audiobook A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government by Nakae Chomin in Arts-Photography

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Gets the worst of the guys; does not get the girls AT ALL.By kafketteSame deal; take it from an insider: he gets the sleaziest business of the guys; he doesnt get the girls at all. Wanna understand the girls? Read Pamela des Barres. Or maybe the old rolling stone press book; Groupies. NOT THIS. One example: our typist [aka "author"] laughs at what is actually a famous quote; a girls noting; "Were their muses!" as if this were an impossible idea. Within two pages hes talking about various songs written about various girls in the scene. What; pray; does he think the job description of a muse might be?He also notes sarcastically that all the girls had preposterous dreams of marrying one or another rockstar. Again; and especially if you believe this preposterous: Read Pamela des Barres. Or you can ask me. She did it; i did it; and we are not alone. Where on earth does our typist think guys in the scene found girls to marry? Some other scene that none of them belong to? And of course the typist doesnt make any delineation between girls who fork em all; who arent there for marriage; of all things; and the more serious girls. There were TWO types; buster; until the moribund carcass of rock roll miserably exploded in the manner of Oscar Wilde. My late husband would tell you about the lines around the block of girls waiting to blow into; shall we say; Sebastian Bachs trailer. And then theres me.Our typist wont even make a concession for well-known [as is now called] ultra-demi Alice Cooper. He notes that AC had a girlfriend and there wasnt a lot of blowing going on in his trailermdash;ONLY TO THEN NOTE the ONE time there was. Does he not know this is mean to just about everyone involved?Except the Skeeze Kings. Skeeze Kings like Peter Grant are clearly the people from whom he got the most info. If he talked to a woman; it was only below her neck and then gone. Look; dude [i would say to him]: i was a kid in 1973. i dont remember it that well; but i remember that those were the most ecstatic of days until; eventually; i became the original 10-year-old Hollywood runaway; then later deep scenester forever. This cat; this typist; cannot tell you the story of the deep scene because he either doesnt know it exists or doesnt care that it does.If yr looking for skeeze; though: hes yr man.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 1973: The year Rock and Roll grew upBy PerseusHere is a great; first hand look at the fabled Summer of 73 as it happened back in the day. What few of us realized then and now; was that the three big tours of 1973: Led Zeppelin; Alice Cooper and The Who; would change rock n roll as well as the bands that played forever. I always wondered what happened to the fabled Alice Cooper band after the "Billion Dollar Babies" LP and tour. In this book youll find out. The band basically flamed out. Lead singer Vincent Furnier cleverly changed his name legally to Alice Cooper thus copyrighting it forever. He wanted to continue touring with the heavy emphasis on theatrics while the others wanted to take a break. Alice said screw it and went out anyway as . . . Alice Cooper and there wasnt a damn thing anyone could do about it. Lead guitarist Glen Buxton lost it psychologically on that tour and emotionally as well as psychologically withdrew from the band. Other guitarist had to be brought in to cover both live and on tour. And on; and on it went. With Led Zeppelin; the band held together but took an 18 month break after the fact due to the rigors of touring so long and hard. As for the Who; chief songwriter Pete Townsend was upset that the crowds werent into his latest opus; "Quadrophenia;" and let them know it vocally at each gig. WTF??!?!??@!# Youll also read about the clever entrepreneurs who rose to the sonic occasion by literally building gigantic outdoor stadium sound systems. Companies like Showco out of Texas and ? (cant remember the name) out of the mid west rose up to meet the challenge. The kind of sound systems that were unheard of in the 1960s when the Beatles broke through the conventional thinking and played Shea Stadium with no serious sound support. The Who took and extended break as well from their 1973 tour due to profound exhaustion. The groupies; the burnout; the money and the music is all reported here in glorious detail. Rock had entered the Arena age never to look back. Great book!!!!!John H.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Exhaustive; revealing and truly soberingBy EdvisThere are so many terrific quotes in this book; but none more than the one from the former; female publicist who likened the rock world in those days to the circus and how truly magical and wonderful it can be yet also a bit stinky. Ok; a lot stinky. The most revealing bits come from the Alice Cooper tour; which seems to have been the biggest game changer of the three tours and bands examined -- the original Cooper band was at its peak; had a No. 1 record and were pushing the show biz envelope more than anyone had at that point (even the Stones -- see their movie from the 72 tour and you will get what I mean).The criticisms Ive seen for this book are that most of the information does not come from original sources; that he got a lot of it from other books. I would bet the Michael Des Barres quotage is direct; and even if the rest of it isnt he does a monumental job of connecting the dots in a way that reveals a ton of insight -- and that counts.Lastly; this is the first rock book Ive read digitally; and it was easier to read in the go but not as satisfying. However; no paperback yet so thats why I got the electronic version.