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Post by ♫ ♪ on Jan 9, 2020 9:59:47 GMT -5
Received a delivery estimate update from amazon and fully expected it to be delayed, but looks like the release was actually moved up by a week or two
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Post by raeni on Jan 9, 2020 15:37:39 GMT -5
I doubt anyone here is 'on the fence' about getting this, but if you are - do it. His writing style just pulls you along through some pretty insane and intense stuff. It's a great read.
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Post by ♫ ♪ on Jan 9, 2020 17:00:14 GMT -5
I doubt anyone here is 'on the fence' about getting this, but if you are - do it. His writing style just pulls you along through some pretty insane and intense stuff. It's a great read. you tease you
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Post by username2500 on Jan 9, 2020 21:35:17 GMT -5
so... raeni you read it!? good for you, on getting an advanced look! I've always thought, since listening to the albums, he'd make a good book writer. just 3-4 months til release, time will go by fast. will have to time myself on how long it takes to read
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Jan 10, 2020 22:41:30 GMT -5
Received a delivery estimate update from amazon and fully expected it to be delayed, but looks like the release was actually moved up by a week or two Ditto but mines gotta come across the pacific but I’ll be in Europe so it’ll be there when I get home to get me thru missing out on the euro/UK dates which inc my birthday 😕
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Post by username2500 on Jan 26, 2020 10:13:41 GMT -5
Just about 3 months from now, excited for this. Just read these reviews: Book release party/ies I wonder? Editorial Reviews www.amazon.com/Sing-Backwards-Weep-Mark-Lanegan/dp/0306922800Review "If you ever wondered how Mark Lanegan's music came to blossom, here's a taste of the dark dirt that fertilized it. But saying that, or something like it, feels irresponsible, almost like saying 'If you want to make great, soul-shattering art, traumatize yourself to the limit and beyond' ... Sing Backwards and Weep is gnarly, naked, and true."―Michael C. Hall of Dexter and Six Feet Under "The artist's journey to find one's true voice can travel some very dark roads; addiction, violence, poverty, and soul-crushing alienation have taken the last breath of many I have called friend. Mark Lanegan dragged his scuffed boots down all of those bleak byways for years, managed to survive, and in the process created an astonishing body of work. Sing Backwards and Weep exquisitely details that harrowing trip into the heart of his particular darkness. Brutally honest, yet written without a molecule of self-pity, Lanegan paints an introspective picture of genius birthing itself on the razor's edge between beauty and annihilation. Like a Monet stabbed with a rusty switchblade, Sing Backwards and Weep is breathtaking to behold but hurts to see. I could not put this book down."―D. Randall Blythe, author of Dark Days and lead vocalist of Lamb of God "Harrowing, edgy, tense, and hypnotic. A very truthful, sobering account of what it's like in the throes of addiction, with shades of Bukowski, Burroughs, and Hunter S. Thompson."―Gerard Johnson, director and writer of Tony, Hyena, and Muscle "Some books amuse you, some intrigue you, and some-they don't come along often-like Mark Lanegan's Sing Backwards and Weep, squeeze you by the throat and drag you down the back stairs of the author's soul and blast you till you see what he's seen and feel what he's felt. Mark Lanegan spares no detail of the toxic and maniacal things he's done and had done to him, nor of the glorious, weird beauty he walked out with on the other side. You can't look and you can't look away. This is my kind of book. Fucked-up, full of heart, and hard-core as a shot of battery acid in the eye."―Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty, and Happy Mutant Baby Pills "A no holds barred memoir of uncompromising honesty. All of the usual suspects are here-sex, drugs, rock and roll-and if that were all, it would be compelling enough on the strength of Lanegan's writing and the setting of 80's and 90's Seattle, a near mythical time and place in music history. But what elevates Sing Backwards and Weep above the pack is the window into Lanegan's development as an artist, from his first musical influences to the singular singer and songwriter we see today. He seamlessly weaves that storyline into the more conventional rock memoir fabric and the results are outstanding."―Tom Hansen, author of American Junkie and This Is What We Do "Sing Backwards and Weep is powerfully written and brutally, frighteningly honest. First thought that came to my mind was, 'Mark Lanegan gives the term bad boy a whole new meaning.' These are gritty, wild tales of hardcore drugs, sex, and grunge. But this is also the story of a soulful artist who refused the darkness when it tried to swallow him whole. And who found redemption through grace and the power of his unique and brilliant music. Finally, the song becomes truth. And the truth becomes song."―Lucinda Williams "A stunning tally of the sacrifices that sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll demand of its mortal instruments."―Kirkus Reviews
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Post by wheels132 on Jan 26, 2020 12:25:16 GMT -5
I am brimming with excitement to read this. Also wondering when we'll get an official release date (and maybe a single?) for the companion album, Straight Songs of Sorrow. I would think soon...
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Post by spentbullets on Feb 11, 2020 2:14:43 GMT -5
Holeee shit! The drama is real on Van's FB regarding the bio!!
Tho Mark already warned that he was burning bridges when this does come out
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Post by dresi on Feb 11, 2020 2:25:19 GMT -5
Holeee shit! The drama is real on Van's FB regarding the bio!! Tho Mark already warned that he was burning bridges when this does come out Link please?
