....You're not far into ''Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs'' before it becomes clear that Klosterman's old rock-happy farm-boy persona has curdled. He's vain now. He's surly.
And the ultimate professional-writer put-down:
Klosterman merely throws tantrums, mouthing off like a blogger or a morning D.J. (emphasis mine)
Well!
To be fair to Klosterman, there are some people who like him, and his book. And now that Klosterman has made it big and shaken the dust of the Midwest from his shoes, what does he think of his new home?
Life back in Akron felt like the beginning of adulthood; "now that I'm here it's like being 18 or 19 again," he says. "It's like being in college, except people have money." How is New York different from the Midwest? "Most of the people I meet here are kind of crazy. ... Everybody thinks they're right about everything all the time. Everybody argues and no one's opinion ever changes, and it's very acceptable. ... It's like being in a different country.
A country of adolescents. Take that New York Times.
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