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LIT RIFFS IBD

JONATHAN LETHEM / JULIANNA BAGGOTT / TOM PER
POCKET BOOKS
08 / 2006
9780743470261
Inglés

Sinopsis

Following in the footsteps of the late great Lester Bangs -- the most revered and irreverent of rock ?n? roll critics -- twenty-four celebrated writers have penned stories inspired by great songs. Just as Bangs cast new light on a Rod Stewart classic with his story 'Maggie May,' about a wholly unexpected connection between an impressionable young man and an aging, alcoholic hooker, the diverse, electrifying stories here use songs as a springboard for a form dubbed the lit riff. Alongside Bangs?s classic work, you?ll find stories by J.T. LeRoy, who puts a recovering teenage drug abuser in a dentist?s chair with nothing but the Foo Fighters?s 'Everlong' -- blaring through the P.A. -- to fight the pain, Jonathan Lethem, whose narrator looks back on his lost innocence just as an extramarital affair careens to an end -- this to the tune 'Speeding Motorcycle' as recorded by Yo La Tengo, and Jennifer Belle, who envisions a prequel to Paul Simon?s 'Graceland' -- one that takes place at a children?s birthday party replete with a real live kangaroo. With original contributions from Tom Perrotta, Nelson George, Amanda Davis, Lisa Tucker, Aimee Bender, Darin Strauss, and many more -- riffing on everyone from Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen to the White Stripes, Cat Power, and Bob Marley -- this is both an astounding collection of short stories and an extraordinary experiment in words and music. Soundtrack available from Saturation Acres Music & Recording Co.