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UNINA9911009272403321 |
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Partridge Kenneth |
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Hell of a Hat : The Rise of ’90s Ska and Swing / / Kenneth Partridge |
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University Park, PA : , : Penn State University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (280 p.) : 16 illustrations |
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American Music History ; ; 1 |
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Popular music - United States - 1991-2000 - History and criticism |
Ska (Music) - United States - History and criticism |
Swing (Music) - History and criticism |
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION Bring on the Horns -- CHAPTER 1 Noise Brigade -- CHAPTER 2 Trapped in a Box -- CHAPTER 3 The Contender and the Kings of Swing -- CHAPTER 4 Skanking Behind the Orange Curtain -- CHAPTER 5 California Skaquake -- CHAPTER 6 One Nation Under Ska-Punk -- CHAPTER 7 Old’s Cool -- CHAPTER 8 East Side Beat -- CHAPTER 9 Misfits of Swing -- CHAPTER 10 Stray Cat Swings -- CHAPTER 11 Swinging at the Margins -- CONCLUSION The Beats Go On -- Source Essays and Further Reading -- Index |
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In the late ’90s, third-wave ska broke across the American alternative music scene like a tsunami. In sweaty clubs across the nation, kids danced themselves dehydrated to the peppy rhythms and punchy horns of bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. As ska caught fire, a swing revival brought even more sharp-dressed, brass-packing bands to national attention. Hell of a Hat dives deep into this unique musical moment. Prior to invading the Billboard charts and MTV, ska thrived from Orange County, California, to NYC, where Moon Ska Records had eager rude girls and boys snapping up every release. On the swing tip, retro pioneers like Royal Crown Revue had fans doing |
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the jump, jive, and wail long before The Brian Setzer Orchestra resurrected the Louis Prima joint. Drawing on interviews with heavyweights like the Bosstones, Sublime, Less Than Jake, and Cherry Poppin' Daddies—as well as underground heroes like Mustard Plug, The Slackers, Hepcat, and The New Morty Show—Kenneth Partridge argues that the relative economic prosperity and general optimism of the late ’90s created the perfect environment for fast, danceable music that—with some notable exceptions—tended to avoid political commentary.An homage to a time when plaids and skankin’ were king and doing the jitterbug in your best suit was so money, Hell of a Hat is an inside look at ’90s ska, swing, and the loud noises of an era when America was dreaming and didn’t even know it. |
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UNINA9910955581403321 |
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McCaffrey Donald W |
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The road to comedy : the films of Bob Hope / / Donald W. McCaffrey |
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Westport, Conn : , : Praeger, , 2005 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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9798216009368 |
9786612404634 |
9781282404632 |
1282404636 |
9780313014741 |
0313014744 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Filmography: p. [179]-181. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Song, Dance, and Gags: From Vaudeville to Radio; 2 Hollywood Embraces a Song and Dance Man; 3 Starring Hope During the War Years; 4 There Was Hope and |
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Hartmann; 5 Some Hits and Misses; 6 Neglected and Underrated Movies; 7 The Rocky Road to Exotic Worlds; 8 Fade Out on Movies: The Fade In of the Small Screen; 9 Through the Decades with Hope's Films: 1934 to 1972; 10 Assessment: Bob Hope's Legacy; Appendix A: Bob Hope Films; Appendix B: Selected Bob Hope Awards; Appendix C: Selected Bob Hope Honors; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Although Bob Hope has been the subject of many biographies, no book yet has fully explored the comic persona he created in vaudeville and radio, brought to fruition in dozens of films from the 1930s through the 1960s, and made a lasting influence on comedians from Woody Allen to Conan O'Brien. Now, in The Road to Comedy: The Films of Bob Hope, noted film comedy authority Donald W. McCaffrey finally places Hope in his well-deserved position among the highest rank of film comedians of his era. Drawing on archival materials and interviews with collaborators, McCaffrey analyzes each major film in |
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