Art Directors Annual 83 (Art Directors Annual)

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The number one international visual reference annual

The best-selling, international review of the year's most innovative works in visual communication, featuring, in full colour, the winners of the toughest competition in the field - the Art Directors Club of New York Awards. The book presents, with exceptional clarity and detail, the work of gold and silver medalists and distinctive merit winners in national and international advertising, graphic design and new media.

With more than 1,200 images representing the work of prize-winning creative professionals, this is the definitive overview of the best in advertising, graphic and interactive design, as well as art and photography.

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accesorry designs, pictures, anitique & modern design.......1998-12-29

I have studied designs and crafts of jewellys. I have been looking the books I can imagin new desgin. Rings, neckless, earlings, silver, gold, Pt....

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Forbidden images: A secret portfolio
J. Ross Baughman
Manufacturer: Cambric Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006CP7FA

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Now updated with 32 pages of new material, plus new photos, this official companion to the acclaimed series reveals an ever-expanding web of love, loyalty and deceit, with a complete dossier on Tony Soprano and his two families. Includes:

€ Full-color photographs from the family album
€ Exclusive interview with series creator David Chase
€ Episode guides updated through the fourth season
€ Plus FBI reports, court indictments, credit card statements, cash flow charts, body counts, neighbors' complaint forms, surveillance transcripts, family recipes, and more.

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Great fun . . ........2007-03-17

A light-hearted and fun romp through the lives (including some childhoods) of major Sopranos characters. Wonderful pictures, too. If you enjoy the human aspect of the series, this book is for you.

Working for the mob any one.......2004-11-08

Well if you like the TV show the Sopranos you will love this book. The book puts you into the show and what goes on as if you were part of it. The book is loaded with pictures of the mob charactors as if they were a real family. Allen talks with the creator David Chase bringing to you where his idea's come from. Awalk through the fourth season. You will get to view FBI reports on the family right down to what they eat. This book is a must if you are a true follower of the Sopranos.

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A difficult task, but well handled........2004-04-25

That the Reggae volume of the "100 essential CDs" series needed two authors gives a clue to the difficulty in reducing Jamaican music to one simple list. While it begins and ends with Bob Marley's Legend for most listeners, Reggae music has grown so large in scope, variety and artistic motive that one term really isn't big enough to encompass it all. Frequent, sweeping changes in form, content, technology and public perception have resulted in sincere fans that see the music as something totally different than the next (equally devoted) enthusiast. What one loves about Reggae (and thinks it is for that matter) can often depend on when one was first exposed to it, and what was big at that moment. Take a 20 year old, 30 year old and 40 year old Reggae "fan" and ask them for a list of 100 "essential" discs; the results will likely have nothing in common.

Authors Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton make the best of a difficult task, explaining in their introduction that a lot of what could be considered for their book isn't even currently obtainable. Long the preserve of small, provincial, shoestring operations, when Reggae records go out of print, they go way out. From the start it's been a Dj - based form, with records and even master tapes recycled or even just discarded the moment a particular tune lost local popularity. The last few decades have seen valiant rescue efforts by labels big and small, but some things are simply lost forever to time, shortsightedness and regional economics. Taken in this light, the authors' decision to stick with what's readily available is laudable - they obviously hope that people will go get the stuff they love and have little interest in bragging about all the cool stuff they've heard that no one else can get.

Additionally hampered by Reggae's heavy dance/singles orientation, Dalton and Barrow do the best they can. On first viewing, their volume seems heavy on Dancehall and Ska while being desperately light on Dub, Roots and Lovers Rock. More careful thought reveals that most of the best stuff consists of singles found only on compilations, not all in print: Listing 75 compilation discs might not play for a modern audience raised on 75 minute cds all by one artist. Barrow and Dalton make up for the rough ride by cramming as much history into each review as possible, giving the beginning listener as well as the seasoned expert a larger view of Reggae music and culture that inspired it. The wealth of names, dates and places makes the Reggae volume well worth the time.

yes but..........2003-03-19

This book is deep into 60s and 70s reggae and precursors that I am glad to find more about, has a few token efforts from the 90s, but simply nothing from the 80s (Charlie Chaplin, Fathead, Nicodemus, Eek-a-mouse, YELLOWMAN!!!!!!) The authors say up front their recommendations are colored by personal preference, but boy their tastes don't seem very reflective of the breadth of reggae out there.

