false <![CDATA[Gary Benchley, Rock Star]]> 336266 1 <B>&#147;Before I moved to New York from Albany, I wrote out a careful, step-by-step plan: 1) Rock out; 2) No more data entry.&#148;</B> <P> Gary Benchley, recent college grad and aspiring rock star, left his dead-end life in Albany to seek his fortune in that hotbed of hipsters&#151;Williamsburg, Brooklyn. <P> Earnestly optimistic and completely confident in his fate, Gary writes of his trials and tribulations securing a roommate, a girlfriend, and even a band&#151;the &#147;world's most inclusive band&#148;&#151;complete with a gay synth player, a hot chick drummer, and a cool black bassist. Calling their not- quite-musical sound &#147;indie prog,&#148; they combine the most pretentious music of the 1970s with the most pretentious music of today. But after a dozen shows and even an album, the band begins to fall apart, and Gary finds himself increasingly disillusioned with his rock star fantasies. In Gary's world, though, the glass is always half full. <P> <I>Gary Benchley</I>, Rock Star is a hilarious, satirical debut that grew out of Ford's popular column on TheMorningNews.org. 326724 27 9 2005 Gary Benchley, Rock Star total:61|5:11|4:14|3:26|2:7|1:3| 61 206 84 22 4 1 false false Sun Aug 31 12:18:34 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 12:19:19 -0700 2008
I am nothing like Gary.]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Dec 03 08:39:51 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 08:40:48 -0800 2007 ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 19 17:50:07 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 29 11:13:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:18:33 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 07:07:30 -0700 2007
Some figured it out, but thousands fell for it. Regular Jane’s and Joe’s around the world, possibly the only chick drummer from Namibia, bands, literary agents, newspaper editors and more all wanted a piece of Gary Benchle...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 05:08:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 05:12:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 13 17:29:36 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 17:33:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 10 18:24:05 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 18:30:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 20:17:58 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 11:32:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 30 07:47:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 07:49:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 09 12:46:29 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 16:37:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 21:02:35 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 16:32:18 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 17:23:44 -0800 2009 Tue May 26 08:08:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 13:45:18 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 13:46:11 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 26 11:07:06 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:45:54 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Mar 04 20:08:18 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 19:16:29 -0700 2008
Personally, it helped me figure out what love is.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 27 07:37:21 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 07:37:57 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 08 08:03:37 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 08:06:30 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 07:54:03 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 23:12:19 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Dec 04 10:55:32 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 10:56:28 -0800 2007 1 0 false false Fri Mar 16 01:24:33 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 16 01:24:51 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=336266