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The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop

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Any Psalm You Want: Poems

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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

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Dirty & Stinkin': Memories of The Ol' Dirty Bastard

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And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years

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DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution

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L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems

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Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History of The Clash

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Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of HipHop Photography

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Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary: Times, Rhymes & Mind of Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary Series, #1

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Hip Hop World: A Groundwork Guide

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Fight The Power: Rap, Race and Reality

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Lyrical Assassins: 50 of the Greatest Prophet Emcees

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The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop

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The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture

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The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America

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21 Savage: Flying High to Success Weird and Interesting Facts on Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph

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Kendrick Lamar: Flying High to Success Weird and Interesting Facts on Kendrick Lamar Duckworth!

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Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation

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Who Got the Camera?: A History of Rap and Reality

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Mama Phife Represents: A Memoir

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Lil Uzi Vert: Flying High to Success Weird and Interesting Facts on Symere Woods!

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Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America

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Public Enemy: Inside the Terrordome

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Trochemoche: Poems

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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan's Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America's New Public Enemy No. 1

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Blowin' Up: Rap Dreams in South Central

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The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext

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Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power

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The Real MC Eiht: Geah!: Behind The Music Tales, #11

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Music Theory For Beginners

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Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins

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Learn Guitar A Beginner's Course

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Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & The Dark Heart Of The Hippie Dream

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The Only Guitar Book You'll Ever Need: From Tuning Your Instrument and Learning Chords to Reading Music and Writing Songs, Everything You Need to Play like the Best

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Learn Your Fretboard: The Essential Memorization Guide for Guitar (Book + Online Bonus)

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Piano Lessons: Cut Out The Fluff, Start Playing The Piano & Reading Music Theory Right Away. For Beginners Or Refreshing The Advanced Via This Book & Bonus Videos

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The Easyway to Play Piano: A Beginner's Best Piano Primer

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Learn Jazz Piano: book 1

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Music Theory 101: From keys and scales to rhythm and melody, an essential primer on the basics of music theory

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The Everything Songwriting Book: All You Need to Create and Market Hit Songs

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Becoming a Great Sight-Reader–or Not! Learn From My Quest for Piano Sight-Reading Nirvana

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Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory (Music Instruction): A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians

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The Circle of Fifths: Visual Tools for Musicians, #1

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Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

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Bowie: An Illustrated Life

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The Everything Essential Music Theory Book: A Guide to the Fundamentals of Reading, Writing, and Understanding Music

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Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops

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"The Fiction of War," with Tim O'Brien and Karl Marlantes: An insightful discussion by Vietnam veterans and award-winning fiction writers Tim O'Brien and Karl Marlantes on the subjects of literature, war, politics, and writing. Sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and presented as part of the Museum & Library's...

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Sociologist Tricia Rose on hip-hop as a global profit powerhouse: It’s hard when you try to talk across racial groups about race, right? And not to soft pedal, to hold people accountable for a choice to be so ignorant. In that moment of exchange lies the possibility that they will actually get somewhere. I do believe that there's a, a better chance of them getting further, if we can create spaces of both accountability and connection.  Tricia Rose is a pioneering scholar in the field of hip-hop, Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, co-host with Cornel West of “The Tight Rope” podcast, and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.  In this episode, Rose discusses how she balances her love of the early days of hip-hop with the global profit powerhouse it has become, the beauty of chaos, and how essential it is to build safe, stable communities at a time when everything is being done to isolate and separate.   References: Fannie Lou

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Interview with T Kira Madden

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Why Do We Still Care About Tupac?

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CXXX: Speak! Radiant Lyre, the Poetess of Lesbos, Sappho (& Other Women of that World): Sappho was a very real woman, a poet of the island of Lesbos, the "Tenth Muse", and she almost definitely loved men and women. The origin of terms Lesbian and Sapphic, a true icon.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it...

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The Year In Hip-Hop (So Far): We look back at the best hip-hop songs and albums of 2021 so far, with Mankaprr Conteh and Jeff Ihaza joining host Brian Hiatt

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Episode 58: Kiese Laymon: On studentship, using your art to heal, and becoming heavy enough to hold it all. Kiese Laymon is the author of three books, most recently the NY Times bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir. He is a Professor of English born and raised in...

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Lucille Clifton: Essential American Poets: Archival recordings of poet Lucille Clifton, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded 1973 and 1989 at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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50 Years, Woodstock Or Not To Woodstock?: 50 Year Anniversary, Peace & Love, Clara Scott, Join Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

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Episode 78: The Literary Life of Thomas Banks: This week on The Literary Life podcast, we are excited to delve into the literary life of the mysterious Mr. Banks! But before we get started, we do want to let you know that we have posted the reading schedule for January-March, and you can view it...

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Silly Little Goose with Hanif Abdurraqib

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Episode 136: Two for ’22 Reading Challenge Check-In: This week on The Literary Life podcast our hosts give an update on their progress with the “Two for ’22” Literary Life Reading Challenge. Angelina, Cindy and Thomas share their commonplace quotes, then begin going over each category and talking...

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Episode 154: The “Best of” Series – What Is the Literary Life?, Ep. 1: Welcome to this episode in our “Best of The Literary Life Podcast” series, this time replaying our very first episode! In this inaugural episode, Cindy and Angelina introduce the podcast and what they mean when they talk about having a “literary...

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Episode 157: The “Best of” Series – The Literary Life of Thomas Banks, Ep. 78: This week on the podcast, we bring you another of our “Best of The Literary Life Podcast” episode replays. On today’s episode we delve into the literary life of the mysterious Mr. Banks. Cindy begins the interview asking Thomas about his family...

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Rick Rubin’s Guide to Art — and Life: Reading Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights of American music over the past few decades. Jay-Z. Run-DMC. Beastie Boys. Slayer. The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Johnny Cash. Kanye West. Neil Diamond. Brandi Carlile. Eminem. Adele. And it’s not just his production credits: Rubin co-founded Def Jam Recordings and was a co-chairman of Columbia Records. What’s allowed him to work with so many different kinds of artists, across such a stunning range of genres, so successfully? In his new book, “The Creative Act: A Way of Being,” Rubin turns his philosophy of creativity into a manual for living. It is not, to be honest, the book I was expecting. It is less about music than mind states: awareness, openness, discernment, attunement to nature, nonjudgmental listening, trust in your own taste. It is at once mystical and practical, alive to the tensions of creation but intent on holding them gently. I found it un

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A Grammy-Nominated Singer Performs and Explores Music’s Deep Power Over Us: In times of deep sorrow or joy, humans have always turned to music. Archaeologists have found evidence of instruments among very early civilizations. Spiritual communities have centered on music for centuries. We teach our children their ABCs and how to brush their teeth with songs. We dance out our feelings and cry along with sad tunes. What is it about music that enables it to work so powerfully on our bodies, minds and emotions? That is one of the core animating questions of this conversation with Allison Russell. Russell is a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter whose debut album, “Outside Child,” was named one of the best albums of 2021 by critics at NPR and The Times. Russell has played in bands including Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters, traversing folk, rock ’n’ roll, Celtic music, the blues and other genres. But alongside her powerhouse vocals and gorgeous melodies, Russell infuses a deep

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Episode 167: “The Weight” by The Band: Episode one hundred and sixty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “The Weight by the Band, the Basement Tapes, and the continuing controversy over Dylan going electric. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more in

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Episode #9: ‘The Beatles – Politically (In)Correct’: The cripple impersonations, the Nazi salutes, the MBEs (received and returned), the groupies, the ‘Butcher cover’, the ‘bigger than Jesus’ controversy, the drugs, the love anthem, the naked album cover, the politically-charged lyrics, the peace campaign,

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Episode #31 - 'Sex, Love and Misogyny - The Beatles in Song': The Beatles' songs often have such creativity, depth and nuance. Lyrics open to multiple interpretations, married to music that simultaneously captures and conveys the 'feel' of those lyrics. - Here, together with sociologist Candy Leonard,

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#57: 11.10.73 – A Balloon Full Of Gravy: The latest episode of the podcast which asks: would you let your daughter marry this episode of Top Of The Pops?

