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Nineteen Eight-Four or 1984 by George Orwell is read by professional narrator and actress Anna Butterworth in an easy-to-listen-to and understandable style that brings this classic novel to life. 1984 is included on many lists of the best English-language novels of the 20th century and is widely read by many English-speaking students. Listen to find out why this book has been one of the most talked-about and read novels of all time.

1984, il capolavoro distopico di George Orwell, narrato integralmente. Prodotto da Ménéstrandise Audiolibri e narrato da Edoardo Camponeschi.

In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written.

Are You Afraid?: 1984 is the unofficial American Horror Story: 1984 podcast exclusively on PapiChuloRADIO.com. During each episode, the co-hosts are going to recap, review and dissect the latest episode of the hit FX series. The co-hosts discuss their M.V.P.: Most Valuable Player. The co-hosts pick their most valuable player — the character that impressed them the most — during each podcast episode. The co-hosts also rate each episode on a 1-10 Key scale. If an episode is deemed worthy of more than 10, it will be granted the coveted Golden Key (and yes, they may jingle it).

George Orwells düstere Vision erstmals im Hörspiel: "Big brother is watching you". Das einfache Parteimitglied Winston Smith widersetzt sich der totalen Herrschaft des Staates Ozeanien. Zu spät erkennt er, dass er immer nur ein Spielball der Mächtigen war. Die berühmteste Dystopie der Weltliteratur ist in Zeiten von digitaler Dauerüberwachung und aufkeimendem Totalitarismus aktueller denn je.

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The immense cultural contribution made by two maverick Scottish independent music labels, Fast Product and Postcard, cannot be underestimated. Bob Last and Hilary Morrison in Edinburgh, followed by Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins in Glasgow, helped to create a confidence in being Scottish that hitherto had not existed in pop music (or the arts in general in Scotland). Their fierce independent spirit stamped a mark of quality and intelligence on everything they achieved. Hungry Beat is a definitive oral history of these labels and the Scottish post-punk period.

Can't Slow Down is the definitive portrait of the exploding world of mid-80s pop and the time it defined, from Cold War anxiety to the home-computer revolution. The story of that thrilling, turbulent time, an era when Top 40 radio was both the leading edge of popular culture and a moral battleground, has never been told with the full detail it deserves - until now.

It is the 40-year anniversary of my favorite year for music, movies, and entertainment 1984. I'll take a weekly look at what the charts looked back at this week in 1984 and discuss them.

1984 Libri è una trasmissione che parla di qualcosa di molto antico in modo moderno. Dai primi rotoli di papiro agli ebook sono passati circa 2400 anni e noi parleremo un po’ di tutto quello che è successo in questo tempo. Beh no, dai: diciamo dai grandi classici alle ultimissime uscite. Lo faremo ascoltando musica, intervistando i protagonisti del mondo di carta – scrittori, editori, librai – e, soprattutto, divertendoci.Ma la cosa più sorprendente è che 1984 libri verrà trasmessa in diretta da una delle librerie più attive e dinamiche del territorio: Prinz Zaum.Potrete ascoltarci...

A show hosted by Bizarre Charlie Alien (B.C.A.) about his life, his hobbies, his noise band The Earwigs, comic books, anime, movies of all types including his own, and music in general. It's pretty much being inside the mind of a self proclaimed mutant who calls himself an alien. He'also obsessed with an alien woman. And NO, he doesn't do drugs!

Digitizing my teenage record collection and creating mixes. Everything I had in my record boxes up to the end of December 1984. Featuring Punk, New Wave, neo Psychedelia, early Goth and Indie on 45rpm and LP

Incredibly prolific author Oscar Schisgall, who contributed over 4,000 stories to publications like Reader's Digest and Colliers, published two thrilling stories in Weird Tales magazine, "The Death Pit" ("a novelette of grim tragedy") in November of 1923 and "In Kashla's Garden ("a tale of hypnotism") in May of 1927. Enjoy this pair of macabre tales sure to bring tingles to the spine! - Summary by Ben Tucker

The 1984 Los Angeles Comedy Competition with Host Jay Leno, the first stand-up comedy special featuring Jay Leno with 25 minutes of never-before-seen footage of Leno's classic comedy club act that made him a star. The show took an American Idol approach to stand-up comedy with Jay Leno hosting a competition that features competing stand-up comics Ray Combs, Howie Gold, Jeff Gerbino, and Steve Oedekerk performing in front of a live crowd and a panel of celebrity judges that includes funnyman Fred Willard.