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| From | Randall J Paske <rpaske@kc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Jacob Slichter's (Semisonic) book |
| Date | Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:10:41 -0500 |
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At 01:57 PM 7/9/2004 -0700, Brent wrote:
>At lunch, I was reading a bit of the newspaper and it had a review of
>Jacob Slichter's book that he wrote, following the rise and fall of
>Semisonic (he was the drummer). A lot of the details are taken from his
>personal journal accounts, so it's pretty accurate account of all their
>major label dealings, etc. Apparently, after the success of "Closing
>Time", they owed their label more than $1 million dollars once their first
>album had finished its run. The book sounds like a good read. Has anyone
>read it yet?
When I asked that question here a couple of weeks ago, one follow-up was
from Anna, saying that she'd asked a week earlier. (Somehow I'd missed
that.) So this makes three--maybe someone will have read it by now!
The excerpt I linked to is still online:
http://citypages.com/databank/25/1229/article12239.asp
Looks like a good read to me.
Randy
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