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Great Spirit Within "The Hole"
$50Vintage poster, framed in gold metal. The Great Spirit Within "The Hole" MN State Prison.
- 18" Wide x 24" Tall
- Framed, Gold Metal, 1993
The introduction of ancient American Indian religious practices into prisons is a new phenomenon, begun in the late 1970's following the congressional passage of the American Indian Freedom of Religion Act. Despite continuing resistance by some prison officials, religious traditions of sweat lodges and pipe ceremonies have spread to many prisons with Indian populations. 'Great Spirit Within the Hole' describes how the practice of ancient rites has inspired inmates to discover a new self-identity and provide a means to survive the isolating prison experience.
https://www.tpt.org/great-spirit-within-the-hole/
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Doomtree Records Collection
$375A must for any Minneapolis music fan!
The entire collection of every in-print CD, LP and book from the Doomtree Records
discography, including Dessa, P.O.S., Sims, Shredders, Doomtree and many more!
- Over 25 vinyl records
- Over 40 CDs
- Dessa's book collection, including My Own Devices and Spiral Bound
About Doomtree
Doomtree started as a mess of friends in Minneapolis, fooling around after school, trying to make music without reading the manual. The group had varied tastes-rap, punk, indie rock, pop-so the music they made together often bore the toolmarks of several styles. When they had enough songs, they booked some shows. They made friends with the dudes at Kinkos to print up flyers. They burned some CDs to sell. The shows got bigger. Of necessity, Doomtree's seven members (Cecil Otter, Dessa, Lazerbeak, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S, Paper Tiger, and Sims) figured out how to run a small business. Lazerbeak's garage became the merchandise warehouse; P.O.S' mom's basement became the webstore. A decade and fifty releases later, it's all properly official-Doomtree is now a real, live label with international distribution-but not that much has changed. Doomtree still partners with people who aren't jerks. If members can't find something they need, they make it themselves. Although each member has a career as a solo artist, every so often the whole crew convenes to make a collaborative record as a group.
https://www.doomtree.net/press/
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Signed Tom Johnson Books
$30Autographed Tom Johnson books.
- Summer Stock
- Hollywood Heyday
Entertainment writers and coauthors of Hollywood Heyday, Fantle (film, Marquette Univ.) and Johnson delve into the 1950 MGM musical Summer Stock. It's best known as the third and final onscreen collaboration between Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and it's the film from which Garland's famous "Get Happy" musical number originated. The book takes a deep dive into the industry issues MGM was battling at the time, including script revisions, the rise of TV, and censorship from the Production Code Administration. It also examines Garland's mental health and personal issues, which affected her ability to appear on set, and the bonds forged between cast and crew members doing their best to finish the film despite mounting production and scheduling issues. Garland's fluctuating weight during filming is also briefly mentioned. The book shines best as a reflection on Garland's and Kelly's legacies and the contemporary studio structure in which they worked. However, as a critical evaluation of the film's merits and its position in the musical canon today, the isolated listing structure of the book does not allow for much thematic coherence.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/11/01/new-book-shares-the-story-behind-judy-garlands-final-mgm-musical
