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The fascinating back stage world of a very nearly famous rock star, Brian Porker, as hebumps and seethes his way along on an international tour that includes the Down Under,the Up Above, and several points in between. The characters that populate Brian Porker'sworld resonate with personalities so oddly different from one another…An ex-magistratecrazed manager who books tours to far flung venues, a tour manager with connections,the long-legged roadie who seems to know everyone at every tour stop, the StewardessFrom Hell, and an electronics nerd who wires guitars so they will sound great at sub-zerotemperature…All working toward a goal: Brian Porker's world tour. A tour fraught withstress, sea eagles, suspicion, poison dart frogs, anger, lizards, antediluvian flash-backs,and Vodka Icebergs.

Everyone knows about Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and numerous other high-tech companies that represent what we think of as "Silicon Valley", but it wasn't always that way. There is a whole history of the valley that isn't often told. This book attempts to put it all into perspective and shows that at one time you didn't have to be a computer scientist to take part in one of the greatest technological movements of all time. This, then, is the story of the birth of "Silicon Valley" as told by one who lived some of the forgotten early years. This book covers the early years of the Santa Clara Valley, AKA "Silicon Valley", from the Gold Rush years of the 1850s through the tech boom of the 1990s.

Everyone knows about Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and numerous other high-tech companies that represent what we think of as "Silicon Valley", but it wasn't always that way. There is a whole history of the valley that isn't often told. This book attempts to put it all into perspective and shows that at one time you didn't have to be a computer scientist to take part in one of the greatest technological movements of all time. This, then, is the story of the birth of "Silicon Valley" as told by one who lived some of the forgotten early years.

Lost stories from the modern South. Discover the hip young black and white dancers that defied segregation after World War II and gave birth to Carolina "beach music" and the shag. Visit Charlie's Place, the defiant interracial nightclub in Myrtle Beach where jazz met "race"music, and gutsy clubgoers risked their lives to take the dance floor. Witness the Ku Klux Klan's violent attempt in 1950 to stop the rise of the "forbidden" music that would soon become known as rhythm & blues. Revisit the Orangeburg Massacre and find out why, after more than half a century, an aggressive effort continues to distort the role of former Gov. Robert McNair and his police forces in the 1968 killing of three black college students in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Join the author's surprising journey to his South Carolina hometown of Honea Path when he discovers that his own grandfather organized a group of gunmen that killed seven men and wounded 30 others at the local cotton mill in 1934.

Blown Out on the Trail is the second in a series of books dealing with the unreleased recordings of Bob Dylan. The first edition, Skipping Reels of Rhyme, which was nominated for the 2019 ARSC award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, dealt with the years 1958 through 1975, often thought of as his peak creative years. This edition deals with the two decades from 1976 to 1996, often thought of as his "lost in the wilderness" years. This book is a guide to the best and most worthwhile of the rare and unreleased recordings from those years.

With hierarchical authority, the largest and most influential corporations of the Three Galaxies have formed an unbreakable hold over trade and commerce with rules and regulations that mustn't be questioned. To enforce their hold and to keep peace among the workers and the corporate owners, they have created the Inter-Galaxy Command.This is the true account of a young Naiadian growing up in a time that values his technical competency and offers the exciting life of an Inter-Galaxy Command member. However, the complacency and an unchanging status quo that permeate the IGC is killing his spirit and he must do something about that if he is to thrive.

40th anniversary edition. All the lyrics, chords, bars, tablature and notation of lead guitar, including solos plus extracts from the rhythm guitar. Some songs with both guitar tabs in their entirety. Acoustic guitar picking intro of You Can't Be Too Strong. Includes extracts from reviews, adverts, plus live and promo photos from publications such as Rolling Stone, New Musical Express, The Village Voice, and much more.

Beginning with the invention of movable type in the 15th century, itinerant artisans roamed the highways and byways of the world, working where and when they pleased. It all ended five centuries later, when computer typesetting replaced humans. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Horace Greely (along with legions of much less famous printers) plied their trade and enjoyed adventures as tramp printers until it all suddenly vanished in the mid 1970s. A sociological study, as seen through the eyes of tramp printers themselves. Footloose and carefree, these adventurers enjoyed 500 years of freedom, working where and when they pleased. A vanished breed, today they live on through recollections, anecdotes, and memories of how it used to be, when printers worked with "real type."

From ancient times, before calendars and clocks, to the far, far future, where science dares to remake humankind, N. K. Hart's imagination mixes with hope, resourcefulness, heartbreak, and humor. This volume contains a rare collection of holiday essays spanning several years and there's no denying that for N. K. Hart... imagination is everything.

In 1994, the first comprehensive website devoted to the works of Bob Dylan was created. This book presents some of the original articles written for the site, concentrating on the unreleased tapes of Bob Dylan, with commentary on the merits of each tape.Since the articles were written, most of the music described on the site has seen official or semi-official release, but the content contained in this book still holds relevance and acts as a sort of field guide to what's still out there.

A private detective has been hired to locate a missing girl. HIs investigations lead him to The Hartfield Connection LLC, owned by a sociopath and run by a power hungry egotist. The further he looks, the more he finds that the corporation has dark secrets that neither the owner nor the top manager want known. The girl may have stumbled upon damaging proof that The Hartfield Connection is guilty of something big, something bad. What exactly is The Hartfield Connection hiding? Unaware that a covert government operation is also looking into The Hartfield Connection, the detective must fight to find the answer to this question and to locate the girl before time runs out.