A little bit of self-pimpage

By Jodi | Filed under Books | Comments (2)

I don’t do this very often. But I think some of you Westernerds should head over to MN Reads to check out my review of Nick Hornby’s Juliet, Naked. Have you read it? Will you read it so we can discuss what it means to be a weirdo fan on the Internet?

One of the main characters has an undeniable similarity to our own Mr. Paul Westerberg (cult-rocker turned soccer dad). I’d like one of y’all who are vastly more knowledgeable about the history of rock & roll and The ‘Mats to see if there are anymore similarities, or who Tucker Crowe (that’s the character) could be based on.

Read it! It’ll be fun.

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Permalink | December 10th, 2009 |

2 Responses to “A little bit of self-pimpage”

  1. Safe_Matt Says:
    January 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 am

    I’m a big fan of Nick Hornby (fever pitch, for Arsenal fans (my football team!) is pretty legendary) and recently read his book 31 Songs.. Its basically little essays on 31 of his favourite songs and the aspects of them that make them important.. And one of the songs is ‘Born For Me’, which I was so happy about! I didn’t expect it at all.. And he mentions the ‘Mats a few times in the book in regards to other songs and things.. I just started ‘Juliet, Naked’ today and as soon read the back of the book, I was pretty sure he must be based at least a little bit on Paul Westerberg, then thought I’d see what other people thought about it on the internet, and was really happy to see this! I didnt get far as I had to come out here to the library, but I cant wait to get stuck into it now!
    Just thought I’d let you know that Hornby is a fan of Paul Westerberg if you didn’t already know!
    Nice one, Matt.

  2. CNote Says:
    March 21st, 2010 at 7:02 am

    You’re right Jodi, Hornby is at his best when writing about music. 31 Songs and High Fidelity fabulous, but the others I’ve read Slam and Long Way Down- not so great.

    I’ll still take a winger on this one and report back when I’m done.

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