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Bastards of the Party: The Evolution of Bangin' by Cle Sloan, Magalis Martinez
FICTION:
No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
Strike Force by Dale Brown
Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
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Article comments
1 - Charlene Komar Storey
The quote used in the review of "I'll SLeep When I'm Dead" is NOT from Warren Zevon's song of trhe same name.
These are the lyrics:
So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
I'm drinking heartbreak motor oil and Bombay gin
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Straight from the bottle, twisted again
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Well, I take this medicine as prescribed
I'll sleep when I'm dead
It don't matter if I get a little tired
I'll sleep when I'm dead
I've got a .38 special up on the shelf
I'll sleep when I'm dead
If I start acting stupid
I'll shoot myself
I'll sleep when I'm dead
2 - Rodney Welch
Thank you, Charlene -- saves me from doing it myself.
The difference between Warren Zevon and Bon Jovi (whose song is quoted in the post) is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit. Or maybe the difference between heartbreak motor oil and Bombay Gin.
Carl Hiassen wrote the intro and was one of many, many people interviewed for the book. It's not as if he co-wrote it.
A terrific book, by the way, but Zevon does not come off all that well in it. He gave his blessing to the project and apparently wanted to make sure the hard, cold truth of his life got old -- and I'm afraid it did.
3 - Gordon L Hauptfleisch
It's official! You've both been deemed hipper-than-thou. Congratulations!
4 - Hank
Charlene and Rodney are correct. And, while I enjoy a good Bon Jovi song from time to time, it is a pretty damn sad commentary on journalism standards at the San Diego Untion Tribune when one of the book reviewers can't even be bothered to quote the song lyrics that actually belong to the person who's biography he's reviewing.
5 - Gordon L Hauptfleisch
Yes, Hank, I made a mistake. And had this been a review, and not merely a list of new books, I would've been more careful. I didn't even know Bon Jovi had done a cover version, so when I impulsively went to a lyrics website to quote some lines, I was too hasty and didn't stop to think that these words seemed unfamiliar.
Now excuse me--I have some more misquoting to do for a book review.
6 - RogerMDillon
Hank, your comment is a sad commentary on people with too much time on their hands.
Not only is there no "San Diego Untion Tribune," but if there was, I'm not sure how their standards would have anything to do with what's published here.
That's like saying an error by a washroom attendant at one nightclub has an impact on the way you hand out paper towels and cologne.
7 - Hank
Roger, if there is no San Diego Union-Tribune, why does the author claim to be a book reviewer for it?
8 - Gordon L Hauptfleisch
Um, maybe Roger's point was that you misspelled the name of the paper. You also mis-used "whose."
Pretty damn sad commentary...