This month we are giving away TWO copies of the new E-book

"Pop Culture Museums and Landmarks Directory"

(2009 Edition)

published by Daytrippin'

 

To enter, visit

 

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For those of us who have a passion for entertainment and the arts, the Pop Culture Museums and Landmarks Directory now makes it easy to find the location celebrating your favorite entertainment personality or cultural niche with over 150 destinations listed.

 

Categories include:

 

1. Music - Rock, Pop, Country, Blues
(with special section on The Beatles)

2. Music - Classical, Jazz

3. Movies and TV

4. Literarture / Media

5. Art / Photography

6. Sports

7. Food

8. Transportation

 

Since most pop culture institutions are privately funded, their advertising budgets aren't as big as most government-funded state museums and local historical sights. Consequently, you have probably never heard of the majority of sights listed in this Directory.

 

The Directory is available only in digital format as a PDF document (a.k.a. "E-book"). Anyone can read it on their computer or print it out for themselves using the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader.

 

Order the Pop Culture Museums and Landmarks Directory now online and download it instantly!

 

For more information, visit

 

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(from press release issued 9/16/08)

 

The GRAMMY Museum will open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 6 with the debut of Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom — the first major museum exhibition to explore the 200-year history of music and politics in America, and music's role as a political force in society.

Bringing together more than 100 diverse artifacts and 70 rare photographs from government archives and private collections, the exhibition features a wide-ranging array of items, including:

• Guitars and banjo belonging to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan
• 1848 edition of The Anti-Slavery Harp, an abolitionist songbook
• Grandmaster Flash's turntables
• 1816 edition of "The Star Spangled Banner"
• Handwritten lyrics from Patti Smith, Tom Morello, Tim McGraw, and others
• John Philip Sousa's conducting baton and gloves
• Labor organizer Joe Hill's "My Last Will"
• J. Edgar Hoover's FBI summary of the MC5
• The iPod of a U.S. soldier serving a tour of duty in Iraq.

Five specially-made documentary films by noted documentarian Jim Brown explore key figures in the history of music and politics, with commentary from contemporary GRAMMY® winners, while listening stations throughout the exhibit enable visitors to hear more than 100 topical songs from the history of American music.

"We are seeking to move beyond common assumptions about music as mere entertainment and spark awareness about its function as a social and political force," said Daniel Cavicchi, the exhibition's guest curator and Associate Professor of American Studies, Rhode Island School of Design. "We want to show that political uses of music are part of mainstream participation in American society. While the institutions of government give elected officials the authority to shape policy and create law, the power of music enables American citizens to publicly express their needs and create the debate and discussion necessary in a democracy."

Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom will be on display at The GRAMMY Museum on the 2nd floor — where original temporary exhibits will be showcased on a rotating basis — through December 2009 before touring nationally.

The GRAMMY Museum will celebrate its grand opening with a slate of activities December 3-7, 2008, and will present educational and public programs related to Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom throughout 2009. The Museum's grand opening will mark the culmination of the GRAMMY® Awards' milestone 50th Celebration.

General Information: The GRAMMY Museum is located within L.A. LIVE at 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite A245, Los Angeles, CA, 90015. The Museum, adjacent to STAPLES Center, is open seven days a week from 10 a.m-6 p.m. Museum admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for senior citizens (65+); $10.95 for students with I.D. (ages 6-22); $10.95 for members of the military; members and children 5 and under are admitted free.

For more information, visit
http://www.grammymuseum.org

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A great new documentary called "The Wrecking Crew" is being shown at film festivals around the country. It tells the story of the group of Los Angeles studio musicians who played on a majority of the big pop/rock hits of the 1960s by artists which included:

 

For upcoming screenings and more information, visit

 

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--The FAB 4 Hollywood Walking Tour featuring The Beatles and other rock legends

--Hollywood Walking Tour featuring Jim Morrison and The Doors Sights

--The FAB 4 NYC Walking Tour of Beatles Sights

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