musicals, heavy metal, punk, techno, and unique coverage of world music and reggae. Selected by Library Journal as a Best Reference Source in its two previous editions, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music has established itself as the definitive reference for libraries, broadcasters, recording industry professionals, musicians, and scholars in music history and cultural studies. Expanded to eight volumes, the Third Edition includes over 18,000 articles ranging in length from 150 to 5,000 words and covers performers, composers, producers, record companies, events, venues, and magazines. The discographies, lists of films and videos, sources for further reading, and bold-faced cross-references provide invaluable tools for research.  (less)

this Canadian game. And with it, ours.”br–iExclaim!/ibrbr“…stands above the bookshelf in terms of page-turning imagination.”br–iToronto Star/ibrbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./ibDave Bidini/b’s first book, published in 1998, was the popular and critically acclaimediOn a Cold Road/i, about what it’s like to tour Canada as a rock and roll band. When he is not writing or travelling the world or playing left defence for his rec team, the Morningstars, Bidini is rhythm guitarist for the Rheostatics. The band has released ten albums to date, includingiMusic Inspired by the Group of Seven/i, the soundtrack to the filmiWhale Music/i, which yielded the hit song “Claire,” andiThe Story of Harmelodia/i, a children’s album. A contributor toiThe Original Six: True Stories from Hockey’s Classic Era/iand toiMaple Leaf Gardens: Memories and Dreams 1931-1999/i, Dave Bidini lives with his wife and daughter in Toronto.One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world the game might exist free of the complications of professional sport. He set out to find the tropic of hockey.brbrHis quest took him to a rink on the seventh storey of a mall in Hong Kong – a rink encircled by a dragon-headed roller coaster – and to the gritty city of H@¸Që…ÿ¾Û€  (less)