Stage sabotage, food poisoning, and a missing person - from the look of things The Hail Mary Music Festival is off to a smashing start! When Caitlyn returned to her hometown of Fox Hill, she knew it would take a total touchdown to resurrect the sleepy, economically-drained town. Alongside her best friend Reba, her boyfriend Kurt, and the quirky town residents, an implausible idea is hatched. They'll throw an epic music festival that will bring paying visitors from far and wide! Who cares that their nowhere-town has nothing to offer...they've got a few hidden talents up their collective sleeves, hopefully. After miraculously recruiting one of Nashville's most popular country music bands to play, prep for the Hail Mary Music Festival is in full swing. Romance even seems to be in the air when Reba catches the lead singer's eye. But when some hinky mayhem starts to strike, all is suddenly not well. Between rowdy fans, uppity band managers, and trying to avoid a publicity nightmare, Caitlyn and the gang have their hands full. Worse, as Fox Hill's one-and-only Private Investigator, Caitlyn quickly realizes that Mr. Bigshot lead singer may also be her lead suspect! News she isn't exactly dying to tell her secretly lovestruck friend. .But why be nervous? With a little sleuthy juggling, it can't be that hard to get to the bottom of the missing person-Music Festival mystery- all while still keeping the entire show on schedule, and the paying visitors happy...Can it?

Stage sabotage, food poisoning, and a missing person - from the look of things The Hail Mary Music Festival is off to a smashing start! When Caitlyn returned to her hometown of Fox Hill, she knew it would take a total touchdown to resurrect the sleepy, economically-drained town. Alongside her best friend Reba, her boyfriend Kurt, and the quirky town residents, an implausible idea is hatched. They'll throw an epic music festival that will bring paying visitors from far and wide! Who cares that their nowhere-town has nothing to offer...they've got a few hidden talents up their collective sleeves, hopefully. After miraculously recruiting one of Nashville's most popular country music bands to play, prep for the Hail Mary Music Festival is in full swing. Romance even seems to be in the air when Reba catches the lead singer's eye. But when some hinky mayhem starts to strike, all is suddenly not well. Between rowdy fans, uppity band managers, and trying to avoid a publicity nightmare, Caitlyn and the gang have their hands full. Worse, as Fox Hill's one-and-only Private Investigator, Caitlyn quickly realizes that Mr. Bigshot lead singer may also be her lead suspect! News she isn't exactly dying to tell her secretly lovestruck friend. --From item description.

Maryel Locke and Charles Warren present twelve original essays by film critics, filmmakers, theologians, and philosophers that examine the 1985 film Hail Mary, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, and its companion film, The Book of Mary, directed by Anne-Marie Miéville. (The films are collectively released under the title Hail Mary.) The interpretative essays offer a rich spectrum of analysis and opinion representing many divergent points of view about critical theory, the status of women, and the value of film as a medium. Locke and Warren also include two important interviews with Godard, brief biographies and complete filmographies of Godard and Miéville, a short breakdown of the two films including the English subtitles, and the script of the French dialogue to complete a remarkably comprehensive treatment of this important film. The only film based on the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Godard’s Hail Mary is a contemporary Swiss/French representation of Mary’s virgin pregnancy, the birth of her son, and her relationship with Joseph and her young child. Miéville’s companion film is about a young girl named Mary whose parents get a divorce. While neither film is overtly religious, the initial release of Hail Mary brought public protests, court cases, a physical attack on Godard, and condemnation by the Pope.

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world. Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where we, as a people, have been, as well as our hope for the future. This four-volume encyclopedia examines music's influence on contemporary American life, tracing historical connections over time. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between this art form and our society. Entries include singers, composers, lyricists, songs, musical genres, places, instruments, technologies, music in films, music in political realms, and music shows on television.

Sound in human–robot interaction currently encompasses a wide range of approaches and methodologies not easily classified, analyzed or compared among projects. This edited book covers the state of the art in sound and robotics, aiming to gather existing approaches in a combined volume. Collecting chapters from world-leading academic and industry authors, Sound and Robotics: Speech, Non-Verbal Audio and Robotic Musicianship explores how robots can communicate through speech, non-verbal audio and music. The first set of chapters explores how robots use verbal communication, considering the possibilities of speech for human–robot interaction. The second section shifts to roles of non-verbal communication in HRI, including consequential sound, sonification and audio cues. The third and final section describes current approaches to robotic musicianship and their evaluation. This book is primarily aimed at HRI researchers, ranging from those who have never used sound to those very experienced with sound. Alongside robotic researchers, this book will present avenues for a diverse range of musicians, composers and sound designers to become introduced to the world of HRI and learn of potential creative directions in robotics.

Religion Online provides new insights about religiosity in a contemporary context, offering a comprehensive look at the intersection of digital media, faith communities, and practices of all sorts. Recent research on Apple users, video games, virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, digital music, and sports as religion supports the idea that media and religion, once considered separate entities, are in many cases the same thing. New media and religious practice can no longer be detached; this two-volume set discusses how religionists are embracing the Internet amidst cultural shifts of secularization, autonomous religious worship, millennials' affinity for new media, and the rise of fundamentalism in the global south. While other works describe case studies, this book explains how new media are interwoven into the very fabric of religious belief, behavior, and community. Chapters break down the past, present, and projected future of the use of digital media in relation to faith traditions of many varieties, extending from mainline Christianity to new religious movements. The book also examines the impacts of digital media on beliefs and practices around the world. In exploring these subjects, it calls on the study of culture, namely anthropology, to conceptualize a technological period as significant as the industrial revolution.