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There are two types of people in the world: people who like heavy metal, and dicks

A History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O'Neill

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Okay I knew this is right up my alley when I heard that. This is one of the more entertaining audiobooks I have listened to this year. Not only is Andrew O’Neill a very colourful and energetic writer, he’s also an excellent narrator with an almost limitless amount of enthusiasm for the subject at hand. Metalheads are an argumentative lot that love being contrarian and are more than eager to split into separate little sub-cultures at the drop of a hat. They are a broad, […]

“For Those About to Rock, We Salute You”

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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Not entirely sure anymore whether I picked this one up because of coffeeshopreader’s review or badkittyuno’s, but between the premise and the cover, I thought it sounded fun.  And I think it is, but it’s not quite my cup of tea.  I guess it’s a sense of humor thing and sometimes it can be hard to predict what will be incredibly amusing vs. kind of entertaining, even if everything else seems like it should fit. For some reason, something about the vibe reminded me of […]

Dancing About Architecture is Still Hard

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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Written from the point of view of a down-on-her-luck former guitarist who got kicked out of a heavy metal band on the verge of breaking, We Sold Our Souls follows our protagonist, Kris Pulaski, as she attempts to come to grips with the success of her band’s former lead singer. Compounding the normal issues of self-pity, misogyny and imposter syndrome is a nagging feeling about lost time on the night that they signed their intellectual property contract, removing her, the drummer and the other guitarist […]



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