Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom: James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves

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Why and how does the appeal of certain male Hollywood stars cross over from straight to gay audiences? Do stars lose their cachet with straight audiences when they cross over? In Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom Michael DeAngelis responds to these questions with a provocative analysis of three famous actors—James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves. In the process, he traces a fifty-year history of audience reception that moves gay male fandom far beyond the realm of “camp” to places where culturally unauthorized fantasies are nurtured, developed, and shared.
DeAngelis examines a variety of cultural documents, including studio publicity and promotional campaigns, star biographies, scandal magazines, and film reviews, as well as gay political and fan literature that ranges from the closeted pages of One and Mattachine Review in the 1950s to the very “out” dish columns, listserv postings, and on-line star fantasy narratives of the past decade. At the heart of this close historical study are treatments of particular film narratives, including East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, The Road Warrior, Lethal Weapon, My Own Private Idaho, and Speed. Using theories of fantasy and melodrama, Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom demonstrates how studios, agents, and even stars themselves often actively facilitate an audience’s strategic blurring of the already tenuous distinction between the heterosexual mainstream and the gay margins of American popular culture.
In addition to fans of James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves, those interested in film history, cultural studies, popular culture, queer theory, gender studies, sociology, psychoanalytic theory, melodrama, fantasy, and fandom will enjoy this book.

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All the chords and lyrics you need to play your favorite Christmas favourites. Such as: Away In a Manger, I Saw Three Ships, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, O Come, O Come, Emanuel, We Three Kings of Orient Are and The Twelve Days of Christmas.

The Ultimate Guitar Christmas Fake Book: 200 Holiday Favorites with Melody, Lyrics and Chord Frames (Fake Books)

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This book is easy to use.

The Ultimate Guitar Christmas Fake Book: 200 Holiday Favorites with Melody, Lyrics and Chord Frames (Fake Books)

Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
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ASIN: 0634018183

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No guitarist should be without this comprehensive collection of Christmas classics! It includes fake book arrangements of 200 terrific tinsel-time tunes, all in one convenient collection: A Caroling We Go All Through the Night Angels We Have Heard on High Auld Lang Syne Ave Maria Away in a Manger A Baby in the Cradle Because It's Christmas Carol of the Birds The Chipmunk Song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Coventry Carol Don't Make Me Play That Grandma Song Again Feliz Navidad The First Noel Frosty the Snow Man Goin' on a Sleighride Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Happy Holiday Happy Xmas (War Is Over) He The Holly and the Ivy I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day I'll Be Home for Christmas It's Beginning to Look like Christmas Jolly Old St. Nicholas Mary Had a Baby Must Be Santa My Favorite Things Noel! Noel! Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Silver and Gold Silver Bells Tennessee Christmas Up on the Housetop We Need a Little Christmas and many, many more! Please note: this collection does not include tablature.

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This book is easy to use........2007-01-12

I like the fact that the chord graphs are provided - makes it very easy if you're a novice like I am.

Christmas Carols (Guitar Chord Songbook)

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Christmas Carols (Guitar Chord Songbook)

Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0634050575

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A convenient collection of 80 favorite carols for guitarists who just need the lyrics and chords. Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High Away in a Manger Deck the Hall The Friendly Beasts Good King Wenceslas The Holly and the Ivy I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Irish Carol Jingle Bells Joy to the World O Holy Night Rocking Silent Night Up on the Housetop We Wish You a Merry Christmas Welsh Carol What Child Is This? and more.

Christmas Classics for Solo Guitar: 15 Holiday Favorites Arranged for Chord-Melody Guitar

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Convoluted arrangments

Christmas Classics for Solo Guitar: 15 Holiday Favorites Arranged for Chord-Melody Guitar
Jamie Findlay
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Binding: Paperback
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Building a Jazz Chord Solo: A Guitarist's Guide to the Art of Chord Melody Playing

ASIN: 0634034200

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Fresh intermediate chord-melody arrangements of 15 holiday favorites for solo jazz guitar: Angels We Have Heard on High Ave Maria Away in a Manger Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy The First No l Go, Tell It on the Mountain It Came upon the Midnight Clear Jolly Old St. Nicholas O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful O Holy Night O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night We Three Kings of Orient Are What Child Is This?. Includes standard notation and tablature, plus a CD featuring full demonstrations of each piece.

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Convoluted arrangments.......2007-01-04

I guess since I was looking for Christmas titles for my advanced guitar students while still keeping it simple, I was disappointed with the convoluted arrangements.

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The Christmas Guitar Chord Songbook

Manufacturer: Amsco Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 184449120X
Release Date: 2003-09-01

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Now you can sing and play all your favorite Christmas hits.

Over 40 songs arranged for guitar, including full lyrics, chord symbols, guitar boxes, and playing guide.

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Allows even the beginning guitarist to enjoy playing well-loved Christmas songs and carols. Simply by learning 6 easy chords for each song, you can play them right away. Includes: Deck the Hall, Jingle Bells, O Christmas Tree, and Silent Night.

