The story of "Revolution" by the Beatles, from its origin as a protest song of the 1960s, to it becoming the musical backdrop for one of the most famous, influential, and controversial adverts of all time.In 1987, Nike released their new sixty-second commercial for Air shoes—and changed the face of the advertising industry. Set to the song “Revolution” by the Beatles, the commercial was the first and only advert ever to feature an original recording of the FaUb Four. It sparked a c...

En 1987, Nike lanzó el anuncio que cambió la industria publicitaria para siempre: era el primero en incluir una grabación original de The Beatles. ¿La canción elegida? "Revolution". Su compositor, John Lennon, ya había muerto, pero los tres miembros del grupo que le sobrevivieron emprendieron acciones legales contra la multinacional para impedir su uso. Sin embargo, no lograron su propósito porque los derechos estaban en manos de Michael Jackson. Lennon había comenzado a escribir la canció...

Quando, nel 1968, i Beatles pubblicarono la prima versione di Revolution, si ritrovarono nel mezzo di una singolare bufera, presi tra quanti temevano da parte loro posizioni troppo radicali e quanti invece, tra gli attivisti, si sentivano traditi dai versi di John Lennon, apertamente pacifisti e contrari alla violenza. Non era un caso: Revolution è una canzone — in realtà, una serie di canzoni — disseminata di elementi contraddittori e ambiguità, deliberatamente scritta per suscitare una r...

Nestled near the majestic red rock mesas of Sedona, Arizona, lies the enigmatic Bradshaw Ranch, a place where the ordinary world collides with the inexplicable. Once a bustling film set, this now-abandoned beacon in the desert stands as a testament to uncharted mysteries and unexplained phenomena.In "The High Strangeness of Bradshaw Ranch," you are invited to delve into a riveting exploration of the ranch's veiled secrets. Through a compelling blend of chilling narratives, expert i...

The Dictionary of Coronavirus Culture presents an A-Z of life in lockdown.Taking everyday terms that capture the lived experience of lockdown — like chocolate, streaming, ageing, health, clapping, social distancing, dystopia, and frontline workers — and discussing them with a range of writers, theorists, and academics, it provides unusually accessible and friendly analysis of our shared historic moment.With contributions from Lynne Segal, Jo Grady,...

Based on the public television series of the same name, Bradshaw On: The Family is John Bradshaw's seminal work on the dynamics of families that has sold more than a million copies since its original publication in 1988. Here, you will discover the cause of emotionally impaired families. You will learn how unhealthy rules of behavior are passed down from parents to children, and the destructive effect this process has on our society.Using the latest family research and rec...

This collection considers music within the spheres of production and consumption and pulls together an interdisciplinary collection of music studies from around the world, ranging from an ethnomusicological analysis of the condition of Tibetan music and its role within the Chinese state, the changing reception of anti-apartheid music by white musicians in South Africa according to new configurations of society and its memory of recent history, a lyrical exploration of jazz as a signifier o...