Playboy's Greatest Covers
Title | Playboy's Greatest Covers PDF eBook |
Author | Damon Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Glamour photography |
ISBN | 9781435153257 |
"'I only read it for the articles.' Few modern punch lines are as iconic as this one. It's so widely recognized, the joke itself has become superfluous. Humor aside, the true allure of PLAYBOY are the magazine's underrated photos, specifically the spectacular cover images. Now Hugh Hefner has chosen hundreds of PLAYBOY's breathtaking, innovative covers for this lush retrospective. Images of the stunning women who enticed millions from the fifties through the new millennium are digitally reproduced in full-color. Acclaimed author and long-time PLAYBOY writer Damon Brown explores how the magazine's newsstand decisions indelibly impacted American culture, while ultimate Playmate Pamela Anderson provides an illuminating foreword. While these photos have sometimes been underrated, Playboy's Greatest Covers reveals that the pictures actually tell a fascinating story. Our story. "--
100 Greatest Cover Versions
Title | 100 Greatest Cover Versions PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Webb |
Publisher | McNidder and Grace Limited |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2013-07-15 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0857160575 |
Which Blondie Top Five was originally a flop for a West Coast power pop band? Who wrote Alice Cooper's 1973 hit 'Hello Hurray', and which folk singer first recorded it? Who launched their career with a tear and a cover of a little known Prince song? Where was Joe Cocker sitting when he came up with the idea of covering 'With a Little Help from my Friends?'. Everybody likes a good song and a good story. The 100 Greatest Cover Versions traces the histories of some of the great songs you may know only as second-hand recordings and explores some unusual and creative takes on a few of pop's well-known tracks. Based on the Independent's popular long-running Story of the Song column, this collection features previously unpublished pieces alongside fully expanded, updated stories. Robert Webb details the background to each song how it was written, who first recorded it and how it came to be covered and explains how, in some cases, the cover version has become more popular than the original. Artists range from Patti Smith to the Happy Mondays, David Bowie to Florence + the Machine, and Stevie Wonder to Robert Wyatt. The book also includes additional further listening suggestions and a bonus track. Whether you download, rip from CD or stream your music, the Ultimate Playlist series provides the perfect accompaniment to your personal compilation. The series aims to guide listeners through large and often bewildering back catalogues of the major artists as well as key genres and styles in popular music. If you love music and you enjoy knowing more about the history behind some of pop's greatest songs, then you will love this book.
Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!
Title | Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Edison |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1593764677 |
A wild and uncompromising history of four infamous magazines and the outlaws behind them, Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! is the first book to rip the sheet off of the sleazy myth-making machine of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and reveal the doomed history of Hefner’s arch rival, Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, whose messiah complex and heedless spending — on a legendary flop of a movie paid for with bags of cash, a porn magazine for women, and a pie-in-the sky scheme for a portable nuclear reactor —fueled the greatest riches to rags story ever told. The adventure begins in the early 1950s and rips through the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s —when Hustler’s Larry Flynt and Screw’s Al Goldstein were arrested dozens of times, recklessly pushing the boundaries of free speech, attacking politicians, and putting unapologetic filth front and center — through the 1990s when a sexed-up culture high on the Internet finally killed the era when men looked for satisfaction in the centerfold. As America goes, so goes it’s porn. Along the way we meet many unexpected heroes—John Lennon, Lenny Bruce, Helen Gurley Brown, and the staff of Mad magazine among them—and villains—from Richard Nixon and the Moral Majority to Hugh Hefner himself, whose legacy, we learn, is built on a self-perpetuated lie.
Love Another Day
Title | Love Another Day PDF eBook |
Author | Gina Robinson |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-02-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1250033012 |
"CIA agent Tate Cox works alone. Everyone knows that. And when the object of his mission is to seduce a pretty RIOT agent for valuable technology, bringing his ex-wife Malene along seems like an especially disastrous idea. But no one bucks Agency orders, not even capable, confident Tate. Flirting with the enemy is in the job description-but falling for his sexy, sassy ex all over again is an unexpected complication. After working for years on cover stories and logistics, Mal has longed for the chance to try her skills at fieldwork. But posing as "Professor" Tate Cox's graduate student girlfriend at the Cheltenham Festival of Science? Hardly a dream assignment. Yet when gorgeous Tate turns on the charm, Mal can't help wondering if she let the real thing go much too soon"--P. [4] of cover.
Porn & Pong
Title | Porn & Pong PDF eBook |
Author | Damon Brown |
Publisher | Feral House |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1932595368 |
Explores, for the first time, how pornography and video games have influenced the world's sexual mores and technological compulsions on a massive scale. The first Atari systems and their phallic joysticks sold by the millions, reality TV skyrocketed at the same time The Sims took off and the surgically-endowed Pamela Anderson was outshone by only one other woman: Lara Croft. Porn & Pong examines how politics, hidden agendas and financial pressure affect the controversial art forms of gaming and pornography.
Playboy's Complete Book of Party Jokes
Title | Playboy's Complete Book of Party Jokes PDF eBook |
Author | Ill.) Playboy (Chicago |
Publisher | Jove Publications |
Pages | |
Release | 1982-03 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780867210170 |
Cover Me
Title | Cover Me PDF eBook |
Author | Ray Padgett |
Publisher | Union Square + ORM |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2017-11-03 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1454930659 |
“A music-snob’s dream come true . . . One of the best multi-subject music books to come down the pike in years . . . a fresh and deeply informed approach.” —Variety A great cover only makes a song stronger. Jimi Hendrix’s version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” The Beatles rocking out with “Twist and Shout.” Aretha Franklin demanding “Respect.” Without covers, the world would have lost many unforgettable performances. This is the first book to explore the most iconic covers ever, from Elvis’s “Hound Dog” and Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help from My Friends” to the Talking Heads’ “Take Me to the River” and Adele’s “Make You Feel My Love.” Written by the founder of the website covermesongs.com, each of the nineteen chapters investigates the origins of a classic cover—and uses it as a framework to tell the larger story of how cover songs have evolved over the decades. Cover Me is packed with insight, photography, and music history. “Delves into the complicated legacy of artists performing other people’s music . . . his research adds fresh context and intriguing background to many of these songs . . . Astute ruminations on evolving cultural perceptions of the cover’s place in the music canon.” —AV Club “This engaging nostalgia trip is sure to appeal to discophiles and cultural historians.” —Library Journal