Word on the Street

The July issue of Music Media Monthly is live. A monthly publication edited by Rick Anderson, this blog brings you reviews of the best recordings, books, videos, and Web sites for music lovers.

Editor Rick Anderson writes: "You thought July was hot enough already? Well, you haven’t experienced hot until you’ve checked out the offerings in this month’s issue of Music Media Monthly. Break out the sunblock, because Anne Shelley is filling you in on a brilliant Aaron Copland documentary and an equally glorious video examination of the art of the thematic variation (as performed by Danie Barenboim, Andras Schiff and Yefim Bronfman). Steve Dankner discusses a blistering new book on Liszt’s transcriptions and a collection of studies on Ravel.
Gene Hyde brings us word of a steaming-hot website for drummers and lovers of drumming in all musical genres. And I discuss several blazingly
great new releases from such tropical climes as Jamaica (Roy Ellis), North Carolina (Don Dixon and Marti Jones), er, New York (Paul Motian),
and, um, Germany (Echo Beach). Put on your hippest sunglasses, break out your most styling parasol, and enjoy! Read it here.

Library Journal reviews Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels

This month's issue of Library Journal contains a review of Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels! Cheryl LaGuardia says:

Stunning in quantity and in quality. . . . a tour de force. . . . It's clear that the understanding of the genre behind the construction of this product is formidable. The file gets a ten-plus for content. . . . An absolute must-have for libraries serving scholars and serious students of comic books and graphic novels.

LaGuardia highlights the content in particular. Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels is the first collection of its kind, with more than 75,000 pages of original material and more than 25,000 pages of secondary material—criticism, theory, journal articles, interviews, and more. Alexander Street aims to make silent voices heard, and we're proud to be a part of drawing (no pun intended) this art form the attention it deserves.

Click here for more information about Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels. To learn more or request a trial, email [email protected].