Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157059 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

But it didn't last, because he had another eye-lid!
I am a fan of the Galaxie 500 output and I bought Luna's Penthouse album on the week of release. I bought the Dean Wareham solo 12 inch EP when it came out and the Piere Etoile, Damon and Naomi 12 inch around the same time. I was also fortunate enough to see Galaxie 500 play at the legendary Riverside club in Newcastle twice - and bought the On Fire t-shirt from them as they sold them the stage - I also still have the signed cassette of the On Fire album. It is fair to say though that I have been a very casual fan of Dean Wareham and his output since the early 90s. This book has however re-ignited my interest in him and his music. The book is written with such care and consideration for the small details of life on tour, and the many trials and tribulations of recording in dodgy recording studios, and the many distractions that they provide, that you can almost taste the stale air and feel the dust and sticky carpets of the terrain and environments that Dean Wareham has inhabited during his often drug-fuelled life as a 'semi-rock star'.

Dean clearly has very affectionate memories for the various genres of people that he has encountered along his 'alternative' musical journey - he loves people, yet he also derives an uneasy contentment with his own company. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves maverick music produced by maverick musicians. Some of the inane conversations and situations regaled in this book are quite This is Spinal Tap in comparison and Dean's dry, wry wit, with his tongue firmly planted in both cheeks, entertains you like a bloody good night out with bloody good people, listening to a bloody good band, while drinking bloody good beer - bloody satisfying!

This is a wonderful book by a highly intelligent musician whose appreciation for intellectual humour and the ever evolving social landscape of the modern world provides delightful reading on every page - it is often unputdownable!