Despite vowing never to get caught up in music due to his father's overbearing Dylan-obsession (which haunts him to do this day) the young John Sellers found himself powerless to resist the lure of indie rock. When his favourite band went their separate ways in 2004, Sellers examined his own listening rituals and began to analysis how his love of music had a massive hold over his life and what that meant. His obsession, above and beyond mere music fandom, has taken him on some adventures; to ground-breaking shows with his ...
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Despite vowing never to get caught up in music due to his father's overbearing Dylan-obsession (which haunts him to do this day) the young John Sellers found himself powerless to resist the lure of indie rock. When his favourite band went their separate ways in 2004, Sellers examined his own listening rituals and began to analysis how his love of music had a massive hold over his life and what that meant. His obsession, above and beyond mere music fandom, has taken him on some adventures; to ground-breaking shows with his favourite bands; getting drunk with his heroes and even a pilgrimage to lan Curtis' grave. Seller's examination of his own obsession of his favourite bands such as the Smiths, Joy Division, Duran Duran (and later Nirvana & Pavement) exemplifies, why music, and in particular certain bands, mean so much to those whose worship them. Sellers has written a fan's perspective in a tremendously humourous and passionately detailed memoir - one that any fan of music, not just indie rock, will relate to.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
This is a pretty great example of how not to write a book. Sellers prattles on about his young love of all things hip, and dedicates about 30 pages to fawning over GBV. Don't get me wrong, I love Robert Pollard as much as the next out-of-date indie kid, but it's a bit much. The writing is stiff and hackneyed, and I had to force myself to finish it, despite its laughably short length. The vacuous hipsters who might actually find this book interesting will be too busy scoffing at the title (yes, it's a Built to Spill reference) to ever pick it up.
CaptainBob
Mar 12, 2009
Buzzards and Dreadful Books
This book is horrible. Even if your a Guided by Voices superfan this book still completely sucks.
Instead of telling the reader about certain bands,shows, or songs that made an impact on his musical hobby, author John Sellers tells about his pre-teen crush on Mtv. Then ends the book with his early thirties infatuation with "indie rock god" Robert Pollard from Guided by Voices.
There is nothing worse then an over-zealous "Fanboy/girl" that flips out about a certain talent, music or otherwise. If you are one of these types, I suggest writing your own book.
