Scene 1: The man with the rifle has been holding police at bay for several hours on the Los Angeles freeway. He has fired some shots but hasn’t hit anyone. Local television stations are providing live, nonstop coverage of the standoff... Read More

The author, a broadcast adviser and founder of a media consulting firm, has written a small and effective book. Shane explains by posing a riddle: the more information that the media and advertising worlds beam at their audience the less... Read More

Arthur Alexander may not be a household name, but it should be. Like many early African-American pioneers of popular music in the 1950s and 1960s he influenced virtually all of the major rock and roll artists of the era. His music, a... Read More

What do David Brubeck and Saint Francis of Assisi have in common? According to this highly informative and readable book they are both members of a music ministry which stretches back for 2000 years. Kavanaugh illuminates the long and... Read More

An often quoted and accepted belief in both musical and cultural studies is that African culture places a great importance upon rhythm. Unfortunately, all too often this descends into caricature, as once this belief is stated, it is then... Read More

Turn on the television set on any given night and chances are there will be at least one show about the paranormal, more if cable is available. By now it is no surprise that there are more people in the U.S. that believe in UFOs than... Read More

The Acoustic Guitar is an ambitious coffee-table book. It charts the evolution of the acoustic guitar from origins in the sixteenth century to the present time. There is a wealth of information here for the novice, containing at least a... Read More

“Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could…I’m searching for the right word—could, could die.” Steve Jobs At the present moment, Apple is on the rebound, but this... Read More