Freo Groove - Musicians of Fremantle by Bill Lawrie; Claire Moodie; Jeff Atkinson (Photographer); Matt Clifton (Photographer)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
"It's a bit of a haven. It's a paradise for sure. Close to utopia for me."--Abbe May *** Freo Groove is a window into the world of Fremantle musicians and the vibrant musical culture that has built up over generations. From blues musician Dave Brewer, The Jam Tarts' Sophie and Anna Gare, and The John Bu ...Show more
Vinyl Dreams: How the 1970s Changed Music by Tony Wellington
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A scintillating journey through the seventies and the extraordinary music it gave rise to — including the new concept of sound that defines music today.After the dense miasma of the sixties, the seventies hit like a hangover. Idealism took a pounding as cynicism began to pervade western culture. Stagfla ...Show more
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73 by Allan Kozinn, Adrian Sinclair
$36.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Set against the backdrop of the Beatles splintering over both business and creative issues, The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73 covers a period in which Paul McCartney recreated himself, both as a man and as a musician. This is an in-depth and revealing exploration of his creative life beyond the B ...Show more
Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone, Stone Rolling
$75.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
From Rolling Stone, the definitive and lavishly illustrated companion book to one of the most popular and hotly debated lists in the world of musicWhen Rolling Stone publishes a list, the world listens. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was first established in 2003 and the line-up was updated in ...Show more
The Wes Anderson Collection: The French Dispatch by Matt Zoller Seitz
$60.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Series: The\Wes Anderson Collection
The official behind-the-scenes companion to The French Dispatch and the latest volume in the bestselling Wes Anderson Collection series The French Dispatch--the tenth feature film from writer-director Wes Anderson--is a love letter to journalists set at the titular American newspaper in the fictional 2 ...Show more
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Paul Kelly is a uniquely gifted storyteller. For thirty years he has written songs of uncommon directness about everything from love and land rights to cricket and cooking. 'Before Too Long', 'To Her Door', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'Don't Start Me Talking', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' ...Show more
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
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Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with CINEMA SPECULATION, the time has come, and the results ...Show more
This Is What It Sounds Like by Dr. Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas
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Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A legendary record-producer-turned-brain-scientist explains why you love the music you do in an antidote to the Spotify algorithm doldrums 'Extraordinary insights about music, emotion and the brain...An instant classic' Daniel Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on Music This Is What It Sounds L ...Show more
Shoulda Been Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of Triple J's Hottest 100 by Tom W Clarke
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Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
The Hottest 100 is a national institution.Every year since 1993, Australia's national youth broadcaster triple j has held annual countdown of listeners' 100 favourite songs of the year, as voted by the public. It's as iconic of modern Australiana as sausage sizzles and leadership spills. It has become s ...Show more
Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story by Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A sumptuously illustrated history of opera brought to life by stunning photography, following the same format as Ballet- The Definitive Illustrated HistoryExperience the passion and drama of the world's greatest operas with this sumptuously illustrated visual guide. Immerse yourself in more than 75 year ...Show more
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
$59.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -- and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays focu ...Show more
How Music Works by David Byrne
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Reading Level: very good
How Music Works is David Byrne’s buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and myriad collaborators--along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists--Byrne shows ho ...Show more