- Gebundene Ausgabe: 512 Seiten
- Verlag: Fantagraphics Books (8. Dezember 2011)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1606994751
- ISBN-13: 978-1606994757
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,1 x 15,5 x 4,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 282.050 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Sad , But Uplifting
8. November 2011
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The book is a combination biography/collected work . It is a unique format that works quite well. We see the sadness of Paul Nelson's life at the end ,but then we are given the chance to read all of the work we have been reading about. I also have to commend Fantagraphics for this book's physical package; the paper, endpieces photos and everything else are top quality. It feels like an important book. Paul Nelson was someone who when I had the chance to read his work , I was never disappointed. I was introduced to him as a teenager by the infamous ROD STEWART book (Lester Bangs actually completed it for him). I then rediscovered him years later when Rolling Stone made Nelson's epic Warren Zevon article availble online after WZ's death. I came across this book in the Fantagraphics catalog and jumped to buy it. You will not be disappointed if you like music,film and literary criticism. I wish mass market magazines still ran stories like these
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heartbreaking and Important
24. November 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
First of all, I need to disclose the fact that Kevin Avery is a personal friend of mine. I know how long and hard he has struggled to write, compile and publish this book. I have a number of friends who are creative types. I am sometimes asked to critique their work. I have learned to be very diplomatic, so as not to hurt their feelings, when I can't "feel" their art. I have no such problem with Kevin. I knew he was a fine writer because I have read some of his earlier work. After reading the introduction to "Everything is an Afterthought", I realized i had underestimated my friend's gift. The book itself is a bibliophiles dream, that needs to be read in its physical format (not electronically). Its heavy and beautifully designed cover, ample photographs, and thick pages are a feast for the eyes and fingers. This book is so obviously a labor of love, without being a hagiography (Paul Nelson was obviously a wonderful, extremely talented, but deeply troubled man). The foreword by Nick Tosches and Avery's previously mentioned introduction are things of beauty. If you are a lover of rock and roll and the printed word this is an essential purchase. The biographical section will break your heart by the time you get to the final pages. The anthology of Nelson's writing will be a revelation to anyone who reads his work for the first time. He was a man who wrote about Bob Dylan (carefully read the first article on Mr. Zimmerman) and the New York Dolls, as if he were writing the great American novel. At his very best, Nelson was a poet. There are certain lines in this book by Nelson, Avery, and Tosches that simply glow off the page and demand to be reread again and again. This book is a keeper. My copy is going on my shelf next to my well worn copies of Greil Marcus' "Mystery Train" and Peter Guralnick's "Last Train to Memphis". It's that good.
Riveting Oral History
6. März 2012
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I remember reading Paul Nelson's reviews in "Rolling Stone" and appreciating their literariness and erudition. He seemed to go deeper than most other rock critics. Unfortunately, his depth went with a certain tunnel vision, so when the relatively small world of rock criticism changed in the 1980's he wasn't flexible enough to adjust. And so began his long slow professional and personal suicide. In "Everything Is An Afterthought", Kevin Avery presents the story of Nelson in the form of an oral history. Dozens of people who knew Nelson in life get their say. We are left as readers to put the pieces together. The process of judging almost becomes like one of Nelson's beloved detective novels. Avery's biography also is a perceptive bit of the cultural history of the U.S. in the last half of the last century. I finished the biography part of the book in one large gulp, and then turned to Nelson's reviews. Here they are presented unedited unlike the versions which were actually used in the magazine. In the case of some pieces that makes quite a bit of difference, so it's like reading them for the first time (especially the pieces on Warren Zevon). I really admired Avery's candor. He reproduces Nelson's ecstatic reviews of Zevon and Jackson Browne, while acknowledging that Nelson later has serious fallings-out with both men and wasn't on speaking terms with them at the time of his death. Nelson's life is both a story of proud intellectual accomplishment and a cautionary tale almost too sad to endure. Put this on the shelf next to Greil Marcus, as Nelson finally gets his due.
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