For nearly 20 years, a group of musicians has been making music in the tradition of pioneers such as Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and John Coltrane, but which is uniquely their own. This introduction to and analysis of the current state of free jazz music in New York City profiles these performers and the larger community around them that has been all but frozen out by the critical, “safe” jazz establishment. Included are discussions of the major musicians in the scene, including Matthew Shipp, David S. Ware, and William Parker; the independent record labels that release free jazz music; the rock magazines that have covered them when jazz magazines have not; and the atmosphere of familiarity and collective effort that permeates the free jazz scene.

New York Is Now!: The New Wave of Free Jazz

Arts & Photography

Freeman, Phil

Music

Telegraph Co

Whereas most “pot books” concentrate on the social, legal, or medical issues surrounding marijuana use, this is simply a hilarious look at 75 pot-smoking rules of etiquette. Anyone who has ever smoked marijuana will relate to something in this book, and smoking neophytes will learn which faux pas they must avoid at all costs. The rules cover virtually every aspect of burning a blunt, from Rule #7: “If you want to smoke a joint, you should be able to roll one” to Rule #20: “If you’re in the middle and you have to keep passing the joint back and forth, you are allowed to double toke the joint.” Primarily a book of pot humor, this guide makes a subtle political statement for the legalization of marijuana and for the decriminalization of hemp manufacturing.

Original Unofficial Joint Smoking Rules

Humor & Entertainment

Worman, Simon

Humor

From elder statesmen like David Bowie, new superstars like Gwen Stefani, or controversial showmen like Marilyn Manson, rock stars are never at a loss for words. John D. Luerssen, drawing from his extensive career as a rock journalist, has culled these quotations from countless interviews, selecting choice cuts on subjects as diverse as religion, rock critics, drug use, and the battle of the sexes. Often obnoxious, sometimes introspective, and always remarkably compelling, Mouthing Off lets you eavesdrop on the stars without leaving your living room.

Mouthing Off: A Book of Rock and Roll Quotes

Luerssen, John D.

Scarlot Harlot, unrepentant whore, activist, and artist, is a brazen hooker with a brain. Since the late 1970s, Harlot (a.k.a. Carol Leigh) has written, performed, and produced work in a variety of genres on women's issues and her experiences in the sex industry. This collection of articles and essays documents more than 20 years of hooker radicalism from a leader of the sex workers' rights movement. Heady, political, and sexy, these autobiographical missives defend sex, queer rights, and reproductive freedom and attack fundamentalist feminism, economic injustice, and discrimination. Leigh's writings explore a historic cultural and artistic underground from an irreverent point of view, challenging conventions of sexuality, aesthetics, technology, and prevailing social mores. Included are photographs of boudoir scenes, nudes, and political street theater by notable photographers including Annie Sprinkle, Ann Marie Rousseau, and Michelle Clement.

Unrepentant Whore: The Collected Work of Scarlot Harlot

Politics & Social Sciences

Leigh, Carol

Social Sciences

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