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  1. Punk : the definitive guide to the Blank Generation and beyond

    Weidman, Rich
    Essex, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2022]

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  2. Breaking Bad FAQ : all that's left to know about hustlers, bunsen burners, and Heisenberg

    Weidman, Rich
    Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC, 2018.

    Breaking Bad made its amazing debut ten years ago, revolutionizing television drama and joining the ranks of such legendary long-form series as The Wire , The Sopranos , and Mad Men as simply one of the best dramatic series of all time. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, Breaking Bad FAQ is an informative and entertaining look at how the show's creator, Vince Gilligan, honed his craft working on The X-Files and formed a highly talented creative team that brought his vision of turning a Mr. Chips to Scarface to life. Breaking Bad FAQ features a thorough synopsis and analysis of each of the series' 60 episodes, as well as detailed character and cast profiles. In addition, Breaking Bad FAQ provides in-depth information on filming locales, how the show depicts the crystal meth industry, classic films and TV shows that have influenced the series, literary references, the Seinfeld connection, scientific allusions and accuracy, top-10 most disturbing scenes, greatest songs from the soundtrack, homages and parodies, a comprehensive discussion of Better Call Saul , and much more.

  3. The Beat Generation FAQ : all that's left to know about the angelheaded hipsters

    Weidman, Rich
    Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation, 2015.

    The Beat Generation FAQ is an informative and entertaining look at the enigmatic authors and cutting-edge works that shaped this fascinating cultural and literary movement. Disillusioned with the repression and conformity encompassing post-World War II life in the United States, the Beat writers sought creative alternatives to the mind-numbing banality of modern culture. Beat Generation writers were no strangers to controversy: Both Allen Ginsberg's prophetic, William Blakean-style poem Howl (1956) and William S. Burroughs' groundbreaking novel Naked Lunch (1959) led to obscenity trials, while Jack Kerouac's highly influential novel On the Road (1957) was blamed by the establishment for corrupting the nation's youth and continues to this day to serve as a beacon of hipster culture and the bohemian lifestyle. The Beat writers shared a vision for a new type of literature, one that escaped the boundaries of academia and employed an organic use of language, inspired by the spontaneity and improvisational nature of jazz music and abstract expressionism (Kerouac coined this writing style spontaneous prose). In search of deeper meaning, Beat Generation writers experimented not only with language but also with spirituality, art, drugs, sexuality, and unconventional lifestyles. Although the movement as a whole flamed out quickly in the early 1960s, replaced by the onset of the hippie counterculture, the Beats made an indelible mark on the nation's consciousness and left a long-lasting influence on its art and culture. This book details the movement-its works, its creative forces, and its legacy.

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