false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170624000m/64668.jpg 64668 3 Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as he discussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first truly Catholic band to Anne Murray&#8217;s smoldering sexuality. In <b>Mainlines, Blood Feasts, Bad Taste</b> fellow rock critic John Morthland has compiled a companion volume to <b>Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung</b>, the first, now classic collection of Bangs&#8217;s work. Here are excerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager, travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, and criticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Eno and Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock. 62770 12 8 2003 Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader total:318|5:70|4:146|3:88|2:11|1:3| 318 1223 422 31 5 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 23:21:44 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 23:48:15 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 19:12:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 20:01:42 -0700 2009
"I don't know if I would classify it as oppressive or depressing, but I do know that 'The Marble Index' scares the shit out of me. But what scares me even more is what people seem to want instead. Every time I see some kid with concentration-camp-crop...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 02 15:40:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:56:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 21 10:08:35 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 07:54:43 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 07 23:25:35 -0700 2007 Sat May 02 16:24:33 -0700 2009 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, I'm probably more inclined to recommend this one to the timid or curious reader.

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Not quite the heights Bangs hit, but better than anything else you're likely to read on the same subject matter.

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