UbuWeb Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music
Irwin ChusidUbuWeb"Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music" (2000). Two-volume compilation of "crackpot and visionary music" including The Shaggs, Daniel Johnston, Wesley Willis, Captain Beefheart, B.J. Snowden and more. Curated by Irwin Chusid [MP3]: https://t.co/SBK1bCBmuX https://t.co/Gm77m18rIP
Paperback, 2000
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Arcades Project
Walter BenjaminUbuWebJudith Weschler, "The Passages of Walter Benjamin" (2014). Excellent hour-long documentary about the life and death of Walter Benjamin, told through the lens of his epic book, "The Arcades Project": https://t.co/BOMaeXWu8w https://t.co/OsLKfivQlw
Paperback, 2002
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James JoyceUbuWebJames Joyce, "Ulysses." Read in its entirety by Donal Donnelly & Miriam Healy-Louie. Unabridged (27 hours) [MP3]: https://t.co/eREkZRUVw8 #bloomsday https://t.co/Orz9dHfIoP
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daphne Oram: An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics
Daphne OramUbuWebDaphne Oram, "An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics" (1972). When Oram was commissioned to write about music, she was keen to avoid writing a conventional manual; instead she wrote on music, sound, and electronics & their relationships [PDF]: https://t.co/0oQ0DJaUpw https://t.co/8gePCgBBdt
Hardcover, 2016
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kindness of Women
J. G. BallardUbuWebJG Ballard, "Shanghai Jim" (BBC, 1991). Documentary, focusing on his autobiographical novels, "Empire of the Sun" and "The Kindness of Women." Footage of Ballard visiting Shanghai on his first trip since 1946: https://ubu.com/film/ballard_shanghai.html https://t.co/ECSdoCHL3b
Paperback, 2018
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dogs: Collected by Catherine Johnson Words by William Wegman
Catherine JohnsonUbuWebWilliam Wegman, "Two Dogs And Ball" (1980). A hysterical early video of William Wegman featuring two of his Weimaraners, literally following a ball, in sync. On the right is Man Ray, who was Wegman's first & much-beloved Weimaraner: https://t.co/d2VuzqARSj https://t.co/TcQvL2gSR6
Hardcover, 2007
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dalí
Dawn AdesUbuWebSalvador Dalí & Igor Wakhévitch, "Être Dieu" (3x LP, 1985), opéra-poème, audiovisuel et cathare en six parties. Features Dali as God, Brigitte Bardot as an artichoke and Catherine the Great and Marilyn Monroe do a striptease [MP3]: https://t.co/tQbQMzB9iT https://t.co/A02m0JxTL9
Paperback, 2016
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Geography and Plays
Gertrude SteinUbuWebEight contemporary audio interpretations of Gertrude Stein's GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYS, created with, turntables, samplers, computer programs, found sounds, and music [MP3]: https://t.co/YwVWY8ZwUs https://t.co/580uUS1uvL
Paperback, 2017
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dada: Art and Anti-Art
Hans RichterUbuWebHans Richter, "Dadascope" (1957). a comprehensive portrait of the Dada movement featuring original poems and prose spoken by their creators: Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Raoul Hausmann, Richard Huelsenbeck, and Kurt Schwitters. Filmed and completed in 1957: https://t.co/VBnbGpYK7S https://t.co/WMlztuwIZ2
Paperback, 2016
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition
John CageUbuWebJohn Cage, "Mureau" (1972), spoken word read by Cage. The title a combination of "music" and "Thoreau." The texts are from observations made by Thoreau in his daily journal about music, silence, and sound, then subjecting them to chance operations: [MP3]: https://t.co/kiOouIXafz https://t.co/rCTAMMobwy
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