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My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top: 100% Real, * Never Before Seen Documents from the World of Rock and Roll
Paperback
HumorGeneral SongbooksPop/Rock
ISBN13: 9780061749629
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Feb 8 2011
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.11
Language: English
With this shocking tell-all, revealing the all-true, 100% fake secrets about music's biggest names, Jon Glaser--a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the creator and star of Adult Swim's Delocated--is about to rock the world of, well, rock and roll. The long-buried (or possibly, never-yet-imagined) dreadful secrets of music's most notable talents--including Prince's bar mitvah remixes, Fleetwood Mac's deals with McDonald's, and more--are, in the vein of John Hodgman's More Information Than You Require and The Onion's Our Dumb Century, a wry and blasphemous tribute to the popular culture icons we hold dear.
Based on recently discovered (and probably forged) documents, this book finally answers the questions you never thought to ask.
- Absurdist Humor: Find out why the author's dad left ZZ Top in a series of increasingly unhinged letters.
- Secret Documents: Uncover never-before-seen artifacts, including Prince's bat mitzvah set list and the cocktail napkin that reveals Van Halen's original, far less cool band name.
- Music Humor: Witness the moment your favorite artists sold out, from Fleetwood Mac's secret deal with McDonald's to Bob Dylan's abandoned jingles for local mattress stores.
- Deadpan Comedy: A perfect gift for fans of John Hodgman, The Onion, and Adult Swim who appreciate a completely straight-faced approach to the utterly ridiculous.
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