Comments on: Liz Phair Reviews Dean Wareham’s Memoir, Reaffirms “Blowjob Queen” Status

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By: joshservo

joshservo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:13:30 +0000

@SuperUnison: Well, I am above all else a gentleman.

By: SuperUnison

SuperUnison — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:41:07 +0000

@joshservo: That's fairly generous as completeley accurate takedowns go.

By: The Illiterate

The Illiterate — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:33:14 +0000

I love Liz, but this felt as if a pretty heavy editing hand had been applied. More irritating, though, was the Times feeling the need to spout off about Liz’s contribution on the contents page. It was like, “Look, we got a rock star to write for us!” They really beefed up her resume, too, though it’s nice to know that now Capitol has dropped her she’s still keeping busy.

By: Nunya B

Nunya B — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:04:40 +0000

Huh. I thought it was pretty well-written. Shall I take my seat in Minority Corner for the eighth time in as many days?

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:11:47 +0000

@jetsetjunta: You leave Carrot Top out of this. The manchild has enough problems as it is.

By: jetsetjunta

jetsetjunta — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:12:04 +0000

Webster’s defines “lame” as the quality of having 90s sublebrities write book reviews instead of, you know, book reviewers. Next week Carrot Top weighs in on Beckett and the Comic Imagination, and an electrician will perform my tooth extraction.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:28:54 +0000

I’m all for writers diversifying their careers and God bless anyone who can get some scratch for writing a book review, but this particular writeup was very freshman-comp-class quality. I mean, the “X once said…” opening alone made me cringe.

By: joshservo

joshservo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:04:16 +0000

@thearcanemodel: Agreed. From herein, we shall all use, "Washed-up professional embarrassment who (without getting into the whole boring 'indie cred' discussion) had so little faith in her god-given talent, that she sold herself down the river with a 'Forever 21' gift certificate in one hand and The Matrix's business card in the other," to describe her.

Show of hands?

By: thearcanemodel

thearcanemodel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:51:45 +0000

and no points for the gratuitous, predictable “blowjob queen” reference.

By: thearcanemodel

thearcanemodel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:50:46 +0000

and no points for the gratuitious, predictable “blowjob queen” reference.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:37:42 +0000

Yeah, one might assume that a rock'n'roll musician would, indeed, "hype the rock'n'roll angle" when called upon to review a rock'n'roll book.

By: thearcanemodel

thearcanemodel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:23:22 +0000

this is kind of rehashing a comment i left elsewhere, but i was actually really impressed by this (politely excepting her adoption of the phrase "band traffic controller".) and i've always been fairly indifferent to her either way. i think she adequately addresses all facets of the book; of COURSE she's going to, as you put it, "hype the rock and roll angle" a little bit to get the reader's attention. i frankly really appreciate the fact that this is the only article i've seen on the book that doesn't immediately and exclusively focus on the cheating-with-britta part, which, although salacious, only makes up a fraction of the book.

you know i heart the idolator, but i feel like you're kind of grasping to justify your snarkiness here.

By: Nicolars

Nicolars — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:15:40 +0000

Freddie Mercury once said, "I want it all and I want it now." This appetite might aptly be called the rock 'n' roll disease, and Dean Wareham seems to have caught it.

So USA Today. Or college freshman essay. Same difference!

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:31:34 +0000

Why does snorting coke make someone unsympathetic? So judgemental, Liz… so judgemental…

By: jetsetjunta

jetsetjunta — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:10:14 +0000

“Readable” is maybe an overstatement. “Touching” and “amusing” are just folly.

By: Jack Fear

Jack Fear — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:05:10 +0000

As book reviewers go, Liz Phair is a great songwriter.