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      <name><![CDATA[Mark Oliver Everett]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book during the Thanksgiving 2008 drive from Chicago to Minneapolis.  This book will probably go down as the most pleasant memory of that trip, with the possible exception being the moment I was introduced to the singing, strumming, and smacking around of guitar hero world tour.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39053629">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Everett, better known as &quot;E&quot; from the band &quot;eels&quot; tells his harrowing life story with grace and humor.  I'm a huge eels fan, so I found the book illuminating and inspiring, but I'm not sure a non-eels fan would have the same reaction.  Still, this is a great story of artistic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14030831">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Things <em>you</em> should know.<br/><br/>   Mark Oliver Everett is the mastermind behind The EELS, more commonly referred to as E.<br/><br/>   This book is heavy on the sarcasm, but light on the condecension.<br/><br/>   I would say that despite what some of us may have faced in our lives thus far, 82...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38903337">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Eels the first time I heard Novocaine for the Soul on MuchMusic. I was 16, and the lyrics spoke to me. I needed something for my soul so very much - I was an angsty teen after all. The album Beautiful Freak went on to become a soundtrack to my high school days and the subsequent albums all h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44840295">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mark Oliver Everett, also known as E, the man behind the band Eels, has written the kind of autobiography that has the substance to change lives. To put it simply, it is a work of staggering genius. It is poignant, funny, and frequently optimistic, and surely a great source of inspiration for anyone...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62186414">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite the fact it's marketed as an artful memoir, I don't really see any reason why you should read Mark Oliver Everett's <em>Things the Grandchildren Should Know</em> unless you're a fan of his band, the Eels. I happened across the Eels' <em>Electroshock Blues</em> in high school, and it was probably the first alb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58141738">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this memoir, Mark Oliver Everett, the frontman of the band Eeels, speaks of his time growing up in Virginia, his brilliant but aloof physicist of a father, his troubled sister, his mother's last days, and of course, his music and what drove him to write music despite his difficult relationship wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59344991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full disclosure: I'm a huge EELs fan, so this book meant a lot to me after being a fan of E's music for a long time.  BUT, even if you are not an EELs fan, this is a touching story detailing the human condition.  E details the very trying times he has had throughout his life and does it on a very pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47692561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. It's a memoir by indie musician E, who formed EELS. I knew I was hooked when I read this line on page 7: &quot;Thanks to my ridiculous, sometimes tragic, and always unsteady upbringing, I was given the gift of bone-crushing insecurity.&quot; E tells his fascinating life story in a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41995434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't even know where to start. I picked this books up this morning, read a few pages, went on with my day, picked it up about 3 hours ago and I wasn't able to put it down. I had to finish it, and I did. There is something so tragically beautiful about E. He is someone you want to meet and ask wei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72452081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought I had given up on the memoir, having read several lousy ones, but when I found out that E from the EELS had written a book, I had to give it another try. This book restored my faith in the memoir  --it was honest  (often brutally), funny and sad; I found myself believing and relating to hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58738283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author is the man behind the band Eels, though I didn't come to this book through them but through a documentary broadcast on Nova where Everett tracks down facts about the life of his late father, a theoretical physicist who was very distant in their home life.<br/><br/>Everett has had a lot ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70765918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Given that &quot;E&quot; has always proven to be such a clever lyricist, his way with words shouldn't of knocked my socks off my ass as much as they did while reading his moving memoir. However, after absorbing his unbelievably touching, inspirational, and bittersweet story- I looked down and realiz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42956538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Instead of writing a review of this book, I decided to write an open thank you note to E. Just seemed like the right thing to do.<br/><br/>Dear E (or Mark or Mailman or whatever you like being called),<br/><br/>I just finished reading &quot;Things the Grandchildren Should Know.&quot; Coincidenta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35039211">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recently started listening to the EELS and some of the songs have really struck me, so I thought I'd read E's book. So far, I've felt more drawn in to the first few chapters. Later on, it seems as though he's listing things that have happened in a more disconnected and dispassionate way. But I'm g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78323434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50044806">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[AN AMAZING BOOK! I loved it so much, I read it in one day ... really lovely. Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, frontman of EELS, is as charming an author as he a songwriter. Admittedly, I haven't followed EELS since &quot;Daisies of the Galaxy,&quot; but this book makes me want to rediscover them. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50044806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is essentially the autobiography of Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the band the Eels. His dad was a quantum physicist and Nova did a very interesting piece about him, but the book did not talk about physics at all. It was more about Mark's life (especially the loss of his father, sister an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52327298">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to make of this book. The writing is nothing special but as a memoir it seems to be an open, honest account of Everett's life. I had never heard of Everett or the EELS music group and halfway through I wanted to hear some of his music and found his website. THe same story as in the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52585806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book isn't even out in the U.S. yet, but I was lucky to receive the British edition as a gift. It's a memoir by Mark Everett, the core of the band EELS. The book, beautifully, doesn't mention the Eels on the cover at all, so, since I received it as a gift and had heard nothing about it previous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17315581">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri May 29 21:18:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been an EELS fan for years now, and have all his records, even those under the moniker of &quot;A Man Named E&quot;.  I knew about his troubled life, but this book goes into great detail about it.  I think the guy is a musical genius, and truly pours his heart out through his songs.  This book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57781478">more...</a>]]></body>
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