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Chuck Klosterman
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Chuck Klosterman
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An instant New York Times bestseller!
“Informative, endlessly entertaining.”—BuzzFeed
“Generation X’s definitive chronicler of culture.”—GQ
From the author of But What If We’re Wrong comes an insightful, funny reckoning with a pivotal decade
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. Landlines fell to cell phones, the internet exploded, and pop culture accelerated without the aid of technology that remembered everything. It was the last era with a real mainstream to either identify with or oppose. The ’90s brought about a revolution in the human condition, and a shift in consciousness, that we’re still struggling to understand. Happily, Chuck Klosterman is more than up to the job.
In The Nineties, Klosterman dissects the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the pre-9/11 politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality, the yin/yang of Oprah and Alan Greenspan, and (almost) everything else. The result is a multidimensional masterpiece, a work of synthesis so smart and delightful that future historians might well refer to this entire period as Klostermanian.
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“In The Nineties, Klosterman examines the social, political and cultural history of the era with his signature wit. It’s a fascinating trip down memory lane.” —Time
“Always an astute cultural observer and a fan of deep dives into any subject, Klosterman is focused here on a decade in American life that he says is often portrayed as ‘a low-risk grunge cartoon’ . . . Klosterman’s gift is seizing on those moments that any Gen Xer can readily recall and pulling the strings a bit to put it in some kind of historical perspective.” —Associated Press
“Serving up the moments and meanings of a modern decade in a few hundred pages is no easy task, but Chuck Klosterman has managed to boil a hearty stew of insight. . . . [Klosterman is] a master of smooth setups and downbeat finishes.” —USA Today
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Buyer Beware
- By Jim Myers on 05-16-17
By: Chuck Klosterman
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Chuck Klosterman IV
- A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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Chuck Klosterman IV consists of three parts:
THINGS THAT ARE TRUE
Profiles and trend stories: Britney Spears, Val Kilmer, McDonalds, '70s rock band nostalgia cruises. With new introductions and asides.
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9.6 out of 10
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 01-23-13
By: Chuck Klosterman
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s
- By: Rob Harvilla
- Narrated by: Rob Harvilla
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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The 1990s were a chaotic and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. In 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s, Ringer music critic Rob Harvilla reimagines all the earwormy, iconic hits Gen Xers pine for with vivid historical storytelling, sharp critical analysis, rampant loopiness, and wryly personal ruminations on the most bizarre, joyous, and inescapable songs from a decade we both regret entirely and miss desperately.
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My Personal View-Harvilla Rules!
- By Qtsbuster on 11-18-23
By: Rob Harvilla
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I Lived the 80s
- A Gen X Life and the Pop Culture That Defined It
- By: B Harrison Smith
- Narrated by: B Harrison Smith
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
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Gen X is the “forgotten generation.”
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An enjoyable trip through time, especially if you loved through it.
- By Anonymous User on 02-27-25
By: B Harrison Smith
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I Wear the Black Hat
- Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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In I Wear the Black Hat, Klosterman questions the very nature of how modern people understand the concept of villainy. What was so Machiavellian about Machiavelli? Why don't we see Batman the same way we see Bernhard Goetz? Who's more worthy of our vitriol - Bill Clinton or Don Henley? What was O.J. Simpson's second-worst decision? Masterfully blending cultural analysis with self-interrogation and limitless imagination, I Wear the Black Hat delivers perceptive observations on the complexity of the anti-hero.
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My Favorite Writer Falls a Little Short...
- By Nils J. Rasmussen on 08-20-13
By: Chuck Klosterman
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I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- By: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
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It was a pretty radical idea - a channel for teenagers, showing nothing but music videos. It was such a radical idea that almost no one thought it would actually succeed, much less become a force in the worlds of music, television, film, fashion, sports, and even politics. But it did work. MTV became more than anyone had ever imagined. I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties.
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The Most Entertaining Book of the Year
- By David on 10-24-12
By: Craig Marks, and others
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Raised in Captivity
- Fictional Nonfiction
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Sloane Crosley, Chris Gethard, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Fair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations.
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Two Favorite Stories: Fluke & Of Course It Is
- By Austin Pierce on 07-30-19
By: Chuck Klosterman
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The Visible Man
- A Novel
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Annabella Sciorra, Scott Shepherd
- Length: 8 hrs
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Therapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient....
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Hillarious & Disturbing In (almost) Equal Measure
- By Amanda on 11-07-11
By: Chuck Klosterman
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This Isn't Happening
- Radiohead's "Kid A" and the Beginning of the 21st Century
- By: Steven Hyden
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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In 1999, as the end of an old century loomed, five musicians entered a recording studio in Paris without a deadline. Their band was widely recognized as the best and most forward-thinking in rock, a rarefied status granting them the time, money, and space to make a masterpiece. But Radiohead didn't want to make another rock record. Instead, they set out to create the future.
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Amazing read but…
- By Alexis Feldman on 06-01-21
By: Steven Hyden
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history.
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Like talking about movies with a friend
- By Shawn Inmon on 05-30-19
By: Brian Raftery
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Searching for John Hughes
- Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know About Life I Learned from Watching '80s Movies
- By: Jason Diamond
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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In Searching for John Hughes, Jason tells how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb - sometimes homeless, always restless - found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes' oeuvre. He moved to New York to become a writer. He started to write a book he had no business writing. In the meantime he brewed coffee and guarded cupcake cafes. All the while he watched John Hughes movies religiously.
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Not about John Hughes, or the 80's.
- By Lila Fowler on 11-30-16
By: Jason Diamond
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
- Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
- By: Michael Azerrad
- Narrated by: Jon Wurster, Merrill Garbus, Fred Armisen, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
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This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan '80s - when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right.
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Comprehenisve History of Some 1980s Indie Bands
- By Jeff Koeppen on 12-22-19
By: Michael Azerrad
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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
- One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
- By: Robert Sheffield
- Narrated by: Scott Shepherd
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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When he turned 13 in 1980, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music and himself, and in Talking to Girls About Duran Duran we get a glimpse into his transformation from pasty, geeky "hermit boy" into a young man with his first girlfriend, his first apartment, and a sense of the world.
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Before there was Team Edward...there was Team John
- By Tricia, Audible Editor on 04-11-12
By: Robert Sheffield
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Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me
- What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life
- By: Steven Hyden
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing.
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Great title but not very good overall
- By Noam on 03-21-19
By: Steven Hyden
5 Stars
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Nostalgic and Eye Opening
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Chuck is the premiere commentator of our times.
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what a ride!
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Informative and Fun!
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So good.
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God, his voice.
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Great fun overall
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not what I expected but enjoyable
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Easy read and good nostalgia
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