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yukbon said:
it is so, so good. particularly the butthole surfers, sonic youth, fugazi and dino jr chapters
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The Butthole Surfers section in particular is something else. Like you hear they are weirdo art rockers but piss bats, projections of surgical procedures and mountains of acid are just the tip of the iceberg.

Even better, I read the Beastie Boys Book right after Our Band… and there is a story about how Gibby Haynes saved Ad-Rock from a gang of street toughs by pulling up and giving him a ride as he was being. Pursued by a dude with a machete. Late 70s NYC was a wild place.
 
yukbon said:
aside re "our band could be your life" the audiobook has really great readers.
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Why does Colin Meloy seem intent on ruining all things related to Minneapolis for me. First his Replacements 33.3 book and now this.
TenderLovingKiller® said:
The Butthole Surfers section in particular is something else. Like you hear they are weirdo art rockers but piss bats, projections of surgical procedures and mountains of acid are just the tip of the iceberg.

Even better, I read the Beastie Boys Book right after Our Band… and there is a story about how Gibby Haynes saved Ad-Rock from a gang of street toughs by pulling up and giving him a ride as he was being. Pursued by a dude with a machete. Late 70s NYC was a wild place.
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Having spent some time around Gibby and Al Jourgensen, every time I hear a crazy story about either of them I go "yup that sounds about right"
 
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Sonicpharmacist said:
I tried reading The Broom of the System, did not understand wtf was happening.
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You know that’s one that I’ve not read. I’ve read Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Infinite Jest, Supposedly Fun Things I’ll Never Do Again, and Consider The Lobster. As much as I enjoyed IJ, it took me like 6 months to finish it. I have never gone back for his other novels. His Short Stories and essay collections are much easier to digest.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
You know that’s one that I’ve not read. I’ve read Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Infinite Jest, Supposedly Fun Things I’ll Never Do Again, and Consider The Lobster. As much as I enjoyed IJ, it took me like 6 months to finish it. I have never gone back for his other novels. His Short Stories and essay collections are much easier to digest.
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I think it would take anyone six months to read that behemoth. Plus I imagine it too was difficult to follow.
 
Sonicpharmacist said:
I think it would take anyone six months to read that behemoth. Plus I imagine it too was difficult to follow.
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The biggest issue I had was the footnotes. I bet it’s much smoother read today on an e-reader as opposed to having to keep flipping to footnote appendix and then back to the book. There are almost 400 foot notes throughout and some of them are pages long. I think the footnotes add like another 100 pages to the novel.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
That's a good video, though. Surely the stereotypical IJ reader would have spoiled it for you long before then.
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Oh no I've read the book multiple times

TenderLovingKiller® said:
I love DFW & Infinite Jest.

I also enjoy The Decemberists and their video for “Calamity Song”.

Is this a hot take now?
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I enjoyed the novelty of seeing it as a video
 
Sonicpharmacist said:
I tried reading The Broom of the System, did not understand wtf was happening.
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
You know that’s one that I’ve not read. I’ve read Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Infinite Jest, Supposedly Fun Things I’ll Never Do Again, and Consider The Lobster. As much as I enjoyed IJ, it took me like 6 months to finish it. I have never gone back for his other novels. His Short Stories and essay collections are much easier to digest.
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Broom is a harder read than the others, imo. I'd put girl with curious hair on the same level, and not really great places to start. They're both more obviously the work of a younger man still trying to find a voice and maybe put his ideas out there in the way he finds most acceptable. I'd definitely recommend either of the essay books or Infinite Jest as starting points before those (brief interviews is definitely much better but feels more disjointed)
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Even better, I read the Beastie Boys Book right after Our Band… and there is a story about how Gibby Haynes saved Ad-Rock from a gang of street toughs by pulling up and giving him a ride as he was being. Pursued by a dude with a machete. Late 70s NYC was a wild place.
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I feel like the modern retelling would involve Ad-Rock being saved by a roving group of hipsters in Williamburg trying to live stream cancel him
 
Sonicpharmacist said:
I’d love to have BOI-NGO instead of the bloated Boingo.
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Brings back memories of seeing them at the Hollywood Palladium right after BOI-NGO came out, specifically the mosh pit for Not My Slave. So good.

Back to the subject though, would be nice to fill out the collection if he can get them. And I like the longer tracks on Boingo, especially Change.
 
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