Lyman 'L.' Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.

Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as 'the Royal Historian of Oz' to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. Frank Baum went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relate the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Dorothy's desire to return home is not as desperate as in the first book, and it is her uncle's need for her rather than hers for him that makes her return. This reflects a subtle change in theme: in the first book, Oz is the dangerous land through which Dorothy must win her way back to Kansas in the third, Oz is the end and aim of the book. Only the final two chapters take place in Oz itself. It is the first Oz book where the majority of the action takes place outside of the Land of Oz. It was the first in which Baum was clearly intending a series of Oz books. Like a mutant version of John Bonham, his brickbat rhythms explode like land mines throughout these performances.Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik-Tok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein published in 1907, was the third book of L. While it is impossible to ignore the exhaust hit created by guitarist Buzz Osbourne and bassist Lori Black, Ozma belongs to drummer Dale Crover.

As soon as they have you settled, they’ll jerk you in the opposite direction. Where most bands settle into a riff with total complacency, the Melvins always take an unexpected turn. While the band won respect for its relentless low-tuned, distorted riffs, Ozma proves that the Melvins’ greatest strength is their rhythmic ingenuity. Each song turns into a micro-study of the riff - demolition in miniature. The short songs on Ozma only seem to gain power from their limited duration. It’s an unusual but refreshing approach to heavy rock music, which usually demands plenty of space to deliver its impact.

Among the album’s 16 tracks, only two surpass the three-minute mark, and many clock in at less than two minutes. Before they pushed their songs into the realm of endless drone, the Melvins created vignettes of brutality with Ozma, their second LP.