false 599 9 There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's <i>Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs</i>, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on <i>Saved by the Bell</i>, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's <i>The Real World</i>, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But Klosterman goes deeper than that, often employing his own life spent as a member of the lowbrow target demographic to measure the cultural impact of his subjects. While the book never quite lives up to the use of the word "manifesto" in the title (it's really more of a survey mixed with elements of memoir), there is much here to entertain and illuminate, particularly passages on the psychoses and motivations of breakfast cereal mascots, the difference between Celtic fans and Laker fans, and <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i>. Sections on a Guns n' Roses tribute band, <i>The Sims</i>, and soccer feel more like magazine pieces included to fill space than part of a cohesive whole. But when you're talking about a book based on a section of cultural history so reliant on a lack of attention span, even the incongruities feel somehow appropriate. <i>--John Moe</i> 929649 2003 Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto total:12688|5:2986|4:4859|3:3412|2:1085|1:346| 12688 47118 17669 1660 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 3 16 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 26 07:52:43 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 10:21:37 -0800 2008

Forgive me for what I'm about to do. I'm really not a co...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 4 11 false Tue Mar 06 13:48:44 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 09:16:51 -0800 2007 No woman will ever satisfy me. I know that now, and I would never try to deny it. But this is actually okay, because I will never satisfy a woman, either.

Should I be writing such thoughts? Perhaps not. Perhaps it's a bad idea. I can definitely foresee a scenario where that first paragra...more...]]> 526790 0743236009 9780743236003 208 20 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175544845m/526790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/526790.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 3 7 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 20:06:33 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 20:33:47 -0700 2007
A lot ...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 7 false Thu Jan 31 11:29:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 12:05:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 7 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 09:55:27 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 05:54:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 3 4 false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 08:09:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 10:01:39 -0700 2008 real issue I had with Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is this: I've either had every conversation in this book (which I enjoyed more than these essay versions of them) or I've walked away from the conversation because it...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 4 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 26 17:58:15 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 08 10:25:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 1 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 01:00:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 01:20:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 1 4 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 06:36:51 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 19 13:42:03 -0800 2007
The chapters are organized like a "cd mix tape" complet...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 1 4 false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 10:32:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 10:38:33 -0700 2008
i knocked out sex drugs and cocoa puffs by chuck klosterman in a few hours last night, and i gotta tell you, i fear for the world when i think of how many kids i know list this book or its author as an all-time favorite on facebook. this guy is a turd,...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 4 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 09 13:28:21 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:52:52 -0700 2007 completely co...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 4 2 false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 14 19:56:17 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 28 14:05:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 4 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 10 20:22:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 20:25:13 -0800 2009 Killing Yourself to Live was in fact not in that book, but this one. (I wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy and imagining the whole thing. I'm not, tho...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 1 5 false Tue Jul 08 07:35:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:38:30 -0700 2008
don't believe the hype.

chuck, t...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 1 3 false Wed Aug 27 18:33:01 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 09:05:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 1 false Wed Jul 01 18:16:51 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:54:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 5 1 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Dec 11 14:14:44 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 08:33:02 -0800 2009
It a series of ridiculous, highly pretentious, yet, very well-written essays on pop-culture. There really is no other way to d...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 2 false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 11:48:46 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:41:59 -0800 2008 1 (and a half?) more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 2 1 false Tue Aug 19 04:27:07 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 15:17:18 -0700 2008
He tries too hard to tie everything up in a neat little bow...every essay has to end with a witty little wrap-up sentence, dripping with a false poignancy, ess...more...]]> 599 0743236017 9780743236010 12414 1626 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157059726m/599.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599.Sex_Drugs_and_Cocoa_Puffs_A_Low_Culture_Manifesto 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 05 05:35:23 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 10 16:39:45 -0800 2008
The book is structured as a series of unconnected ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6494347