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Title: So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life by JACOB SLICHTER ISBN: 0-7679-1470-8 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 June, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious, fascinating, and heartfelt
Comment: I loved this book!! Slichter draws you right in to his life, and you feel like you are with him every step of the way on his rise from dead-end day jobs and musical dreams to rock stardom. He exposes the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the music and radio industries and how they *really* work, something most people don't know (I didn't). Most importantly, though, he weaves his tale both with deliciously sly humor that will make you laugh out loud and with a self-effacing style that makes you feel connected to him. When I read this book, Slichter made me feel as though I were right there in the action; it could easily have been me in his place, I felt, just because he comes across as being so human, like you or me. There is no rock-star preening in this book. You feel the thrills and the disappointments that Slichter feels. You share his astonishment at the byzantine workings of the system. And from cover to cover, you will laugh uproariously as he takes you on the roller coaster ride of rock and roll. I highly recommend this book!
***** (5 stars)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Those "I can't put this down." Books
Comment: First off, let me start by stating that I have been madly in love with Semisonic's music since its inception many years ago, and that love was a bi-product of my love/hate affair with Trip Shakepeare, a band that I found fascinating (great music, lots of passion), yet extremely annoying (pretentious lyrics with strange references to all things Midwestern, made only worse when delivered via rock-opera style vocals).
Semisonic is (was?) an awesome band and Jake is a very entertaining personality to read about. I admire the fact that he has the balls to tell the truth and expose record companies, their CEO's and VP's, as well as corporate radio stations, as the empty-hearted, no-appreciation-for-art losers that they are. I know it sounds all too familiar to say this, but in a much more enjoyable world, Semisonic would have sold tens of millions of CDs, while disposable garbage like Brit Spears and (insert pop diva name here) would never , ever have even had a contract with a major label.
Jake, fantastic book! It is very inspiring to read of someone else being able to overcome the anxieties associated with public performance and finally "make it" after so many years of waiting for the moment to arrive. And all the better that it was told by someone whose main instrument is a drum kit and not a guitar!
Now, get back into the studio with Dan and John (and get Matt in there as well!) and make some more great music!!!
SG
Rating: 5
Summary: a joy to read
Comment: Slichter's wit comes through with a wonderful self-deprecating style. Imagine a mix of a little Bill Bryson and some PJ O'Rourke. Few books are laugh-out-loud funny. This one is.
The book is so good that you can't wait until he writes something else--whatever the subject, you know it'll be good.
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Title: Wilco : Learning How to Die by GREG KOT ISBN: 0767915585 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 15 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Howling at the Moon : The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess by WALTER YETNIKOFF, DAVID RITZ ISBN: 0767915364 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Down and Dirty Pictures : Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind ISBN: 068486259X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Dylan's Visions of Sin by Christopher Ricks ISBN: 0060599235 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 15 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: So, You Wanna Be a Rock Star?: How to Create Music, Get Gigs, and Maybe Even Make It Big! by Stephen Anderson, Zachary Snyder ISBN: 1885223994 Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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