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Transmissions: A Conversation With Jesse Jarnow: And we’re back. For this episode of Transmissions, we’re joined by author, WFMU DJ, and historian of all things “heady,” Jesse Jarnow. His writing has been published by Relix, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, and in addition...

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Episode 156: “I Was Made to Love Her” by Stevie Wonder: Episode one hundred and fifty-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “I Was Made to Love Her, the early career of Stevie Wonder, and the Detroit riots of 1967. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and

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DE198 Storyteller Series | Peace and Love, Another Woodstock?: Max Yasgur allowed his dairy farm to play host to 400,000 music fans at The Iconic Woodstock Music and Art Fair held at Bethel NY August 15, 1969. Ha! It was never in Woodstock! What was supposed to be 50,000 people attending, turned into more than...

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Episode 167 - Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Big Rig, Classics Of Love, Common Rider): THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS THING! This week on the show, we are joined by the legendary JESSE MICHAELS of Operation Ivy & Common Rider fame! Sit back & listen as Damian gets to talk to one of the most influential punk vocalist ever! From the Bay to the Bur...

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‘Leopoldstadt’ Actor David Krumholtz Sees Tom Stoppard’s Holocaust Play as ‘The Role of [His] Life’: Since its Broadway opening last fall, Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt,” a play about a multigenerational Jewish family in Vienna, based on Stoppard’s own family history, has been met with critical acclaim. Hear from celebrated actor David...

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MUSIC by Ted Gioia, read by Jamie Renell: Explore the history of music from prehistory to modern times.

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American Prankster: The Trailer: American Prankster is a deep dive with the iconic Wavy Gravy, unfolding his fascinating,historic and hilarious lifestory as an original Beatnik, comedy pioneer, hippie icon and pioneering activist who uses humor as a weapon. Sharing stories that even he’d forgotten with producer/host, Rainbow Valentine, of Disorganized Crime: Smuggler’s Daughter, Wavy gets down to the very nit of the grit and reminds us what it means to be human. From Ben and Jerry’s ice cream to Woodstock to the Acid Tests and running a pig for president, Wavy Gravy is an essential part of American counter culture history and more. You will hear stories of his childhood, teen, army, college and beatnik years with Bob Dylan, Tiny Tim, Martha Graham plus tales of his comedy life with Lenny Bruce, Del Close, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and his friendships with music icons like Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Mama Cass, Joan C. Baez and more! Wavy shares absurdist yarns from his

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Episode 5: The Ballad of Bob and J.R.: A quick prologue: we stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, where they opened up a very cool exhibit in March of 2015. Then we move on to Newport, Rhode Island, where Pete Seeger is about to introduce Johnny Cash, an established country star playing for the first time to a folk festival audience. After a rough beginning, the show goes very well. Afterwards, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan—mutual fans—meet for the first time and begin a lifelong friendship. We then spend some time getting to know the Man in Black; we learn about the family tragedy that moved J.R. Cash to write and make music. We find out the real origins of “Folsom Prison Blues.” We leave Johnny Cash in Memphis for the meantime, and head north to Hibbing, Minnesota and check in on young Robert Allen Zimmerman. As a teen, Bobby is a leather-jacketed Rock N Roll rebel; but he takes on a new name and identity when he discovers folk music as a freshman at the University of Minn

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Money and Art A Wizard Academy Field Trip

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Episode 22: The Second Wave - On the Morning After the Sixties: Janis Joplin dies just before releasing her magnum opus, “Pearl.” A band called Fanny is ready to rock, but a culture poisoned by the patriarchy isn’t yet ready to accept them. Carole King makes Tapestry, a sincere, modest, and deeply personal album that hits huge and becomes a milestone for women. We complete the story with a profile of one of the giants of 20th Century Music, Joni Mitchell. We discuss her artistic and commercial peak in the early 70s with “Blue,” “For the Roses,” and “Court and Spark.” We admire all of these women for kicking down the door, and we celebrate the progress we’ve made since them, but there is still a long way to go.