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[listersgirl]

I am breaking free from the tyranny of the huge list of books I have read recently to bring you this special update.

Chuck Klosterman Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural Nõrth Dakõta

I haven't even finished the book yet, but such is the power of Chuck Klosterman that after reading for half an hour at lunch, I actually went to HMV with the intention of buying GnR Appetite for Destruction. Which didn't happen. But I think you can guess what was the first thing I pulled off the shelf when I got back to work.

And I don't even have the excuse of being taken back to my youth! I listened to Simon and Garfunkel and George Michael in the 80s, despite the fact that I went to a headbanger junior high. My only brushes with metal were:

-I bought Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet in grade 8, when it first came out. I still kind of adore that album.

-Extreme "More Than Words" was my grade 12 grad song, much to my eternal disgust. (Seriously, have you ever actually listened to the lyrics?)

-When I worked at the music store in junior high and high school, we used to amuse ourselves on slow days by going through the folder of guitar/tab single sheets (which at the time were entirely hair bands), and picking our favourite member of each band, based on the awesome photos on the front.

After this, I think I can safely say that with good writing that makes me laugh, I can convinced into appreciating anything, even if it's just for a short while.

Comments

[listersgirl]

I understand -- it's the last one of his that I read, because really, the subject didn't seem all that interesting. But read in the context of being a teenager in a tiny rural town, it somehow works.