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Posts Tagged: Chuck Klosterman
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Nov 09
A short list of stuff I used to love that I have officially broken up with
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Aug 09
Answering the Googlers’ Questions X: The return of a fan favorite
Since it’s been awhile. . . this is a feature on I Will Dare where we answer the questions that brought inquiring Googlers to our doorstep.
Is the road to hell is paved with adverbs?
Yes, yes it is. It’s also paved with that shitty Chuck Klosterman novel.
What should I wear to a Journey concert?
Whatever you [...]
5
Apr 09
You’re just jealous
Last week I was arguing with a friend about the sucktasticness of Chuck Klosterman’s Downtown Owl . I supported by case by citing the adverbs, the weird omniscient narrator from the future, and the general amateurish writing.
My adversary countered with, “You’re just jealous.”
This is often the argument I get whenever I yip at those [...]
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Dec 08
The 7 worst books I read in 2008 reviewed in 10 words or less
Today Largehearted Boy keeps peppering his Twitter with links to newspapers publishing their best books of 2008 lists. I am making my own list and currently checking it twice. However, while making the list I noticed that I read a lot of shitty, shitty books this year.
Because I always want to help the gentle [...]
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Sep 08
In case you hadn’t noticed
There’s been some interesting stuff going on over at Minnesota Reads that you don’t even have to be a Minnesotan to enjoy. First, there’s a 6Qs interview with playwright Max Sparber, and the next two weeks have great subjects too though I am not going to reveal who they are. Christa wrote a funny review [...]
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Sep 08
Trying to save you from the vapidness of Downtown Owl
In a Pop Matters interview Chuck Klosterman says, “It was harder to write fiction, but maybe that was only because I’d never done it before. I can’t remember if writing Fargo Rock City was hard or easy.”
The fact that he’s never written fiction before is painfully, achingly, stupefyingly, annoyingly obvious. First, there is the problem [...]
17
Sep 08
The road to hell is paved with adverbs
It was Stephen King who said the road to hell is paved with adverbs. I think he also said to use adverbs sparingly (yes it is a joke). It should come as no surprise that the only writing quotes I can really remember come from King, since his On Writing is the only writing book [...]
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Jun 08
How Chuck Klosterman and Rock & Roll Bookclub made me revise history
I removed roughly a hundred entries from the iwilldare.com archives today. They were mostly of the “I have to clean the kitchen” variety and whining about that one time I had a cold back in December of 2000. Hey, blogging was new then and I thought the Internet really wanted to hear about how [...]
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Nov 06
Chuck Klosterman in the A.V. Club
The Onion’s A.V Club has a little Q&A with Chuck Klosterman, prepare to roll your eyes so often and so hard you’re afraid they’ll get stuck. He seems to think that anyone who pans his book is a frustrated writer who is jealous of him. Barf.
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Oct 06
On drunkeness, bookclub, and stuff
Even though I had to cancel my Westernerd party, I commenced with the hosting of bookclub. Incidentally, Dad was let out of the hospital today. Hopefully he doesn’t go back any time soon.
So yes, with the bookclub hosting. It was one of our best bookclub’s ever and I’m not say that just becaine I’m totally [...]
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Oct 06
If I were to workshop Chuck Klosterman’s short story ‘You Tell Me’
I just finished reading Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas. The book ends with a short story Chuck wrote called “You Tell Me.” Like I do with every short story I read, I workshop it in my head. When I finish a good short story I always let out this [...]
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Sep 06
Things that make me happy even though my stomach has staged a revolution against me
• New book day! I got the new Chuck Klosterman and Jennifer Egan books today.
• I haven’t thrown up yet, though I feel like I might.
• Good Gravy, my adorable Canuckian co-worker who keeps IMing me things like, “you know, I bet you’d really dig this band: Wilco.” Or, “Hey, you should check out the [...]
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Aug 05
things that i hope to do tonight if i don’t go home and stare at the wall drooling because i have no brain power left to do anything else
• leave work before 7 p.m.
• watch that stupid topher grace movie because you know, i think i kind of have the hots for him
• write about it’s ‘what you like not what you are like’ — you know from High Fidelity, because i’ve been thinkng about that a lot lately
• pack up all the [...]
9
Aug 05
what i don’t like about you
ok, (sorry UH) but i was just listening to the Klosterman piece on The Current, and while it hasn’t made me fall head over heels in love with Klosterman, it has made me believe that Mary Lucia and i are soulmates. really. she asked ol’ Chuck if he had one song that he would ask [...]
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Aug 05
i am, i am superwuss and i don’t do anything
after working 11 hours and spending half of those hours in meetings, i decided that i did not have the intestinal fortitude to deal with the urban hipsters who would undoubtedly be flocking to Edina to hear Chuck Klosterman read. instead, i will have to placate myself with his appearance on 89.3 The Current.
i’m [...]