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Good book, great selection of songs.......2002-12-04

Recently picked up the guitar? This book will help get you playing and enjoying those great traditional christmas carols with the whole family. Not for the absolute beginner, but a good starter that's not too complicated for beginners.

No Music.......2001-09-01

If you can't read music (i.e. the bars, lines, and notes just get in your way), this is the book for you. There is no written music, no time to set the tempo, nothing. Just words with the chords written above. If you don't know the song, there is not a melody line to learn it. As long as you are familiar with the song, you can wing it and get by.

Great resource for those new to guitar.......2001-08-27

After just recently picking up the guitar, this book allows me to enjoy traditional christmas carols with my family

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Nice addition
Very Disappointing
Great Mix!

Christmas Songs (Guitar Chord Songbook)

Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0634050583

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hoes The Christmas Song Feliz Navidad Frosty the Snow Man Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer Happy Holiday (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas) Merry Christmas, Darling Miss You Most at Christmas Ti

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Nice addition.......2004-12-17

Its a nice small book, the type is easy enough to read and the paperback isn't an issue if you aren't afraid to bend the book. It has all the chords showing finger positions at the top of each song. Most are quite simple and you rarely have to turn a page. The review about chords at the back is totally innaccurate.

There are 2 Christmas books in this series...this one and "Christmas Carols", which might be the one you are looking for.

Very Disappointing.......2002-12-22

I looked forward to being able to play some Christmas music on the guitar. I expected to get the guitar chords with these songs. There are 4 pages with 120 chords at the back of the book, but no chords with the songs themselves, which all seem to require chords that are not in this book. The publisher recommends another of their publicataions "for a more complete guide to chords."
The size of the print on these small pages is also very difficult to work with.

Great Mix!.......2002-12-07

I ordered this book because it boasted a wide variety of songs, had the melody line for piano, and also has the chords for guitar. My only complaint is that there are some really obscure chords -- the instrumentation is more for piano than it is for guitar. However, I think the collection of songs (classics and modern) outweighs the obscurity of the chords.

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Ragtime renditions of 9 Christmas favorites, arranged for piano solo with guitar chords. Includes the famous Christmas tale 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

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Three Chords For Christmas Guitar

Manufacturer: Warner Brothers Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0757995578

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Over 90 great Christmas songs, all playable with just 3 chords! Including: Angels We Have Heard On High, As Lately We Watched, The Babe of Bethlehem, Boar's Head Carol, Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabell Carol of the Birds, Cherry Tree Carol, A Child This Day is Born, Christ Was Born on Christmas Day, Come, All Ye Shepherds, Come, Kiss the Baby, Come, Let Us Adore Him, Come, Little Sheherds, The Coventry Carol, Deck the Halls, The First Noel, The Friendly Beasts, Go Tell It On The Mountain, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Here We Come A-Wassailing, I Saw Three Ships, In A Manger Was Born, and more.

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Christmas Songs with Three Chords

Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0634032747

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All you need is three chords and a Christmas tree to get in the spirit of this songbook featuring 30 all-time favorites: Angels We Have Heard on High Away in a Manger Deck the Hall Go, Tell It on the Mountain Good King Wenceslas Here We Come A-Wassailing The Holly and the Ivy I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Jolly Old St. Nicholas Silent Night Up on the Housetop and more. Features complete songs in their original keys, authentic chords, strum patterns and lyrics. Angels We Have Heard On High As With Gladness Men Of Old At The Hour Of Midnight Away In A Manger Bring A Torch, Jeannette Isabella Christ Was Born On Christmas Day Deck The Hall Go, Tell It On The Mountain God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Good Christian Men, Rejoice Good King Wenceslas Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hear Them Bells Here We Come A-Wassailing I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day I Saw Three Ships Jolly Old St. Nicholas Joy To The World O Christmas Tree O Come, Little Children O Come, O Come Immanuel Once In Royal David's City Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum) Silent Night Star Of The East The First Noel The Holly And The Ivy The Simple Birth Up On The Housetop While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks  

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Space 1889: Roleplaying in a less time-consuming time!

FANTASTIC setting; lousy system

Elegant Simplicity

Excellent concept, fair execution

Great world, slightly awkward game mechanics

Space 1889: Science Fiction Role Playing in a More Civilized Time
Frank Chadwick , Tim Bradstreet , and Rick Harris
Manufacturer: Heliograph
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ASIN: 0966892690

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Space 1889: Roleplaying in a less time-consuming time!.......2005-08-27

This game has its faults as do all. Contrary to the other complaints here, the quality is just fine. Yes, it is a mere soft cover with no color pages, but at least SOMEBODY bought the rights and reprinted it. Did you?

The game focuses more on plot than creating a rule for every possible situation. This is part of what makes it a good game. You can make characters and run a game in a reasonable period of time. It would be nice to see it updated for a universal system, like GURPS or d20, only because it would be easier to convince others to play then.