100 Essential CDs.......2001-08-14

In the introduction to Regge: 100 Essential CDs by the Rough Guide, the authors (Blood and Fire's Steve Barrow, Peter Dalton) clearly state "The choices of CDs on the Blood & Fire label - associated with co-author Steve Barrow - was made by Peter Dalton, to avoid partiality" It goes on to say that Steve did argue for "Heart of the Congos", but who wouldn't? If you already own the Rough Guide to Reggae, this isn't essential, but the different format does make for a fun read. By selecting one essential record from each artist (the exceptions being two each for major figures like Lee Perry, the Skatalites, Yabby You, Augustus Pablo etc...), they do more than just give an album blurb. Almost every review includes a mini-bio of the artist that is highly informative. They also tell you the next best record in each case ie: the one they almost chose. This is a great book. Obviously not quite as comprehensive as the Rough Guide to Reggae, it is nonetheless an introduction to a wealth of great music.

Impartial to a fault.......2001-05-10

The only reason I've given this four stars rather than five is because it stands in the shadow of the earlier, exhaustive and indispensable Reggae: The Rough Guide by the same authors. There is obviously a great deal of overlap between the two, with the new recommendations going to material (re)issued since the big Guide was published. Inevitably, this mini-Guide also lacks the latter's historical framework, but for concise, reliable and consumer-friendly CD coverage, there is nothing else on the market to compare.

Perhaps the best endorsement I can give for the mini-Guide in itself is that I already had about two-thirds of the recommended albums in my collection, and have rarely been disappointed by the ones I have bought since (mainly because I strayed outside my preferred kinds of reggae). If the book has a fault, it's that in their concern to be impartial, representative and up-to-date, the authors include a few recent albums which may, for all I know, be among the best of their kind, but which to these ears don't match up to the classics I (and I suspect they) know and love. With a new edition of the big Guide imminent at the time of writing, I would obviously recommend that as the first-choice buy, but for the less committed, you can't go far wrong with this.

(NB: as clearly stated in the introduction quoted above, the Guide recommends a number of CDs on the Blood and Fire label run by Steve Barrow, but these were selected by his co-author Peter Dalton to avoid bias. Anyway, the CDs in question are among the strongest recommendations in the Guide, and reggae lovers around the world owe a massive debt of gratitude to Barrow for the dozens of classic albums he has compiled over the years.)

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"An anecdotal and readable history."—nthposition online magazine

"The most fascinating parts of the book are the stories of offbeat radio operations, which Walker describes with humor and empathy."—The Review of Communication

"Both academics and radio enthusiasts will appreciate this book."
—Library Journal

"Without a doubt, this is the most detailed and well-researched book ever published on the history of free radio in America. This includes the most comprehensive history ever written on the modern microradio movement; culled from personal interviews, the writing is mostly engaging and fast-paced...A must read."
—The About Guide

"The book is a great addition to the literature of the ways in which the state uses regulatory edicts and strong-arm tactics to stifle people's freedom."
—George C. Leef, Freedom Daily

"Jesse Walker's lively book is the first to offer a thorough history of what's come to be known as alternative radio."
—Time Out New York

"The story of early radio broadcasting is a fascinating one and well told."—Monitoring Times

"Walker goes a long way toward showing the considerable creativity in nonmainstream radio, despite its lack of funds and other problems. The strongest part of the discussion is that dealing with the last thee decades. An interesting balance to the perceived story of American radio."
—Choice

Boring DJs who never shut up, and who don't even pick their own records. The same hits, over and over. A constant stream of annoying commercials. How did radio get so dull?

Not by accident, contends journalist and historian Jesse Walker. For decades, government and big business have colluded to monopolize the airwaves, stamping out competition, reducing variety, and silencing dissident voices. And yet, in the face of such pressure, an alternative radio tradition has tenaciously survived.

Rebels on the Air explores these overlooked chapters in American radio, revealing the legal barriers established broadcasters have erected to ensure their dominance. Using lively anecdotes drawn from firsthand interviews, Walker chronicles the story of the unsung heroes of American radio who, despite those barriers, carved out spaces for themselves in the spectrum, sometimes legally and sometimes not. Walker's engaging, meticulous account is the first comprehensive history of alternative radio in the United States.

From the unlicensed amateurs who invented broadcasting to the community radio movement of the 1960s and 1970s, from the early days of FM to today's micro radio movement, Walker lays bare the hidden history of broadcasting. Above all, Rebels on the Air is the story of the pirate broadcasters who shook up radio in the 1990s and of the new sorts of radio we can expect in the next century, as the microbroadcasters crossbreed with the even newer field of Internet broadcasting.

