. WINNER OF THE 2002 RHS GLADSTONE PRIZE. DAVID HOPKIN received his Ph D from Cambridge University in 1997. He is tutor and fellow in history at Hertford College, Oxford University.
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Soldier and Peasant in French Popular Culture, 1766-1870.(Book Review): An article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History
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The strike by Local P-9 against the Hormel Co. in 1985-86 marked a turning point in American labor history. The central role played in the strike by the Austin United Support Group brought the issues of economic justice and community survival to the forefront of the labor movement agenda. In response to isolation from their traditional communities, these women created a vital and successful strike culture that was characterized by cooperation, solidarity, and a variety of institutions to meet the economic, social, and spiritual needs of the 1,500 striking families. This work is important because it shows the strength of the women and their vision of economic justice, how deeply committed they remain to their ideals and their struggle, and how little the passage of time has diminished their anguish. This work is important also as a portrait of a typical midwestern company town where community life is colored strongly by economics.
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