If you enjoy gaming in a setting that is not dark & evil, Space 1889 is a good choice.

FANTASTIC setting; lousy system.......2004-09-17

I love old Victorian- and Edwardian-era adventure books. Give me Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells and their ilk and I am quite the happy camper. As such Space: 1889 well fills this need. The pushing of The Great Game into outer space, replete with colonies, cloak & dagger work, army regiments, the raj-mentality (with all its pitfalls, questionable notions and nobility) are here, taken not just to Mars, but also to Mercury, Venus and the Moon. With a bit of work, who knows? Perhaps the very stars will eventually be available!

For those who love this type of adventure, a touch of the movie "Zulu" meeting John Carter with a nod to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, you will find all sorts of ideas to mine. The Canal Martians, and then their less civilized brethren, provide exotic scenes, moral quandaries, wily enemies. How "realistic" you play all of this is up to you, anything from a "Gandhi" tone to one of Pure Heroism.

The problem, however, is the system. It is clunky, simplistic, and in the end quite broken. In attempting to keep everything to d6 rolls, you end up with either binary results or the old "bucket load o' dice" scenario. I have tried playing the system several times (at least three different GMs) and it has never felt satisfying. On the other hand I ported the setting over to other systems (Harn, Over The Edge, BRP/Runequest/Call of Cthulhu, etc.) and found it worked emminently well!

In the end, I would suggest this book as a supplement to anyone interested in roleplaying in this sort of era. Ditch the system, keep the setting, and you will have a blast!

Elegant Simplicity.......2003-09-23

Back before the angst ridden tales of supernatural creatures became the rage of RPGs, there were tales of great adventure and romance and danger. Space 1889 is one of the finest of the games to have come from that "golden age" of RPGs. However, it fell by the wayside, following the dismantling of it's original producer, GDW. Now however, thanks to Heliograph, you can take up this game of bold adventure and exploration again.

I suppose there are many people who like lots of rules and methods in their games. Lots of complicated stats, in depth character creation with attributes, skills, advantages, disadvantages, etc. Space 1889 allows you to create an exciting character with a minimum of systems. This is a stripped down, streamlined, fast playing, action packed game system. Grab you saber, buckle on your pistol, load your carbine, and mount up, we're heading out into a world filled with opportunities for the greatest adventure you can have around a table!

Character creation is easy. Combat is fast paced. It's all very intuitive, easy to remember and implement. This is a classic game and it is great to see it ressurected. In a sea of d20 deluge, I am thrilled to see this classic product make a resurgence. It's biggest weakness is it's niche setting, but if you are looking for the ultimate steampunk game, look no further. If you want it simple, fast and fun, here it is.

I wish this were like the original, with a hardcover and color plates, but I am just glad to see it back. I never owned it in it's first incarnation, but I did have the pleasure of playing it. Now, I finally own it, and it is a prize in my RPG collection.

Excellent concept, fair execution.......2003-08-22

Remind yourself that this book predates all the post-modern, kewl, slick, white wolf-wizards of the coast-AEG-books.

The concept is delightful. I found the layout a little weak and the information not in a consistant format. But the information was there!

However, I've got to give four stars for concept alone.

Great world, slightly awkward game mechanics.......2003-06-23

I was lucky enough to find a copy of the original rulebook at a convention several years ago and have managed to aquire almost all the supplements and books that were issued. I think the game world is very creative, interesting, and adds new dimentions to the swashbuckling type RPGs, which are becoming more and more rare as D20 infects the gaming industry.

Rants aside, I found the game system in this book to be rather weak when compared to other systems. That's certinally not a problem, there's more then enough source material in this book and the others to keep a group entertained for years. Personally, I very easily adapted this world to GURPS and had a great time GMing a campaign on Mars.

Please don't think I'm making a negative review, I'm not. I love having this book. It's a very creative world and lends itself to many fun campaigns, but experienced role-players should be aware that the author concentrated more on background then on game mechanics. It's a great setting, lots to explore, just do it with a different gaming system then the one printed in the book.

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Simple Solutions to Big Problems.......2000-10-10

In my study of modern work systems I have often found that the top-performers are characterized by those that communciate well. Rick Maurer's feedback Toolkit is a very simple model to better communications in the workplace. Most of it is simple common sense, but the bottom line is that these simple solutions are still not being used in many organizations today.

The book is easy to read, and written step by step. No one could miss the meaning in this book. After I read it, and highlighted everything that was contradictory to what was happening in my organization, I slipped it under my bosses door. No doubt positive change is coming!

what a gem!.......1997-10-15

Don't judge a book by the number of pages- this short guide is a wonderful gem. Extremely practical how-to's, and how-not-to's, for giving and receiving feedback. Many organizations espouse feedback as critical to organizational learning and performance-- the skills gained from reading The Feedback Toolkit may actually make it so.

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