The Gogo
Title | The Gogo PDF eBook |
Author | Mathius E. Mnyampala |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2015-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317456556 |
A reconstruction of the history and customs of the Gogo people of Africa, based in part on oral histories, tribal legends and myths. This work was first published in Swahili in 1954 and was sponsored by the British Colonial government in an attempt to promote "tribal" cohesion.
Go-Go Live
Title | Go-Go Live PDF eBook |
Author | Natalie Hopkinson |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2012-05-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0822352117 |
Go-go is the conga drum–inflected black popular music that emerged in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. The guitarist Chuck Brown, the "Godfather of Go-Go," created the music by mixing sounds borrowed from church and the blues with the funk and flavor that he picked up playing for a local Latino band. Born in the inner city, amid the charred ruins of the 1968 race riots, go-go generated a distinct culture and an economy of independent, almost exclusively black-owned businesses that sold tickets to shows and recordings of live go-gos. At the peak of its popularity, in the 1980s, go-go could be heard around the capital every night of the week, on college campuses and in crumbling historic theaters, hole-in-the-wall nightclubs, backyards, and city parks. Go-Go Live is a social history of black Washington told through its go-go music and culture. Encompassing dance moves, nightclubs, and fashion, as well as the voices of artists, fans, business owners, and politicians, Natalie Hopkinson's Washington-based narrative reflects the broader history of race in urban America in the second half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. In the 1990s, the middle class that had left the city for the suburbs in the postwar years began to return. Gentrification drove up property values and pushed go-go into D.C.'s suburbs. The Chocolate City is in decline, but its heart, D.C.'s distinctive go-go musical culture, continues to beat. On any given night, there's live go-go in the D.C. metro area.
Made In Hollywood
Title | Made In Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Gina Schock |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-10-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 076247498X |
The Go-Go’s were the first all-female rock group in history to write their own songs, play their own instruments, and reach the top of the Billboard charts with their #1 album, Beauty and the Beat. Made In Hollywood is drummer Gina Schock’s personal account of the band, which includes a treasure trove of photographs and memorabilia collected over the course of her 40-year career. The Go-Go’s debut album, Beauty and the Beat, rose to the top of the charts in 1981 and their hit songs "We Got the Beat", "Our Lips Are Sealed", “Vacation”, and "Head Over Heels" (to name a few) served as a soundtrack to our lives in the ‘80s. Now, after the release of their Critics Choice Award-winning Showtime documentary, and in anticipation of their forthcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and their 2021 West Coast shows, Gina takes fans behind the scenes for a rare look at her personal images documenting the band's wild journey to the heights of fame and stardom. Featuring posters, photographs, Polaroids, and other memorabilia from her archives, Made In Hollywood also includes stories from each member of the Go-Go’s, along with other cultural luminaries like Kate Pierson, Jodie Foster, Dave Stewart, Martha Quinn, and Paul Reubens. With a style as bold and distinctive as any Go-Go’s album, Made In Hollywood is the perfect tribute to one of the world's most iconic groups.
The Gogo Family
Title | The Gogo Family PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Paul de Kock |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1903 |
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The Gogo
Title | The Gogo PDF eBook |
Author | Mathius E. Mnyampala |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2015-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317456564 |
A reconstruction of the history and customs of the Gogo people of Africa, based in part on oral histories, tribal legends and myths. This work was first published in Swahili in 1954 and was sponsored by the British Colonial government in an attempt to promote "tribal" cohesion.
Basher: Go! Go! Bobo Colors
Title | Basher: Go! Go! Bobo Colors PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Basher |
Publisher | Kingfisher |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2012-06-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0753469219 |
Basher: Go! Go! Bobo Colors created and illustrated by Simon Basher Bouncy Bobo can't sit still. He just has to bounce his way across the pages of this book, painting everything he sees. From yellow ducks, to blue butterflies, orange carrots, pink piggies, red roses, and green apples, his brush does the job. Young readers will love Bobo's high-energy approach, and the reassuring rainbow that waits at the end! .
The Go-Go Years
Title | The Go-Go Years PDF eBook |
Author | John Brooks |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2014-08-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1497679109 |
A humorous and keen look at the roller-coaster boom and bust of the 1960s and 1970s by the New York Times–bestselling author of Business Adventures John Brooks blends humor and astute analysis in this tale of the staggering “go-go” growth of the 1960s stock market and the ensuing crashes of the 1970s. Swiftly rising stocks promised fast money to investors, and voracious cupidity drove the market. But the bull market couldn’t last forever, and the fall was just as staggering as the ascent. Including the astounding story of H. Ross Perot’s loss of $450 million in one day; the tale of America’s “Last Gatsby,” Eddie Gilbert; and the account of financier Saul Steinberg’s failed grab for Chemical Bank, this book is replete with hallmark financial acumen and vivid storytelling. A classic of business history, The Go-Go Years provides John Brooks’s signature insight into the events of yesteryear and stands the test of time.