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Chuck Klosterman

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    The Smiths' Louder Than Bombs turns 25 years old today

    Tony Wilson (the Andy Warhol of Manchester, England) once made the hackneyed statement "Morrissey is a woman trapped in a man's body," to which the dandified frontman of the Smiths eventually replied, "Tony Wilson is a man trapped in a pig's body." The two were friends and icons of the Manchester mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Chuck Klosterman: "I have been in a twelve-year-long dream"

    Things that intrigue me are my job. If something is problematic or beautiful, it is my job to discover why and write about it," author Chuck Klosterman told a crowd Tuesday at the Auraria campus, home to three colleges. "Now I get to come and speak at colleges like this, and sometimes I even wond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Nick Drake's Pink Moon turns forty

    In his best selling book Killing Yourself to Live, Chuck Klosterman asserts that "the best career move any musician can make is to stop breathing." When examining Kurt Cobain's post-mortem transformation from junkie dad to iconic voice of a generation, Klosterman notes that the suicide told everyone ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Road Show

    Davy Rothbart brings his lost and FOUND department to Denver.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Chinese Democracy reviewed by Chuck Klosterman

    Hot on the heels of the news that Chinese Democracy has been leaked (see the blog directly below this one) comes what I assume is the first review of the years-in-the-making album from noted rock scribe Chuck Klosterman. The review is full of his usual overblown, overwritten hyperbole, but that does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, November 19 edition

    The Fray are waiting for you. The hits just keep on comin'. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fray is previewing new songs live at Snow Daze in Vail. • Talking golf and rock in a Q&A with Dead Confederate's Hardy Morris. • Apollo Sunshine's Sam Cohen gets the Backbeat Q&A treatment, too. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Q&A with author Chuck Klosterman

    The Fray are waiting for you. The hits just keep on comin'. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fray is previewing new songs live at Snow Daze in Vail. • Talking golf and rock in a Q&A with Dead Confederate's Hardy Morris. • Apollo Sunshine's Sam Cohen gets the Backbeat Q&A treatment, too. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    Chucking It

    Memoirist Chuck Klosterman ditches first person to write a novel.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2007

    Waxing Rhapsodic

    Memoirist Chuck Klosterman ditches first person to write a novel.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2007

    Waxing Rhapsodic

    Memoirist Chuck Klosterman ditches first person to write a novel.

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Porch Songs

    Uncle Zant folks around at Shooting Star.

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Rabbit Test

    Jenny Lewis takes a break from Rilo Kiley with a solo experiment.

  • Music

    June 16, 2005

    Taking Hold

    The Hold Steady's literate brand of rock is way above average.

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Smith and Lessons

    Two decades later, Morrissey is still influencing a ton of bands that sound nothing like him.

  • Music

    November 29, 2001

    Heavy Mettle

    Harlan Hendrickson wants to prove that '80s rock and roll is not noise pollution.

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