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Post by pin964 on Feb 11, 2020 4:00:31 GMT -5
Holeee shit! The drama is real on Van's FB regarding the bio!! Tho Mark already warned that he was burning bridges when this does come out Link please? What goes around, comes around. And that's only the beginning. This book will cause great controversies... Dresi take a look on Van and Gary Lee Conner FB page to get an idea...
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Post by dresi on Feb 11, 2020 4:25:29 GMT -5
Dresi take a look on Van and Gary Lee Conner FB page to get an idea... Ah, well this is gonna be interesting. Not exactly surprising though. Mark always talked about how he hates the Trees period of his life.
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Feb 11, 2020 16:55:42 GMT -5
Dresi take a look on Van and Gary Lee Conner FB page to get an idea... Ah, well this is gonna be interesting. Not exactly surprising though. Mark always talked about how he hates the Trees period of his life. as per Van’s posts he did say some would be deleted and true to his word he did but GLC’s orig post is still up on the FB Lanegan projects page and still a couple of Van’s posts...that said I can understand their shock but why didn’t they broach it with him off FB. Also can someone give my an idea of you are writing about other people do you need their permission to write personally about them?? I always wanted to ‘write’ stories about my band following days but was told I wouldn’t be able to use real names as per prev sentence
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Post by ♫ ♪ on Feb 11, 2020 17:44:41 GMT -5
i saw a screenshot of one page. Unless i missed something Lanegan didn't say anything outrageous. He was just talking about how he felt at the time.
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Feb 12, 2020 8:50:47 GMT -5
Update: everything posted by the brothers has been removed
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Feb 15, 2020 7:52:51 GMT -5
Not sure which part they saw but there's quite a few bits in there which, presented in isolation, will really hurt a lot of people. Hope whoever did the "look at this!" to the Conners allowed a wider context (although it's still rather unpleasant) Just page 39 was posted which set the brothers right off esp. Van Yes who knows what was written prior and after but Raeni posted about the context thing but the rantings/comments still went on for quite a few hours after
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Post by calm ocean on Feb 15, 2020 9:12:34 GMT -5
Not sure which part they saw but there's quite a few bits in there which, presented in isolation, will really hurt a lot of people. Hope whoever did the "look at this!" to the Conners allowed a wider context (although it's still rather unpleasant) Just page 39 was posted which set the brothers right off esp. Van Yes who knows what was written prior and after but Raeni posted about the context thing but the rantings/comments still went on for quite a few hours after everyone is the hero in their own story, while unknowingly they are the villain in someone else's story. most mental health awareness promotes talking about things rather than not talking (even though I don't entirely agree that this is always best). So while this type of publicity may not be what some of the book's subjects want at the moment, I'm sure that writing this stuff down and telling his story must have been somewhat therapeutic for the author. Nothing is stopping anyone else from telling their own story, of which they can be the heroes.
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Post by silence on Mar 7, 2020 5:58:11 GMT -5
The page 39 I have (I believe the book's been revised since the version I have) is a bit rough at the top but mostly goes on about Donna Dresch, and is a real high point of the book - certainly when he talks about the band. There's much worse in there about Lee, and others. Shame they didn't post p.38 as well though, that one's rather sweet and puts a lot of what Mark & GL went through together in a strange sort of context. And he's really not the hero in his own story here, quite the opposite. There are heroes in there though.
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Post by oneone2 on Mar 15, 2020 10:38:19 GMT -5
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Post by frankblack on Mar 26, 2020 5:53:28 GMT -5
Waterstones and Rough Trade are selling signed hardback copies online.
I pre ordered from Rough Trade.
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Post by calm ocean on Mar 26, 2020 6:36:15 GMT -5
i would love to order a signed copy, but i am unsure what to do!
is there any safest bet on where canadians should order from? i am in canada, so i am thinkimg it might be safest just to pre order from my local indigo store. would like to receive this as close to the release date as possible
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Post by 13977 on Mar 26, 2020 9:37:51 GMT -5
Waterstones and Rough Trade are selling signed hardback copies online. I pre ordered from Rough Trade. Looks like Rough Trade have sold out of the signed edition so I just ordered it from Waterstones and cancelled my ordered on the regular non-signed edition from Amazon.
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Post by mickyjesus on Mar 26, 2020 18:40:19 GMT -5
Waterstones and Rough Trade are selling signed hardback copies online. I pre ordered from Rough Trade. Thanks for the heads up. Just pre ordered, might/probably get the audio book too. STAYSAFE!
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Post by calm ocean on Apr 3, 2020 12:50:35 GMT -5
Anyone here use audible? i noticed that on amazon you can get the audiobook narrated by Lanegan. it's free with the 30 day trial.
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Post by reznore on Apr 3, 2020 19:12:34 GMT -5
It's, I guess, the very start of the book narrated by M. Lanegan. Just an excerpt.
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Post by wellwater on Apr 3, 2020 23:43:38 GMT -5
It's, I guess, the very start of the book narrated by M. Lanegan. Just an excerpt.
Captivating... thanks for sharing.
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