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Best Gift Shopping > Music > Poetry, Spoken Word and Interviews
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Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement (Barack Obama)(more) »rank: 867by: Various Artists, Barack Obama
Our review:Album Description:The 18-song disc, titled Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, borrows its name from one of the campaign's central messages and boasts a stellar collection of artists from across genres, including such renowned, multi-platinum performers as Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Kanye West, Jill Scott, Los Lonely Boys, Jackson Browne, BeBe Winans, Lionel Richie, Adam Levine, Keb' Mo' and John Legend. The project features current and classic material as well as new music heard here for the first time including speech excerpts from President elect Barack Obama intertwined throughout the project. In collaboration with the Barack Obama presidential campaign, ... Detail |
Voices of Our Time: Five Decades of Studs Terkel Interviews(more) »rank: 2945by: Studs Terkel
Our review: :From the 1950s through 1997, Louis “Studs” Terkel, bestselling author of Hard Times, Working, The Great War, Coming of Age, and eight other books, hosted a daily one-hour show on WFMT Radio in Chicago. This nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning program was an ideal showcase for his curmudgeonly wit, his maverick opinions, and his genius as an interviewer. The 48 interviews in this collection, span Terkel’s five decades on radio and encompass a wide range of entertainers, scientists, writers and thinkers, including Dorothy Parker, Pete Seeger, Bob Woodward, Simone de Beauvoir, and many more. Detail |
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The Gonzo Tapes:The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson(more) »rank: 644by: Hunter S. Thompson
Our review:Album Description: Recorded by Hunter S. Thompson between 1965 and 1975, these tapes capture his thoughts and descriptions both as they're happening and in reflection, as he would often go back to rerecord commentary while writing. Filmmaker Alex Gibney, producer Eva Orner and Gonzo archivist Don Fleming were given permission by Thompson's widow to explore the boxes of tapes stored in the basement of his Owl Farm home in Woody Creek, Colorado, left behind after Thompson's suicide in 2005. Fleming transferred the audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes to digital files, and they made their way to the cutting room for the film Gonzo: The ... Detail |
Voice Lessons To Go Volume 1: Vocalize and Breath(more) »rank: 1865by: Ariella Vaccarino
Our review: :Join the thousands of singers who use Voice Lessons To GO! Voice Lessons To Go is a great way to get going on your singing voice. Vocalize and Breath is the first of Ariella Vaccarino's successful four volume series. Whether just beginning or as an addition to the work you have done. Now there is no excuse not to practice and improve because this CD makes it so convenient and easy. Vocalize and Breath consists of a half hour of vocal warms ups, then fantastic breathing exercises, and finally excellent advice on posture and training. You will be guided through the exercises ... Detail |
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Never Better (Prairie Home Companion)(more) »rank: 9618by: Garrison Keillor
Our review: :'It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town….' Each week, more than four million radio listeners hear these words, and settle in for some old-fashioned, up-to-the-minute storytelling. During live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor takes us to 'the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve,' where 'the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.' These expertly crafted tales touch the heart and tickle the funnybone. Warm, poignant, often hilarious, each is a classic of live storytelling, full of gentle humor, genuine emotion, and (more often than ... Detail |
A Wild and Crazy Guy(more) »rank: 2920by: Steve Martin
Our review: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: MARTIN,STEVETitle: WILD & CRAZY GUYStreet Release Date: 07/18/1989DomesticGenre: COMEDY Detail |
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This American Life: Stories of Hope and Fear(more) »rank: 1880by: Various Artists
Our review:Album Description:2-CD collection of the smartest and funniest show on the radio This American Life is one the most popular yet most unusual programs on radio today, airing on public radio stations all across the country. Each week listeners tune in to hear riveting stories that explore the highs and lows of the human condition. Host Ira Glass and the staff of This American Life selected some of their favorite segments for the This American Life: Stories Of Hope And Fear 2-CD set. Featuring segments by bestselling writer and humorist David Sedaris (Naked), Comedy Central's Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman and many others, ... Detail |
This American Life: Lies Sissies & Fiascoes(more) »rank: 1836by: Ira Glass
Our review: 's Best of 1999:With the rise of more and more forms of media, the American storytelling tradition has become increasingly fractured. Praise be then for This American Life, a weekly radio anthology of stories that never fail to move even the most casual listener. Lies, Sissies, and Fiascoes purports to be a best-of compendium, but at two discs there's plenty more where this comes from. --Randy Silver Amazon.com:Are you a sucker for a well-told story--one that'll make you hoot with pleasure, drop your mouth in disbelief, tear up with empathy? If that be the case, you're likely already a fan of the brilliant ... Detail |
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Orphans [Fold-out Digipak with 24-page booklet](more) »rank: 2868by: Tom Waits
Our review:Description:The three disc set is packaged in a fold-out digipak with a beautifully designed 24-page booklet, including neverbefore-seen Waits’ photographs. :With these astounding 54 songs (plus two bonus tracks) Tom Waits has added a vital new work to his catalog. The title, Orphans, refers to the songs either being from a range of outside projects, various impulses, and whims, or simply not having found a place on the albums for which they were intended. While that scenario has constituted a stopgap measure for lesser artists, this set stands alongside Waits's finest work. He has shaped it into three separate discs, each one separately ... Detail |
Voice Lessons To Go Volume 2: Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training(more) »rank: 4543by: Ariella Vaccarino
Our review: :Join the thousands of singers who use Voice Lessons To GO! voicelessonstogo.com Voice Lessons To Go is a great way to get going on your singing voice. Vocalize and Breath is the first of Ariella Vaccarino's successful four volume series. Whether just beginning or as an addition to the work you have done. Now there is no excuse not to practice and improve because this CD makes it so convenient and easy. Vocalize and Breath consists of a half hour of vocal warms ups, then fantastic breathing exercises, and finally excellent advice on posture and training. You will be guided through the ... Detail |