Justinthunderliger's review
Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
by Chuck Klosterman
Justinthunderliger's review
Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman
Justinthunderliger's review
rating:
recommended for: Midwesterners born between 1972 and 1976
Good storytelling about a topic about which I could give two shits. Granted, Chuck is 8 years older than I, and I'm at least familiar with most of the bands he references on the most basic of levels. They were still around and in heavy rotation when I was going to the skating rink on friday nights in elementary school. Probably because the DJ was also from Chuck's generation and had the same affinity for the same bands mentioned here.
The book has some wit at times, but ultimately comes across as "that guy" at the record store that can tell a decent story, but you're ultimately bored with or uninterested in the potential merits of Motley Crue's second album, and you just really want to checkout and leave, but you don't out of some bizarre social politeness. Similar to my father in law discussing cars. My knowledge of automobiles ends at changing my oil. I've heard OF certain car parts and know the basic mechanics of HOW an engine works, but for all intents and purposes, he m...more
The book has some wit at times, but ultimately comes across as "that guy" at the record store that can tell a decent story, but you're ultimately bored with or uninterested in the potential merits of Motley Crue's second album, and you just really want to checkout and leave, but you don't out of some bizarre social politeness. Similar to my father in law discussing cars. My knowledge of automobiles ends at changing my oil. I've heard OF certain car parts and know the basic mechanics of HOW an engine works, but for all intents and purposes, he m...more
