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A Biography of Psychedelic America

by Jesse Jarnow ...

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Dead-loving AI scientists of Stanford, utopian Whole Earth ... Read more

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Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Dead-loving AI scientists of Stanford, utopian Whole Earth
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Big Day Coming

Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock

by Jesse Jarnow ...

The first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music.Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable eras in American music history, Big Day Coming traces the patient ... Read more

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The first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music.Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable eras in American music history, Big Day Coming traces the patient
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The Invisible Hit Parade

by Jesse Jarnow ...

A shadow history of music told through the unofficial tapes and bootlegs shared among obsessive music fans, from Charlie Parker to Bob Dylan to the Grateful Dead to Grandmaster Flash to Radiohead, by the acclaimed host of The Good Ol' Grateful Dead Podcast.The Invisible Hit Parade: A Taper's History of Musicis an alternative history of music told through influential grey area and noncommercial ... Read more

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A shadow history of music told through the unofficial tapes and bootlegs shared among obsessive music fans, from Charlie Parker to Bob Dylan to the Grateful Dead to Grandmaster Flash to Radiohead, by the acclaimed host of The Good Ol' Grateful Dead Podcast.The Invisible Hit Parade: A Taper's History of Musicis an alternative history of music told through influential grey area and noncommercial
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Wasn't That a Time

The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America

by Jesse Jarnow ...

The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government -- and who changed the world, anywayFollowing a series of top-ten hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame. Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America details the remarkable ... Read more

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The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government -- and who changed the world, anywayFollowing a series of top-ten hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame. Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America details the remarkable
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Heads

A Biography of Psychedelic America

by Jesse Jarnow ...

Narrated by Jesse Jarnow ...

Unabridged

15 hours 24 min

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: black market chemists, the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Grateful Dead-loving AI scientists of ... Read more

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Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: black market chemists, the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Grateful Dead-loving AI scientists of
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The Invisible Hit Parade

A Taper's History of Music

by Jesse Jarnow ...

Unabridged

9 hours

An alternative history of how secret recordings, shadow discographies, and rogue collectors shaped popular music.With an epic scope, The Invisible Hit Parade challenges the history of recorded music as it’s usually told. Tracing the impact of viral hits from wax cylinders to the streaming age, Jesse Jarnow animates the lost stories behind a century-and-a-half of legendary recordings that reached ... Read more

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An alternative history of how secret recordings, shadow discographies, and rogue collectors shaped popular music.With an epic scope, The Invisible Hit Parade challenges the history of recorded music as it’s usually told. Tracing the impact of viral hits from wax cylinders to the streaming age, Jesse Jarnow animates the lost stories behind a century-and-a-half of legendary recordings that reached
... Read more

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Talkin' Greenwich Village

The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital

by David Browne ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

15 hours 9 min

**The definitive history of the rise and heyday of the revolutionary Greenwich Village music scene, based on new research and first-hand interviews with many of its legendary performers."Impeccably researched, elegantly written and consistently fascinating." —The New York Times**Although Greenwich Village encompasses less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such a concise area ... Read more

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**The definitive history of the rise and heyday of the revolutionary Greenwich Village music scene, based on new research and first-hand interviews with many of its legendary performers."Impeccably researched, elegantly written and consistently fascinating." —The New York Times**Although Greenwich Village encompasses less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such a concise area
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Triumph of the Yuppies

America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation

by Tom McGrath ...

Narrated by Stacy Carolan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s,
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The Year That Broke America

An Immigration Crisis, a Terrorist Conspiracy, the Summer of Survivor, a Ridiculous Fake Billionaire, a Fight for Florida, and the 537 Votes That Changed Everything

by Andrew Rice ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

15 hours 37 min

Combining the compelling insight of Nixonland and the narrative verve of Ladies and Gentleman: The Bronx is Burning, a journalist’s definitive cultural and political history of the fatefully important moment when American politics and culture turned: the year 2000.Before there was Coronavirus, before there was the contentious 2020 election or the entire Trump presidency, there was a turning-point ... Read more

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Combining the compelling insight of Nixonland and the narrative verve of Ladies and Gentleman: The Bronx is Burning, a journalist’s definitive cultural and political history of the fatefully important moment when American politics and culture turned: the year 2000.Before there was Coronavirus, before there was the contentious 2020 election or the entire Trump presidency, there was a turning-point
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Corporate Rock Sucks

The Rise and Fall of SST Records

by Jim Ruland ...

Narrated by Jim Ruland ...

Unabridged

13 hours 54 min

A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, and more, by the co-author ofDo What You Want andMy Damage.Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to ... Read more

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A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, and more, by the co-author ofDo What You Want andMy Damage.Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners and transmitters. But when Ginn wanted to launch his band, Black Flag, no one was willing to
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Virus of the Mind

The New Science of the Meme

by Richard Brodie ...

Narrated by Richard Brodie ...

Abridged

4 hours 36 min

Virus of the Mind is the first popular work devoted to the science of memetics, a controversial new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Memetics is the science of memes, the invisible but very real DNA of human society.Here, the author carefully builds on the work of scientists Richard Dawkins, Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett, and others who have ... Read more

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Virus of the Mind is the first popular work devoted to the science of memetics, a controversial new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Memetics is the science of memes, the invisible but very real DNA of human society.Here, the author carefully builds on the work of scientists Richard Dawkins, Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett, and others who have
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Last Night at the Viper Room

River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

by Gavin Edwards ...

A biography elucidating the Academy Award–nominee's meteoric rise, his tragic end, and his legacy.At the dawn of the 1990s, a new crew of leading men—Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, and Brad Pitt—was rocketing toward stardom. River Phoenix, however, stood in front of the pack. But behind Phoenix's talent and beautiful public face was a young man who had been raised in a cult by ... Read more

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A biography elucidating the Academy Award–nominee's meteoric rise, his tragic end, and his legacy.At the dawn of the 1990s, a new crew of leading men—Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, and Brad Pitt—was rocketing toward stardom. River Phoenix, however, stood in front of the pack. But behind Phoenix's talent and beautiful public face was a young man who had been raised in a cult by
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