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  Let The Music Play - How R&B...

  Steven Vass

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  Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths is the overlooked story of how R&B, disco and funk were transformed by the explosion of music tech in the era of ghetto blasters and Ronald Reagan. It traces how pioneers like Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock inspired a new generation of black musicians and producers to reinvent music with a whole new set of rules. 
  It shows how artists and producers used synths and other new music tech to reinvent R&B, concentrating on the period from 1978-86. Covering a wide range of artists, genres and scenes, including disco, LA/Solar Records, Minneapolis/Prince, boogie, New York electro/post-disco, Britfunk, Jam & Lewis, movie/promo influence and mid-80s pop. As well as covering big stars like Prince, Sade and Janet Jackson, it looks at many great artists who are often forgotten, such as Skyy, Loose Ends, Imagination, Colonel Abrams, Princess, Gwen Guthrie, Lillo Thomas, Zapp, Jonzun Crew and Yarbrough & Peoples.

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  100 20th-Century Sports and...

  Society Twentieth Century

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  A showcase of Britain's most architecturally significant sports and leisure buildings from the twentieth century and beyond.
  100 20th Century Sports and Leisure Buildings gives a fascinating insight into the spaces where we play: from swimming pools and skate parks to ice rinks and cricket pavilions. These structures are not only an intensely evocative part of our shared social heritage but some of the most architecturally innovative constructions of the past century – as seen here in buildings by architects including Edwin Lutyens, Walter Tapper, John Burnet and Zaha Hadid.
  The twentieth century saw a rapid expansion in the public provision for sports and leisure as workers won the right to paid holiday, prompting a boom in the construction of municipal lidos, pools and sports grounds. Later in the century leisure centres brought together facilities for a whole range of sports with an emphasis on family fun, combining environmentally controlled environments with soaring engineering and playful pop imagery. Space-age geodesic domes, diamond-glazed pyramids, castellated forts, brutalist elephants and Moorish postmodern palaces are just a few of the highlights of this idiosyncratic genre showcased here.
  Expert essays on particular building types, including Alan Powers on lidos and Simon Inglis on sports stadiums, give further context to these spaces. Also included is an introduction with a strong campaigning element – with the decimation of local authority budgets forcing the closure of many centres and pools, this is a timely exploration that provides a crucial record of this key part of our cultural heritage.

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  Wahai Manusia Paling Baik...

  Saikhul Mabrur

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  Wahai Manusia Paling Baik Pemberi Petunjuk 
  Merupakan Audio Buku Yang Mengekspresikan Bentuk Kerinduan, Ketakjuban Atas Anugerah Allah SWT Yang Diberikan Di Alam Semesta Ini, Ia Adalah Nabi Muhammad SAW, Manusia Yang Paling Baik Akhlaknya. Menggunakan Bahasa Arab Sebagaimana Berikut ini : 
  يَا خَيْرَ هَادِيْ الْأَنَامِ تَسَامَا 
  Wahai pembimbing terbaik bagi seluruh manusia, tinggikanlah derajatmu. 
   عَطْفًا عَلَى مَنْ ذَابَ فِيْكَ غَرَامَا 
  Kasihanilah orang yang hatinya luluh karena cinta padamu. 
   أَنْتَ الَّذِي شَرَّفْتَ كُلَّ مُشَرَّفٍ 
  Kamulah yang memuliakan setiap orang yang mulia. 
   وَمَنَحْتَنَا۲ يَاذَى النَّدَىْ يَا إِمَامَا 
  Dan Engkau berikan kepada kami wahai yang dermawan wahai pemimpin. 
   يَاسَيِّدَ الْكَوْنَيْنِ يَا عَلَمَ الْهُدَىْ 
  Wahai pemimpin dua alam wahai panji petunjuk. 
   يَا مَنْ أَتَى٢ لِمُرْسَلِيْنَ خِتَامَا 
   Wahai penutup para nabi. 
  Perbuatan Manusia Sangat Penting Dilaksanakan Ketika Berkeinginan Untuk Mewujudkan Sebuah Hubungan, Baik Hubungan Sesama Manusia Dan Kepada Tuhan-Nya. Pernahkah Bertanya Mengapa Jika Ingin Bertemu Atau Berpusat Kepada Allah Harus Mengikuti Kekasih-Nya Nabi Muhammad SAW Dahulu? Dalam Surat Ali ‘Imran Ayat 31 Yang Berbunyi ;  
  قُلْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللّٰهَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِيْ يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوْبَكُمْۗ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ 
  Artinya : “Katakanlah (Nabi Muhammad SAW), “Jika kamu mencintai Allah, ikutilah aku, niscaya Allah akan mencintaimu dan mengampuni dosa-dosamu.” Allah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang”.

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  A Rare Recording of Film Icon...

  Buster Keaton

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  Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966), born in Piqua, Kansas, was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." In the following recording, from an April 17, 1964 television interview, Keaton reflects on his sixty-year career in show business.

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  Sweat the Technique -...

  Anonymous

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  The musician and Hip Hop legend—hailed as “the greatest MC of all time” and compared to Thelonious Monk—reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist. 
   
  When he exploded on the music scene, musical genius Rakim was hailed for his brilliant artistic style, adding layers, complexity, depth, musicality, and soul to rap. More than anyone, Rakim has changed the way MCs rhyme. Calm on the mic, his words combine in a frenzy of sound, using complicated patterns based on multisyllabic rhymes and internal rhythms. Rakim can tell a story about a down-on-his-luck man looking for a job and turn it into an epic tale and an unforgettable rhyme. He is not just a great songwriter—he’s a great modern writer.  
  Part memoir, part writing guide, Sweat the Technique offers insight into how Rakim thinks about words, music, writing, and rhyming as it teaches writers of all levels how to hone their craft. It is also a rare glimpse into Rakim’s private life, full of entertaining personal stories from his youth on Long Island growing up in a home and community filled with musicians to the clubs of New York and the studios of Los Angeles during his rise to the top of popular music. Rakim celebrates the influences that shaped his development, including the jazz music of John Coltrane and the spirituality of the streets, and shares anecdotes spotlighting personalities such as L. L. Cool J. and Dr. Dre, among others. 
  Filled with valuable lessons for every writer, Sweat the Technique reveals the heart and mind of an artist and his love for great storytelling, and always, the words.

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  A Rare Recording of Film Icon...

  Yvonne De Carlo

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  Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922 - January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage. De Carlo won a Laurel Award for Topliner Supporting Actress for her performance in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, and later starred in the tv show, The Munsters, from 1964 to 1966, playing Herman Munster's wife, Lily. She was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures and television. The following is from a 1982 television interview.

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