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GoogaMooga
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Seen on amazon.co.uk
two illustrated books by Arthur Miller, "Get Around" (44 pages) and "Charles Manson & The Beach Boys!: Bad Vibrations!" (52 pages)
Have any of you bought and read these books? Would you recommend them?
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Based on the covers, I assume these are self-published?
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I mean, I loved Death of a Salesman and The Crucible is a classic.
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First thought as well!
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No, they are not mine. Yes, they are self-published, through Createspace, which is why I am asking. It it's just fannish regurgitations, I am not sure I am interested.
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Isn’t that Dennis/Manson photo super fake? Looks like some real high quality reading
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Quote from: Rocky Raccoon on April 25, 2018, 11:36:20 AM
I mean, I loved Death of a Salesman and The Crucible is a classic.
I think we have the award for best response ever. You win $1,000,000! (Insert the winning horns from The Price Is Right here)
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Quote from: GoogaMooga on April 25, 2018, 12:13:53 PM
No, they are not mine. Yes, they are self-published, through Createspace, which is why I am asking. It it's just fannish regurgitations, I am not sure I am interested.
They say don't judge a book by it's cover......but I'm going to here, and these look like amateur hour.
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Some self-published books are great and end up being the only way the stuff can make it out there. I'm sure there are a number of folks on this board who could put together a worthwhile BB book of that nature.
But, not to overemphasize this board's place in the BB world, I have to say that any self-published book that hasn't been publicized by its author here on this board just *may* be a pretty rinky affair.
I think BB authors know that this board knows their s**t, and we saw what happened with that Carl Wilson bio from a couple years back, which actually saw mainstream distribution.
The only time a self-published book with a crappy cover and questionable editing is worth it is when it's a truly inside story/source. I'd put Scott Wilson's "Son of a Beach Boy" in that category.
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Thanks for all your input, guys, guess I'll pass on these. I am sure a self-pubbed book could be potentially good. Imagine if someone compiled those classic zines, like Beach Boys Australia, Beach Boys Stomp, or whatever they are called. I saw a run of those in a specialist bookstore in London, but they were too expensive for me.
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scrutinizing that bogus dennis/manson supposed old photo the dead giveaway is denny's facial hair, typical of mid-'70s NOT 1968 when he knew manson. it almost seems as if whoever photoshopped this selected a particular dennis image for the purpose of matching mansons level of facial hair
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Quote from: GoogaMooga on April 27, 2018, 08:19:21 AM
Thanks for all your input, guys, guess I'll pass on these. I am sure a self-pubbed book could be potentially good. Imagine if someone compiled those classic zines, like Beach Boys Australia, Beach Boys Stomp, or whatever they are called. I saw a run of those in a specialist bookstore in London, but they were too expensive for me.
This one has some great contemporary fanzine articles, mostly from around 1979 to 1983-ish (I think the book professes to cover 1978 to 1984):
It's quite interesting to read what fanzines thought of what the group was doing in that MIU/LA/KTSA period, and what was going on in the fan world when Carl left the band, etc.
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Yes, I have seen the Add Some Music compendium, will definitely get that one.
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