Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres
- including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, & Hawaiian music
- & well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, & Irving Berlin.

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Danny Boyle directs Christopher Eccleston in this off-beat drama. Eccleston plays Strayman, a so-called 'spontaneous poet' who looks after a large pack of stray dogs. When he meets a shy homeless girl called Strumpet (Genna G), he's impressed enough by her musical gifts to accompany her, along with all Strayman's dogs & his eccentric neighbour, down to London in search of fame & fortune
- & a place on Top of the Pops.
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Set in Dublin during the Lockout of 1913, this is a panoramic novel of city life. It embraces a range of social milieux, from the miseries of the tenements to the cultivated, bourgeois Bradshaws. It introduces a memorable cast of characters such as: the main protagonist, Fitz, a model of the hard-working, loyal & abused trade unionist. ...

Peter O' Toole, Peter Ustinov & Cyril Cusack star in this saga of 1900s Dublin life, adapted from the novels of James Plunkett. Jim Larkin (O' Toole) arrives in Dublin during one of its most turbulent eras to organise the unions & get a fair deal for the working man in a time of widespread poverty & destitution. Larkin, nicknamed ' Big Jim', founded the Worker's Union of Ireland & became best-known for his role in the Dublin Lockout of 1913 after employees were threatened with losing their jobs if they refused to sign a pledge not to join a union or engage in any sympathetic strikes. ...

Music is in Sammy's blood. His grandfather was a jazz musician & Sammy's band could be huge one day
- if they don't self-destruct
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Describes the different types of clown faces & how you can design a unique face of your own. This book provides step-by-step directions for applying makeup to create the three basic clown face types: Whiteface, Auguste, & Tramp. It

Includes:: tips on powdering, applying rubber & putty noses, how to handle eyeglasses, & more.

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