how is the new everett true book on the white stripes?

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anyone know about it?

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I saw it next to those 'little book of calm' things. Little book of lameX0r retro bullshit or somesuch.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

The "Legend". Ha ha.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

hard rocking, leather wearing, blues skanking, balls out, motherfuckers of guitar worship! YEEAAHAHAHAH. JACK WHITE IS DA MAN.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

They changed a generation.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

they look nice in photographs

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

which is more than can be said for most of us

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

What you talking bout Stelfox, they're an ugly pair -- they don't photograph as well as, say, Girls Aloud.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I look nicer in photographs that Jack White, at least when he's all sweaty and fat-faced.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

of course they don't photograph as well as girls aloud and their records are nowhere near as good, either

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

And Girls Aloud wouldn't let Everett True within a 100 miles of them

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Q gave it quite a nice review. only 3/5 but it was positive. they said true doesnt get his props for bringing the seattle scene to world attention. i clearly need to read more of true's work as he seems to provoke such strong love or hate reactions.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:12 (twenty-one years ago)

leave the man alone, fergodssake

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i wasnt being facetious. i genuinely dont know much of his work.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

You know how Al Gore invented the internet? Everett True invented grunge.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

'Oh thanks, now I have Mudhoney in my life.'

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

best thread ever

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

actually simon reynolds invented grunge, except he called it arsequake.

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Same way P Diddy invented the remix.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

to like the white stripes it is necessary to fancy jack white, regardless of your gender or sexuality.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

everett true's coninued utopian fetishization of the broken-down working-class hellhole that is olympia, wa forever lands him in the column of "british people who just don't get america".

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

(though to be fair, every time i read anything about olympia, whether by american or british writers, i do wonder how they airbrushed all the poor people out of their minds.)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)

everett true has the worst taste in music of any rock critic today

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the vitriol for true knows no bounds i see.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:57 (twenty-one years ago)

You call this vitriol? You should read what people hear say about Alexis Petridis.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 10:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't think of anybody else who makes quite as much of a pose out of claiming a band's worst record is his favourite

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

But "Yellow Submarine" is my favourite Beatles' album too

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Will people just shut up about 'The Love Below' already?

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

incidentally, the love below made it into mojo's best double albums ever over prince's sign o the times and songs in the key of life if i remember right.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

If you wanna read more Everett True, not to mention other dead clever writers, visit www.planbmag.com

― GoddamnHo (GoddamnHo), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

'Cept he's neither dead nor clever

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Come and say that to his face.

― GoddamnHo (GoddamnHo), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I'm scared he'll beat me up

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

That's why I thought, but then I realised that my Dad's bigger than his Dad and stop worrying.

― GoddamnHo (GoddamnHo), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

How do you write a book about a band in (let's assume)mid-career? Kinda like writing a biography about somebody who's still alive, isn't it? Guess that's why God invented sequels.

― lovebug starski, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

It wasn't long ago that Everett True's online diary on Tangents was all about him finding it very difficult to get any work at all after coming back from Seattle or wherever. Now he seems to produce a book every six months or thereabouts. I think that's quite admirable.

There is at least one other book about The White Stripes, as well as a DVD biography.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

hard rocking?

― jack, Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

finally picked this up at the weekend. i was only ever a casual reader of CTCL but this is a GREAT book. great interviews too. and incredible photographs from the person that does LLSS. i think im going to ty and get some old CTCL back issues.

not sure if he ever comes to ILX, but if so, fuck the haters everett!

― splooge (thesplooge), Sunday, 12 September 2004 19:48 (twenty years ago)

"he seems to provoke such strong love or hate reactions."

Null comment!!

I could at least thank him for forcing me stop buying Melody Maker (and all the rest of the UK mags) I suppose.

I'd buy him a pint, musical disagreements aside, I don't think one industry journalist can have *that* much influence as to be disliked to the level of 'hate'?

― technocaffeine (grumpy_bastard), Sunday, 12 September 2004 20:07 (twenty years ago)

People really didn't like his propensity for inserting himself into the story in the early-mid '90s.

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 13 September 2004 00:22 (twenty years ago)

ok, after reading this book a bit more, i can say while the references to himself are a bit grating, far worse are the constant references to stevie chick. i know he wrote the first WS NME review which is excellent but must we keep reading first person touchy feely confessionals from mr chick in the book?

― splooge (thesplooge), Saturday, 18 September 2004 03:41 (twenty years ago)

he was there, man

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 18 September 2004 03:58 (twenty years ago)

I am surprised to see that ET has written a book, about the WS!

I think that this thread has (had) an excess of unkindness to the man. I think I agree with PJ Miller.

― the bellefox, Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:34 (twenty years ago)

I wish ET still posted here, I used to enjoy reading his posts a lot, and rather liked the fellow, actually, for all that a lot of his writing in MM used to drive me up the wall.

I'd buy the book, if it was about anyone other than the white stripes.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:56 (twenty years ago)

well its about the WS and all the other detroit bands from the mid-late 90s. its actually a pretty good book all in all. but the level of seriousness that true and chick regard each other with in the book is so hilariously over-over-over-earnest, its like the spinal tap of journalism. you'd think they had coined the word grunge or something. ooops, thats something else everett cant help but remind you of either.

― splooge (thesplooge), Saturday, 18 September 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago)

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