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Finally, a *true* history of how radio happened.......2001-11-27

So many other radio 'history' books just tell you all about what programs were on which corporate network and which DJs were indicted for payola -- without bothering to explore how radio broadcasting came about, where the innovations came from, and how and why most of the current spectrum has become so bland in the last twenty years. Jesse Walker gets into all this and more: he gives just about the best and most complete history of radio broadcasting's *true* pioneers, from spark-gap to internet: the underground and alternative radio movement. I thought I knew a lot about the subject (at least regarding pre-1980 radio), but Walker's book has five times more in it than I even knew existed -- and extends right to the end of the 1990s. I highly recommend this book!

Radio Ga Ga.......2001-10-15

Is radio doomed by the Internet? When was its golden age? Is it a triumph of capitalist business or government planning?

In the course of telling tale after absorbing tale, Jesse Walker answers these questions and dozens of others in "Rebels on the Air."

Unlike most people who talk on the radio, however, Walker writing about radio doesn't come across as a simpleton. He is a very thoughtful appreciator of excellence as well as a fine diagnostician of failure. He understands the theory of radio as a business enterprise, and is unencumbered by a narrow ideology. He knows what happened; he is a master of fact. And he has insight into what might have happened; he is the master of the counterfactual. Further, being informed and no fool, he is as reliable prophet as any; it pays to listen to what he says.

From the beginnings of radio as point-to-point communication through its strange evolution to broadcasting, winding up in recent dispensations of "piracy," micro radio, community radio, and even the Citizens Band, Walker ushers the reader through a rogue's gallery of fascinating revolutionaries. Radio, it turns out, is not just a humdrum affair. It has featured strange people saying odd, perceptive and occasionally wise things, playing music other than top 40 or classical warhorses, turning listeners on their ears.

To most people, commercial radio and NPR delimit the narrow confines of the medium: to these, Walker's history will come as a revelation. To the knowing few who have heard (or at least heard of) Firesign Theater or Jean Shepherd or The Crazy Cajun Show, Walker is a sensible surveyor of diversity on radio, the ideal defender of both idiosyncratic entertainment and responsible "enlightenment."

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Review in Radio the Story of WQXR.......2000-10-16

I. Information on book - Sanger, Elliott M (1973). Rebel In Radio The Story of WQXR. New York: Hastings House, Publishers. Catalog; HE 8698.533

Category: Radio II. Book Content

The book Rebel in Radio The Story of WQXR was a book about a small radio station starting from merely nothing and becoming "The Radio Station of the New York Times." (pg. 95) The book was written by Elliot M Sanger who was a partnership in the radio station. In the book he told of the difficulties in starting a radio station and competing with other radio stations within reach. The Book begins around the time or the great depression. At this time Television sets were nearly non-existent which made the radio programming the major means of mass communications. Everyone all of the world would tune in to hear the popular radio shows. At this time in history everything was portrayed on the radio. The local news, the weather, and even soap operas of this time were heard throughout the day on the radio. Instead of a family gathering around a television set as we do now families gathered around the radio. WQXR was a small A.M. radio station that emerged around this time. Elliot Sanger and Jack Hogan opened the Radio Station. They wanted to make the radio station similar to a newspaper. The Radio station in the book that these 2 men wanted to operate broke from the norms of the other radio stations. They wanted to find a way to give the people something more than just a common radio program. The men believed that the other radio stations out there were all just music sometimes and sponsoring constantly. The reason they felt the other stations were doing this is that a radio station must have sponsors to obtain money. A radio station must obtain money to succeed but Sanger felt that fewer sponsors and more music would help his station succeed. So the program policy of WQXR, which is described in the book, is a policy of less sponsoring and more entertaining music. WQXR's program policy described in the book also strived to bring only the best classical music throughout the day. They wanted to play music that would please every listener that tuned in. The people loved the radio station but the lack in sponsors lead to the partial sale to the New York Times. People wanted more of the station but the station couldn't afford to get out to the people. The music they played was so diverse that it attracted an audience from wide areas. The New York Times joined partnership in the radio station and as it grew it became so popular that it became known as "Americas No. 1 Fine Music Station." (104) Overall the book describes the evolution of a very small A.M. radio station starting in a time when fine music was unappreciated to a King of radio playing fine classical music for all to here. The book described the struggle of the radio station and how it overcame the normal programming and sponsors and lead the way for radio stations today all over the world.

III. Personal Evaluation I felt the book, Rebel in Radio the Story of WQXR, was a good book. The factual information in the book would be very beneficiary to someone interested in running a successful radio station. I feel that too many of the radio stations still today do not fully understand the subject in the book described as "pleasing the audience."

