Klosterman declares early on that he wants to confront two of the most egregious accusations hurled at heavy metal: that 1) it is frivolous and disposable (therefore “not art”), and 2) it is offensive and dangerous. He argues that these two sentiments can’t both be true at the same time. Becoming a ...
I like Klosterman, but this is his Me Talk Pretty One Day-the point at which the initially charming shtick starts to wear thin, and the author needs to break some new ground.
I noticed a girl reading Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs several years ago when we were both working at the local movie theater during summer break. I thought the title and cover art were awesome so I bought it and read it. I really can’t remember how I felt about it then other than thinking it was okay...
I'm so angry with myself for ignoring the clues that this was going to be my absolutely most hated storyline: a bunch of unrelated stuff happens to a group of loosely related people, then there's suddenly a horrible catastrophe. Or to quote my two line review of the movie, "Magnolia": "Everyone is v...
This book left me not hating it, but not loving it either. Like everyone else notes, there are plenty of pop cultural references and parenthetical asides that every Chuck Klosterman fan recognize. But I feel like he could've done more with the characters and the ending seemed random.
Absolutely LOVED it. There is a chapter dedicated to the obsession women have over John Cusack that rings VERY true. I had to hang my head in shame after reading that chapter because I realized I was one of those women. He nails almost every cultural flaw our society has and brings it to the front.....
I am unclear as to whether or not I love this book because in the first 4 stories they mention the U of C in two of them, but I do think it is an amazing book and recommend it to everybody. And I don't even usually like non-fiction.
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