Books : Online Diaries: The Lollapalooza '95 Tour Journals of Beck, Courtney Love, Stephen Malkmus, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Mike Watt, David Yow
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Rating:  - exactly what you think it is
neither terrible, nor great, nor particularly insightful in any way, this is just exactly what you think it is: the backstage ramblings of several musicians during the '95 lollapalooza festival.
Rating: - frustrating
the title/idea for this book seemed like it would be really interesting to read, but instead consisted of endless rants from either thurston moore or lee renaldo whining about 'corporate radio' or 'mtv' while praising the mighty mighty bosstones (on the same tour lineup) who are clearly a generic, terrible corporate ska band to begin with! i thought this book would be some kind of 'real' insight to bands on the road, instead of 'we ate mexican food, mtv wont play our videos, its hot, if you're not ... Read More
Rating:  - Great for fans of SY and Beck
Here is a low priced little book with lots of journal entries from Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, quite a few from Beck and a couple others (but the others don't contribute too much). It is a very interesting inside look at one of the most vividly remembered tours in independent rock history. A lineup featuring the likes of these many performers will probably never cross the U.S. again in my lifetime. The Kathleen Hanna incident doesn't actually dominate Thurston's entries, but takes up a large ... Read More
Rating: - losersnoozerboozer?
In 1995, the Lollapalooza maelstron plundered thru the cities & towns of America, a [diamond] sea of noise & beats changing lives & generally having fun. That's what I'm lead to believe anyway. Thurston is more or less the star here as he was in 1991: the Year Punk Broke, & there's some other cool & crazy kids there too. He writes in his typically amusing & insightful style about the Mexican food, the backstage parking that's reserved strictly for Hole & how Kim has to ... Read More
Rating: - Where's Stephen?
Lots of Thurston, Mike Watt & Lee Renaldo, some David Yow, only one entry from Courtney and none from Stephen Malkmus, so the title is a little misleading. If you're a Beck fan, you'll love his entries. They're the best of the bunch. He describes the world as he sees it in Beck-style free-form, without bashing his fellow performers. Thurston's entries are almost entirely in strangely self-righteous defense of Kathleen Hanna and an incident in which he was not even involved, which is a waste. The last ... Read More
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