From the author of "Fargo Rock City" comes another hilarious and discerning take on popular culture, exploring everything from the crucial role of breakfast cereal to how John Cusack films destroy the modern meaning of love.
The bestselling author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" returns with an all-original nonfiction collection of questions and answers about pop culture, sports, and the meaning of reality.
A bestselling pop culture guru and author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" takes a unique look at his career in journalism, in this collection of work that includes the legendary chicken McNuggets experiment and an uncensored profile of Britney Spears.
Like a colder, Reagan-era version of "The Last Picture Show" fused with "Friday Night Lights, Downtown Owl" is the unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where rural mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing.
Too young to remember the Sex Pistols, Chuck Klosterman has nevertheless spent much of his young life thinking about rock & roll and its meaning for him and other members of his generation. Here he writes with a kind of wide-eyed detachment about his pilgrimage to the death sites of famous--or in some cases notorious--rock figures. Beginning at ...
A bestselling pop culture guru and author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" takes a unique look at his career in journalism, in this collection of work that includes the legendary chicken McNuggets experiment and an uncensored profile of Britney Spears.
Quite the best book on heavy metal ever to come out of Fargo, North Dakota, FARGO ROCK CITY, Chuck Klostermann's extended meditation on growing up in that rock-forsaken town and finding his salvation through his brother's (admittedly awesome) Motley Crue tape of SHOUT AT THE DEVIL is a funny, acute, and sometimes almost touching voyage of ...
This is the first book to contain video-game inspired art. It contains original artwork by lowbrow pioneers such as Tim Biskup and Gary Baseman. It is a great title for crossover art/comic market, for collectors and videogame fans - everyone feels nostalgic about PacMan and the animation of this key period of computer game development. "I am 8-bit ...
Jus as "Back in the Days by Jamel Shabazz (powerHouse Books, 2001) brought 80s hip-hop and street style to the forefront of fashion, and "We're Desperate: The Punk Rock Photography of Jim Jocoy, SF/LA 1978-1980 (powerHouse Books, 2002) relived and revamped the glory of the punk rock era, Too Fast for Love: Heavy Metal Photography by David Yellen ...
"24 Great Films Too Painful to Watch Twice" "14 Cover Songs That Are Better Than the Originals," "14 Tragic Movie Masturbation Scenes": If any of these titles intrigue you, you're ready for Inventory. Since its introduction in 2006, the weekly feature known as "Inventory." quirky, detailed lists compiled with knowledge and a large amount of humour ...
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