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Good insight into what really happened in ES

A Book You'll Never Forget

POR CORAJE

historia de la radio venceremos

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Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos
Jose Ignacio Lopez Vigil , Jose Ignacio Lopez Vigil , and Radio Venceremos (El Salvador)
Manufacturer: Curbstone Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General Broadcasting | Radio | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1880684217

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author works for intl radio assoc, tr Mark Fried

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Good insight into what really happened in ES.......2006-07-03

I read the Spanish version of this book, which I am still trying to find. It is very moving and interesting as it gives the reader who lacks knowledge of the atrocities that occurred in El Salvador a vivid and real insight from the individuals that experienced it. As an educator in a very diverse area in California, I would defenitely recommend this book to any of my students interested in learning about the history of their people. It is a very simple yet moving book which will make you think about how people struggle to survive yet are determined to do so against all odds.

A Book You'll Never Forget.......2002-12-31

"Rebel Radio" is inspiring, moving, and impossible to put down, and not just for radio fans. It's the story of how a small band of young rebels put a guerrilla station (like a pirate station) on the air and kept it there for years against all odds, told in their own voices. We see them develop as journalists, as artists, and as revolutionaries. The Salvadorans are resourceful, creative, and audacious beyond belief. They tear down the station at a moment's notice and carry it off on their backs, staying just ahead of the government forces who want to destroy them, then taunting the generals on the air, like Wily Coyote and the Roadrunner. You'll fall in love with these people; they're fearsomely brave and committed, yet they have their funny and deeply human moments too. You'll want to run off to El Salvador immediately to see the museum that honors Radio Venceremos.

POR CORAJE.......2000-05-24

This book's story is a little example of how cruel power could be against a people. El salvador gave the world some decades ago one of the most gallards fights in order to preserve freedom, justice, wealth, independence, work. Power, land and money inside a fisk and in the other hand a defendless people, armed only with reason. The resulting damages of salvadoran pro- USA death squads are horrendous: massacres, sexual violations, catholic nuns, union leaders, peasants, teachers, children killed. And the School of the Americas is still open :)... And still current El Salvador government refuses to cooperate with justice.... ... A great homage for those killed.

historia de la radio venceremos.......2000-03-22

I bought this book in El Salvador in one of the few visits that I have made to my natal land, the strugles that all the fighters have to go thru to keep the radio waves opened for all the listeners was horrendous. The book tell the story of the freedom fighters moving all the equipment from site to site and hiding it from the attacks of the salvadorean army. The heroism displayed or let's say described in the book is to be admired. I am not a former guerrilla member nor do I like comunism in any form, but being salvadorean myself I could not hold some tears after reading some of the chapters in the book.

excelente.......1998-12-18

Hola Marvin, me llamo R. Manolo Mendez,24 años, vivo en Canada, Montréal.Leí este libro y me pareció fantastico, increíble, no sabes cuanto lo disfruté. Bueno, solo quería saludarte, soy un gran admirador de la gente que pelió por nuestro país, me han recomendado un libro llamado: Carceles Clandestinas, dicen que es muy bueno, pero no lo encuentro en ninguna parte.Bueno, fue un placer saludarte, adios.

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Rebel In Radio: The Story Of WQXR
Elliott M. Sanger
Manufacturer: Hastings House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KYNHUG

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Rebel Radio

Manufacturer: Curbstone Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Rebel Radio - The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos

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Rebel Radio - The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos
José Ignacio López Vigil
Manufacturer: Latin American Bureau/Curbstone Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W00GMA

The Rebel Radio Diary (Master Sessions 1 & 2, Calle 23, Havana)

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The Rebel Radio Diary (Master Sessions 1 & 2, Calle 23, Havana)
Rupert Mould
Manufacturer: Clinamen Press Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0953855309

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Beautifully evocative of the music, people, and culture of one of the most fascinating countries in the world, this book is essential reading for Cuba's growing band of supporters and visitors. A travelogue detailing two separate missions for musician and writer Rupert Mould, this explores some of the biggest names in Cuban music while seeking out an increased personal understanding of two of Cuba's most influential revolutionaries, Ernesto Che Guevara and Jose Marti. In the course of this book much of the essential character of Cuba, her people, her music, and history are sensitively portrayed.

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REBEL RADIO
LOPEZ VIGIL JOSE IGNACIO
Manufacturer: CURBSTONE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PGK1GM

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Rebel Radio Master Sessions Vol 01
Up Bustle & Out Cdcdis Njt146
Manufacturer: CAROLINE DISTRIBUTION
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 6305976139

Rebel Radio: The Full Story of British Pirate Radio

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Rebel Radio: The Full Story of British Pirate Radio
John Hind , and Steve Mosco
Manufacturer: Longwood Pr Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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