Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743277090 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Perfect mix of nostalgia and musicology T. Macek This book really surprised me. It surprised me, in that, the subject matter was completely different from what I had expected. For anyone who is of the age that grew up listening to bands that used to be known as college rock and later indie rock, this is a real trip down memory lane.Sellers uses a mix o. Second Rate Lucas Hildebrand This book would make a better blog. It just seems to ramble on and on, without making any point or being that entertaining. The author uses footnotes constantly, which I do like, except for some footnotes will go on for multiple pages. It would have made reading this book more coherent if these were just. "not so perfect" according to Sarah Spencer. erghi disagreed with many of mr. sellers opinions, but i'm not holding that against him. he wouldn't do the same for me, but that's fine. the good: this is an easy read, is mildly amusing from time to time, and may provide some music trivia answers to store in your brain for later use when playing trivia
In this hilarious and revealing memoir, Sellers meticulously charts his transformation from a teenage headbanger rebelling against his Dylan-obsessed father to a thirtysomething fixated on the obscure Ohio band Guided By Voices. John Sellers was powerless to resist the call of indie rock -- once he finally heard it. Along the way, he commemorates the deaths of Ian Curtis and Kurt Cobain, makes a pilgrimage inspired by the Smiths, and riffs on Pavement and the other raucous bands that have ruled college radio since the 1980s. Packed with compulsively constructed lists, ridiculous formulas, and embarrassing confessions, this is a book for anybody who thinks that corporate rock still sucks.
Pollard "drinks capably," Sellers confides, although when he doesn't, that's also "awesome." Sellers carries on debates with himself in footnotes, which can go on for pages (yielding howlers like "Ian Curtis who hung himself on his coatrack"). More a blog (his blog name is Angry John Sellers) than a book, there's little of lasting substance here. Before long, he was trying to one-up his schoolmates by listening to only the very coolest bands. He collected their music, went to their gigs and even drank beer with Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard. All rights reserved. Ultimately, he came to understand his own musical taste: "I