|
Online Diaries: The Lollapalooza Tour Journals of Beck, Courtney Love, Stephen Malkmus, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, and Mike Watt |  | Author: Beck
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Category: Book
List Price: $8.00
Buy New: $4.00
as of 2/10/2010 04:20 EST details
You Save: $4.00 (50%)
New (13) Used (11) from $0.99
Seller: whypaymorebooks
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1598525
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 6.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 1887128204
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.668092273
EAN: 9781887128209
ASIN: 1887128204
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The tour journal eliminated the rock critic middle man and created a direct, living and breathing, multiple-perspective story-telling that couldn't have been done by a newspaper, magazine, radio or television. "A scathing take on Lollapalooza." Sam Pratt - New York Post
|
| Customer Reviews:
 exactly what you think it is April 1, 2007
Christian Schlubach (cambridge, ma usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
neither terrible, nor great, nor particularly insightful in any way, this is just exactly what you think it is: the backstage ramblings of several musicians during the '95 lollapalooza festival.
frustrating September 16, 2006
kicker cornelius (montgomery, al)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
the title/idea for this book seemed like it would be really interesting to read, but instead consisted of endless rants from either thurston moore or lee renaldo whining about 'corporate radio' or 'mtv' while praising the mighty mighty bosstones (on the same tour lineup) who are clearly a generic, terrible corporate ska band to begin with! i thought this book would be some kind of 'real' insight to bands on the road, instead of 'we ate mexican food, mtv wont play our videos, its hot, if you're not from new york, you're a hick' etc etc etc...i like hole, yet courtney love can get on my nerves...but i was amazed to find her 'accounts' in this book to be the most interesting, but also the most honest...beck's writing was a tad more interesting than sonic youth, but either he really was having a bad time on the tour (crowds throwing stuff at him, booing, etc) or he just wasnt into the whole online diary thing...its hilarious how sonic youth constantly got across their idea that the lollapallooza lineup they were a part of was more 'cultured' and the previous ones were just marketed angst bands...sonic youth were not widely loved by the masses because they are not easy to like...they make terrible videos, kim gordon absolutely CAN NOT sing for her life, and they look down upon anyone who actually wants any form of success...i'd rather not have to worry about my medical bills, and play for a million people, than wear thrift store clothes, starve and play for a bunch of patti smith loving bohemian geeks...
 Great for fans of SY and Beck April 21, 2002
Pen Name?
Here is a low priced little book with lots of journal entries from Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, quite a few from Beck and a couple others (but the others don't contribute too much). It is a very interesting inside look at one of the most vividly remembered tours in independent rock history. A lineup featuring the likes of these many performers will probably never cross the U.S. again in my lifetime. The Kathleen Hanna incident doesn't actually dominate Thurston's entries, but takes up a large chunk of his journals. Beck's entries are great. David Yow doesn't say too much... One overriding theme is how big of a jerk Courtney Love really is. There are plenty of little interesting stories relayed along the way. Don't miss out you Sonic Youth and Beck fans! And for all those who still remember being at one of these shows, it might be interesting to hear what was going on behind the scenes.
losersnoozerboozer? June 1, 2000
Funkmeister G (LEICHHARDT, New South Wales Australia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In 1995, the Lollapalooza maelstron plundered thru the cities & towns of America, a [diamond] sea of noise & beats changing lives & generally having fun. That's what I'm lead to believe anyway. Thurston is more or less the star here as he was in 1991: the Year Punk Broke, & there's some other cool & crazy kids there too. He writes in his typically amusing & insightful style about the Mexican food, the backstage parking that's reserved strictly for Hole & how Kim has to pretend to be Courtney so SY's car can get in, & how Bek was outraged by this, the Kathleen vs Courtney thing, the crowds disappearing when SY are last on the bill, etc. Lee Ranaldo also writes from the sonic perspective, of course in his more contemplative style usually except when he gets pissed off he shows it. Well, to be honest, I've read these things as they were intended, as computer things so I didn't get everything, I'd very much like to hear what the great Beck had to say about it as well. Yeah the show goes on eevry year but that was the one that mattered. Very interesting reading that you can go back to many times for enlightenment/amusement.
Where's Stephen? April 1, 1998
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Lots of Thurston, Mike Watt & Lee Renaldo, some David Yow, only one entry from Courtney and none from Stephen Malkmus, so the title is a little misleading. If you're a Beck fan, you'll love his entries. They're the best of the bunch. He describes the world as he sees it in Beck-style free-form, without bashing his fellow performers. Thurston's entries are almost entirely in strangely self-righteous defense of Kathleen Hanna and an incident in which he was not even involved, which is a waste. The last I heard, Kathleen is more than capable of speaking for herself so his defense of her/bashing of Courtney is unnecessary. I expected and would have preferred more insight into the Lollapalooza performing experience.
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.
Proud member of the Celebrity Pro Network. Make sure you check out these other great sites:
Lyrics Database
Celebrity Blog
Celebrity Thing
Celebrity PC
Latest Celebrity Photos
Web Portal
Travel Photos
Quotes
Flash Games
|
Is there a better
price available?
Find out:
|
|
|
|
