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The 12 Best Music Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
You've already seen our list of the decade's best books. Today we get more specific... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 20 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
Amidst a turbulent environment, a slew of memorable texts emerged in the 2000s: some fiction, some non-fiction, all worth reading and cherishing. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCraig Finn and Letterman Writer Adapting Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City to Film
Late Show with David Letterman writer Tom Ruprecht and The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn plan to adapt Chuck Klosterman’s Fargo Rock City to film, The Hollywood Reporter announced last week.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsChuck Klosterman Takes on the Beatles Reissues
This is the fairly uncontroversial start of a news item about Chuck Klosterman. A review of the new Beatles reissues anthology penned by him went up today at The Onion's A.V. Club. This follows his protracted absence (which probably has a lot to do with his forthcoming book Eating the Dinosaur) after his 1700-word screed/review of Chinese Democracy.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsChuck Klosterman to Release Eating the Dinosaur in Oct.
Chuck Klosterman, the pop-culture-expert-slash-critic-slash-KISS-fanboy who brought us the likes of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, is at it again. The author plans to release his sixth book, Eating the Dinosaur, on Oct. 20.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsChuck Klosterman writes 1,700 words on Chinese Democracy
Of the two speeches given at the Soldier's National Cemetery dedication in 1863, it's Lincoln's 272-word Gettysburg Address that far eclipses the memory of Edward Everett's 13,607-word firebrand oration from only moments earlier. The lesson? Terser formats capture attention. It's a fact we see reverberate through the many listicles of our lives.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsChuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself to Live going film
If the inherently morbid 6,557 mile cross-country trek in Killing Yourself to Live had one lesson for Chuck Klosterman, it was the old trope that the journey is more important than the destination. Still, the destination has been pretty nice for Klosterman; five books into his career, he's the reigning king of pop-culture addicts. He'll be adding another feather to his cap (probably a Kiss hat) soon too: Half Shell Entertainment has nabbed film production rights to Klosterman's rock memoir/romantic confessional.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsChuck Klosterman
Pop-culture addict Chuck Klosterman has polarized readers... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsChuck Klosterman preps debut novel, Downtown Owl
The imaginative journalist/author who brought music and pop-culture junkies clever works such as Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003) and Killing Yourself to Live (2005) gave a talk last night in New York, in addition to reading from his forthcoming novel, Downtown Owl. This will be the author's first (fully) fictional work, and it's set for release on September 16. Related links: A.V. Club: Chuck Klosterman interview The Simon: Is Chuck Klosterman his own worst metaphor? PopMatters: The Rural Hipster — Why We Need Chuck Klosterman Got news tips for Paste? E-mail news@pastemagazine.com.... read more
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