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I wrote recently that Craig Mathieson wears the crown of Australian rock journalism. Allow me to elaborate. He’s recently released Playlisted: Everything You Need To Know About Australian Music Right Now, his third music-related book, and his byline has regularly appeared in Rolling Stone, Juice, Mess+Noise, and Fairfax news publications. He’s even got a Wikipedia entry.
Note to jose; apparently you do not wear the crown.
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jones couldn't carry mathiesons jock strap.
Is it a really heavy jock strap?
incredibly heavy.
I re-read Hi Fi Days last week. Its a good read !
Is it the jock strap thats incredibly heavy... or the contents within ?
Well done, looch, you just reminded me of this
Block!
all three threads about this book should really be merged.
I compared mathieson's book with robert forster's a while back and mathieson came out best
agreed, robert forster's book should be better than it is. it's probably too hard to occupy the role of both critic and artist.
i wear the crown around these parts. anyone who disagrees gets banned. i got a big red button next to all of your handles and i ain't afraid to use it.
Ha, remember when Jose wore a crown to 161?
don't wear crowns kids. eat salami
good piece chrisj!
Mathieson's book is well written. I liked the chapters about The Casanovas, Daughter Boy Jao and the Freudian analysis of Muscles.
I agree timewaster. In fact, when I was having tapas with Nic from Jet - he was singing the praises of the piece.
Oliver from DBJ wasn't nearly so appreciative. Last time we spoke he was kind of indifferent to it all.
But you know what? Its like molly told me I we were on that cruise together; ''sometimes.. you just have to say fuck 'em''.
Nice book, love craig and his works but th publisher let him down with a lack of promotion. So we decided not to carry it on the bookstore though we sold hundreds of copies of his previous books.
it needs to be released as an ebook on kindle (as should his previous titles) as well as available as a Pdf or HtML copy like we did with When The writ hits the fan. there's nothing wrong with the content but there are so many more ways to distribute it beyond the physical.
Ha ha. I don't think that Nic would read that book. Although unlike his brother Chris, Nic can read.
Kindle shmindle.
Apart from Bob Lefsetz (who never shuts up about the Kindle), I can't name a single person who's actually got one of those things.
Long live REAL books.
That's maybe because you live in Australia where it's just been introduced. I remembr the same talk about iTunes...
I love real books too but the convenience of this device and dowloading books and saving money is an incredible shift. BTW, I bought four DVD box sets and three physical books from Amazon today. We also sold four copies of The Writ and six of the AMID app.
goa figure...
i found this book at some newtown shops today. looks like a really good read so far. i really liked the hi fi days book too
have just purchased this online, hope it doesn't take long to arrive, loved the sell in.
It's great but he's got questionable taste...but don't we all
arrived today :)
Just read it. Pretty good book, totally agree with the INXS chapter. Apparenlty he's pissed off a few Kylie fans, but that's easy to do. Most of the book is now available to read on Google books.
Quote from Chris Johnston' article:
Really? Who decided this?
a sort of a mainstream view i guess. plus he won a big prize for apparently being that.
but craig is better
i didin't enjoy Playlisted anywhere near how much i enjoyed The Sell In, dunno why, maybe the subject matter.
crackwhore - did it take you 5 months to read it? Maybe thats why you didn't enjoy it?
exact opposite actually, read it in an afternoon, maybe that's why.........ya bloody smartarse !
Forster raved about vampire bookend as the best band in the world right now in the monthly... Credibility crushed
Forster...pfft....brizvegan dandy.
I love you too x
aawww x
Brizvegan dandy lol
Saw this in Readings today for $5. It's a great read - anyone who hasn't got a copy yet should pop in and get one.
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which readings?
Carlton
But it was on their bargain table - so my guess is all the Readings stores are selling it for that. Remainder stock.
excellent.
I hope one day my novel will be on the bargain table.
better then your navel.
Hey mathieson, I agree with you article in The Age. I tuned in this week for the first time since Kerry had left and was curious as to why I had to watch some boring segment on a wildlife park in Queensland.
''Playlisted'' on sale for 90% off at the Borders closing down...