You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me
Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Description: 261 pages ; 23 cm
One of Rolling Stone 's 20 Best Music Books of 2013
When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take him to the deepest recesses of both the pop culture universe and his own mind. For two very curious years, Rabin, who Mindy Kaling called "smart and funny" in The New Yorker , hit the road with two of music's most well-established fanbases: Phish's hippie fans and Insane Clown Posse's notorious "Juggalos." Musically or style-wise, these two groups could not be more different from each other, and Rabin, admittedly, was a cynic about both bands. But once he gets deep below the surface, past the caricatures and into the essence of their collective cultures, he discovers that both groups have tapped into the human need for community. Rabin also grapples with his own mental well-being--he discovers that he is bipolar--and his journey is both a prism for cultural analysis and a deeply personal exploration, equal parts humor and heart.
When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take him to the deepest recesses of both the pop culture universe and his own mind. For two very curious years, Rabin, who Mindy Kaling called "smart and funny" in The New Yorker , hit the road with two of music's most well-established fanbases: Phish's hippie fans and Insane Clown Posse's notorious "Juggalos." Musically or style-wise, these two groups could not be more different from each other, and Rabin, admittedly, was a cynic about both bands. But once he gets deep below the surface, past the caricatures and into the essence of their collective cultures, he discovers that both groups have tapped into the human need for community. Rabin also grapples with his own mental well-being--he discovers that he is bipolar--and his journey is both a prism for cultural analysis and a deeply personal exploration, equal parts humor and heart.
Contents:
What have I gotten myself into? -- Stepping into tomorrow : Phish in Miami, 2009 -- Exploding into the turbulent teens : Phish, New Year's Eve, Miami -- And now for something completely different : Violent J's Behind the paint ushers us into the world of the Dark Carnival -- ICP in a post-Jokers Card world -- Goodbye, Woodstock, hello gathering of the Juggalos : curious times in cave-in-rock -- A brief, unfortunately emo chapter where our unreliable narrator loses his shit and fucks up big time and also, in a really strange turn of events, becomes an employee of 'Weird Al' Yankovic -- The corruption continues : hallowicked 2010 -- Phish for real this time : my brain explains with joy on the very first night of the tour -- The tour continues as our hapless protagonist tries to figure out how to operate with a blown mind and leaking skull -- Two for the road : our narrator finds a temporary traveling companion -- The walking wounded : coming home -- Back in a New York groove : feeling like a karma billionaire at Super Ball, 2011 -- The gathering of the Juggalos 2011 : Bang! Pow! Boom! -- The good reverend breaks it down -- The big finish.
Subjects:
Phish (Musical group)
Insane Clown Posse (Musical group)
Popular music fans.
Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Music critics -- United States -- Biography.
Rock music -- Influence.
Phish (Musical group)
Insane Clown Posse (Musical group)
Popular music fans.
Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Music critics -- United States -- Biography.
Rock music -- Influence.
ISBN:
9781451626889 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
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PERFORMING ARTS Music Popular Rab | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |