The Wilco Book by Fred Tomaselli, Wilco Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wilco Book
Book Review: DON'T BUY THE BOOK TO GET THE CD
Summary: 5 Stars
Great book that comes with a cd. Per one listen, I opine the cd would be great for anyone who needs help falling asleep. I found zero redeeming qualities to it.Book Review: Gracing my coffee table for years to come
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful buy for all fans of the band. It really brings you into the Wilco circle. Excerpts and essays by and about the band, their methods, and their ideas are attractively presented through a series of pretentiously artsy photos. There is not nearly as much hard info as Greg Kot's magnificent Wilco: Learning How to Die, but the two books are completely different reading expereinces. The Wilco Book is not meant for plowing through; it is meant for experiencing.
The book also comes with a CD. These are not the polished studio gems of Summerteeth or the country rockers of AM. These are sonic experiments from the "a Ghost is Born era", and have a feeling of no pressure. Tweedy and co work together - Glenn's influence is really felt here. "Pure Bug Beauty" is a favorite of mine, although "diamond claw" is cool, "barnyard pimp" struts its stuff, and the alternate version of "hummingbird" will be a highlight for many.
Book Review: Great Book For any Wilco Fan
Summary: 4 Stars
Great book for any Wilco fan. Just finished the book today. It also comes with a nice CD of unreleased songs! That was a nice little surprise. Very high quality book with alot of pictures. Good read.Book Review: Great Coffee-Table Book!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Wilco Book is a collection of beautiful photos and personal thoughts about and by the wonderfully progressive alt-rock band, Wilco. It is not meant to be read as a book, it is intended to be picked up and opened to fill your senses, visually. And then, there's the music...a CD of unreleased songs is included in the book. There are no gems, they're not even real songs, mostly just sound tracks, but very nice background material while you create yourself, by way of pen or brush. The only problem with a book like this is that you get to know the band a little too personally. They seem less like geniuses and more like mere troubadors. Especially when you put their philosophies and short essays next to those of Henry Miller's, whose are also included in this book. Pick up the book, put it on your coffee table, and it'll get picked up quickly by your guest while your Monet and Thomas Kinkade books are used as coasters.Book Review: Lighten up, Francis
Summary: 4 Stars
If this last guy wants to go off on Tweedy for being pretentious, then he shouldn't use the word "didatic" and then misspell "heywire" (it's spelled haywire, dude).
I think the price of enjoying an artist that refuses to fit into a box is that he sometimes can seem a bit pretentious. Deal with it. If you can't then go back to you Nickelback CD's...
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