Hardcover. Preorders will be shipped on September 21 or available for in-store pickup on September 22.
Beloved cultural critic and NYT bestselling author Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of rock and roll based on the chance that The Velvet Underground, as opposed to The Beatles, became music's dominant force, thereby changing everything that followed in both overt and subtle ways -- an ingenious satirical commentary on the way culture develops and is considered by critics and historians.
Yes, it is about real artists and real songs, but it is fictional. It is basically an imagined universe/alternate timeline, but it is also nonfiction/criticism/history. And of course it is very funny, and music snobs are going to eat it up.
Hardcover. Preorders will be shipped on September 21 or available for in-store pickup on September 22.
Beloved cultural critic and NYT bestselling author Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of rock and roll based on the chance that The Velvet Underground, as opposed to The Beatles, became music's dominant force, thereby changing everything that followed in both overt and subtle ways -- an ingenious satirical commentary on the way culture develops and is considered by critics and historians.
Yes, it is about real artists and real songs, but it is fictional. It is basically an imagined universe/alternate timeline, but it is also nonfiction/criticism/history. And of course it is very funny, and music snobs are going to eat it up.