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  Summer and Smoke

  Tennessee Williams

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  Alma Winemiller is a shy, religious young woman who grew up pining for the boy next door, John Buchanan. He’s grown up to become a doctor with a penchant for sexual conquest, so when he returns to their Mississippi town to start a medical practice, their strange attraction sets them on a path of turmoil and heartbreak.
   
  
   
  Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in June 2008.
   
  
   
  Directed by Michael Hackett
   
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
   
  
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
   
  
   
  Ann Gee Byrd as Mrs. Winemiller and Rosemary
   
  Kristen Frazier as Nellie
   
  Mark Kudisch as John Buchanan Jr.
   
  Carlos Lacamara as Papa Gonzalez
   
  Gabriel Olds as Dusty, Vernon, and Archi Kramer
   
  Tina Sánchez as Rosa Gonzalez
   
  David Selby as Dr. Buchanan Senior
   
  Tegan West as Roger Doremus 
   
  Armin Shimerman as the Reverend Winemiller
   
  Kitty Swink as Mrs. Bassett
   
  Sarah Zimmerman as Alma Winemiller
   
  
   
  Recording, editing and mixing engineer: Mark Holden
   
  Live Sound Effects by Eddie Mills
   
  Music Supervisor: Scott Willis
   
  
   
  Original music by Gareth S. Brown

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  A Rare Recording of Film Icon...

  Dorothy Dandridge

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  Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 to September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films. In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. The following recordings are from a television interview in 1954, Dandridge's presentation of the Film Editing Oscar at the 1955 Academy Awards, and a speech at a freedom rally at Wrigley Field on May 26, 1963.

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  Ride or Die - A Feminist...

  Shanita Hubbard

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  Cultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hip hop has sidelined Black women's identity and emotional well-being.    Do you have a “ride or die chick” in your life? A “ride or die chick” is a Black woman who holds down her family and community. She’s that friend or family member that you can call up in the middle of the night to bail you out of jail, if ever needed, and you know she’ll show up and won’t ask any questions. She does anything for her family, friends, and significant other, even at the cost of her own well-being. “No” is not in her vocabulary. She’s beloved by you and many others, but her ride or die trope becomes a problem when she does it indiscriminately. Her self-worth is connected to how much labor she can provide for others. She goes above and beyond for everyone in every aspect of her life—work, family, church, and often it’s not reciprocated, and a “ride or die chick” doesn’t require it to be because she’s a “strong Black woman.” To her, love should be earned, and there’s no limit to what she’ll do for it.   In this book, author, adjunct professor of sociology, and former therapist, Shanita Hubbard disrupts the “ride or die” complex, and argues that this way of life has left Black women exhausted, overworked, overlooked, and feeling depleted. She suggests that Black women are to susceptible this mentality because it’s normalized in our culture. It rings loud in our favorite hip-hop songs, and it even shows up in the most important relationship we will ever have—the one with yourself.   Compassionate, candid, hard-hitting, and 100% unapologetic, Ride-or-Die melds Hubbard’s entertaining conversations with her Black girlfriends and her personal experiences as a redeemed “ride-or-die chick” and a former “captain of the build-a-brother team” to fervently dismantle cultural norms that require Black women to take care of everyone but themselves.  Ride or Die urges you to expel the myth that your self-worth is connected to how much labor you provide others, and guides you toward healing. Using hip hop as a backdrop to explore norms that are harmful to Black women, Hubbard shows the way you may be unknowingly perpetuating this harm within your relationships. Hubbard urges you to pull the plug on the “ride or die chick.”

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  Moments - Detroit Musicman

  Gary Spaniola

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  Playing a black Les Paul through a vintage Marshall stack, mic’d through a tower-high wall of speakers at Detroit’s Cobo Arena feels like you’re flying a 747 with one exception: you’re standing on top of it. 
  In this engaging and often humorous memoir, Gary Spaniola gives a behind-the-scenes look into the many aspects of his life. Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Gary shares unforgettable moments of his childhood, his rise in the Detroit music scene with his rock band, Bitter Sweet Alley, his career as a record producer earning multiple gold and platinum records, and his obsession with learning that caused him to alienate the music world for years to become a self-taught computer programmer, designing his own automation system and launching his own software company. After achieving multiple software design awards, he once again reignited his true passion for creating music and went on to release three additional solo albums. 
  Gary’s storytelling captures the sincerity and humor of the colorful chaos of growing up in a large family, getting his first guitar, performing in front of thousands of people, and sharing the stage with many legendary rock icons. He takes you with him back to the small, seedy venues and up to the major crowd-filled arenas, as well as the countless hours practicing guitar, creating his software, and building his dreams. Gary shares his trials, tribulations, and determination with every career turn. Interlaced in this memoir is Gary’s love for faith, family, and lifelong friends, along with the hilarity and frustration of growing up and finding his way in life.

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  That's not how I remember it -...

  Pack*Art Panel (eds)

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  Interwoven memories of wallpaper, sugar sandwiches, violence and unwritten rules of community offer an insider history of the Pack, a now demolished London council estate.

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  1990-2000: The Decade That Was...

  James Bleakman

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  “An insightful and elegantly written memoir of a typical ’90s house fan’s evolution from inspired clubber to working DJ. James Bleakman gives us an evocative analysis of his social and cultural journey from bedroom to club.” 
  Frank Broughton & Bill Brewster 
  Authors of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey 
  1990-2000: The Decade That Was House Music is a memoir-led journey through the records, rooms and rituals that shaped one person's relationship with 90s house culture. 
  House music did not begin in the 1990s, but for a generation of British teenagers, bedroom DJs, record buyers and clubbers, the decade was when it became impossible to ignore. Through taped Radio 1 broadcasts, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Muzik, Soundlab belt-drive decks, 1210s, Saturday record-shopping trips, local residencies, superclubs, Ibiza memories, white labels, compilation culture and the rise of the superstar DJ, James Bleakman traces the decade that turned a sound into an identity. 
  This is not a definitive history. It is a personal account of how house music moved from underground culture to global club language while still holding onto the feeling that mattered most: discovery, belonging, identity and the belief that the right record, in the right room, could change everything. 
  Whether you remember the era first hand, wish you'd experienced it, or still believe records can carry whole chapters of a life, this audiobook is a love letter to the decade that gave house music its defining voice. 
  Listeners who want to explore even further can also discover the premium illustrated Collector's Edition Hardback, featuring photographs, flyers, record sleeves and memorabilia that bring the story to life visually. The Collector's Edition takes the story beyond the millennium and explores how house music moved from superclub scale back towards a new underground. 
  For details visit www.letsgodisco.net

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