The executives have regained power; the revolt of the citizens is over. The executives can resume their luxurious and cultured existence, their peace punctuated only by sexual adventuring in the enclosed corridors of Tcity, and the minimum effort needed to control the vast automated industrial complex.
But mental and physical illness is on the increase in Tcity; schizophrenia reappears, and groups of citizens roam from bar to bar till they can walk no longer, or indulge in bizarre and pointless obsessions. In a bid to combat the problem, the executives introduce a startling concept into the deadly claustrophobia of Tcity - work.

The human experience is alive with emotion, from love and the profound effects of beauty, to the sorrow of loss. Composer Laurie Christman explores both ends of the emotional spectrum and everything in between on LAURIE CHRISTMAN: RUNNING WITH HORSES, a collection of her orchestral works performed by the acclaimed London Symphony Orchestra with award-winning conductor Robert Ziegler.

Pubblicato nel 1949, La parte del fuoco è tra i primissimi tentativi da parte di Maurice Blanchot di ordinare le sue visioni e speculazioni sulla letteratura. Un'opera organica che indaga i libri dei grandi autori della contemporaneità per ragionare su che cosa sia il linguaggio letterario, questo fuoco che avvinghia e brucia chi scrive.
Ricorrendo agli strumenti della critica e della filosofia, nei ventidue saggi raccolti Blanchot non vuole spiegare i testi che analizza, né tenta di decifrarli o di interpretarli, ma si concentra sulle ragioni profonde e necessarie che li hanno generati.

Cosa succede quando la poesia smette di essere parola e diventa luogo, materia, paesaggio in continua trasformazione? L'oltre è un viaggio ai margini del linguaggio, dove la scrittura si intreccia con il mondo selvatico e l'abbandono si fa spazio di rinascita. Laura Pugno esplora il confine in cui la parola smette di descrivere e inizia a esistere, interrogandosi su cosa significhi abitare il linguaggio come si abita un territorio.

Between 1970 and 1972, Cat Stevens recorded four albums in the same manner, using the same producer and many of the same musicians, painting the album covers, and assigning the records ponderous titles. Things changed with his next album, Foreigner. The recording itself had been produced by Stevens, and while a couple of Stevens' usual backup musicians had been retained, New York session musicians appeared, and second guitarist Alun Davies was gone. With him went the acoustic guitar interplay that had been the core of Stevens' sound, replaced by more elaborate keyboard-based arrangements complete with strings, brass, and a female vocal trio featuring Patti Austin. It's easy to look at the 18-plus minute "Foreigner Suite" that took up the first side and accuse Stevens of excess and indulgence. What should be kept in mind, however, is that his peers in 1973 were acts like Jethro Tull and Yes, who in turn were taking their cue from the Beatles' Abbey Road and the Who's Tommy. Call Foreigner ambitious, then, rather than indulgent…

One of the most dynamic and accomplished artists to debut during the early '70s, singer and songwriter Chaka Khan secured her high standing as the frontperson of Rufus. A multiracial band that skillfully moved across soul, funk, rock, and jazz, they reached the mainstream with the slinking "Tell Me Something Good" (1974), a Top Five pop hit that won a Grammy, and throughout the decade continuously placed albums within the upper reaches of the pop and R&B charts. As Rufus remained active, Khan launched her solo career with "I'm Every Woman" (1978), an anthemic crossover disco smash that led to eight additional Top Ten R&B hits.