{"product_id":"9780771013676","title":"Around the World in 57 1\/2 Gigs","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBidini, Dave\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEmblem Editions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, \u003ci\u003eOn a Cold Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTropic of Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e,  music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search  for rock ‘n’ roll.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more  than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is left feeling adrift from his moorings  and decides to go on a very long road trip, playing solo and finding out about the  state of rock ’n’ roll around the world. Accompanied much of the way by his friend  Al, who also has a solo act, Bidini sets out for London, England, his springboard  for travel to Finland, Russia, China, Sierra Leone, and Ghana, punctuated by trips  to Newfoundland and Gananoque in Canada, and to New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What Bidini finds  is that the rock ’n’ roll machine has not yet flattened the globe, as each place  has taken what suits it from the West’s dominant music and ignored the rest. Metal  may have had its heyday in North America, but it still suits the quiet Finns just  fine as a soundtrack for suicidal thoughts. In China, where Bidini plays with the  Rheos-Not-Rheos as part of the Maple Rhythm Festival, he has to coach the crowd sitting  quietly in plastic chairs how to clap rhythmically. In Russia, where live rock still  lurks in hard-to-find places, the British band Smokie is far more popular than even  the Rolling Stones, and the first Western band Mongolian audiences wanted to hear  live was Boney M. In Africa, Bidini finds out just how far rock has wandered from  its roots, and in Newfoundland, just how true it has stayed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peopled with hosers,  the über-hip, and the profoundly baffled, and brimming with tales of playing in strange  venues to bemused locals and the odd drunk, \u003ci\u003eAround the World \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers on an  unforgettable, ear-opening swing through the world of rock ’n’ roll.","brand":"Emblem Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216826102015,"sku":"9780771013676","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780771013676_s600x595.jpg?v=1782322697","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780771013676","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}