false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173028167m/239404.jpg 239404 7 Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s —edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications. 62767 12 9 1988 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll total:927|5:401|4:337|3:153|2:28|1:8| 927 3876 1294 125 1 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:40:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:07:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Dec 01 22:56:08 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 23:18:56 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 11:37:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 22:49:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 07 22:46:35 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:24:43 -0700 2009 huge music fan. His writing stinks to high heaven of his love and respect for music, o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 13:27:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 13:27:49 -0700 2009
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I recently reread many of these and was struck by the mix of travel narrative / autobiography / aesthetic treatise that Bangs indulges in. At his best, he manages to capture the thinking of a moment or pass off a theory of taste. At his worst, he's ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 17:03:21 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 04 23:49:52 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 14 17:03:21 -0800 2009
He was often...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Jan 24 00:00:41 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 00:21:37 -0800 2008 His unenviable calling was ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 04 17:23:25 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 17:35:28 -0800 2007
Bangs was a man who completely understood the essence ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 03 16:42:58 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 16:44:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jul 14 16:52:29 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 06:41:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Feb 28 07:41:01 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 28 07:50:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 20:34:47 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 11:16:45 -0700 2009
Record reviews and cultural criticism in the hands of a burroughs fanatic. I'm not saying doc benway makes any appearances or anything, but... oh wait, he does. The amazing qua...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Fri Jul 24 19:44:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 19:46:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 12 17:46:47 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:04:29 -0800 2009
This book is probably in my top 5 in total time spent with. I've re-read some of the essays in this thing so many times, and they get better with age. Lester is now a legend. He was portrayed on film by Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Almost Famou...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 18:51:16 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:28:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 19:52:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:56:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 15 06:59:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 07:01:56 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:13:49 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:15:10 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=239404