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`POST EVERYTHING is written with such authority that it suggests that Haines has finally found his calling: indeed, it's almost as if he's deliberately sabotaged his career until now to give himself something to write about ... The book's best sections are concerned with genuine failure ... He brilliantly describes two years of futile effort, and the true pain of collaborative endeavours ... But Haines's pain provides our pleasure.' --Matt Thorne, Independent
Haines was always too clever to be a pop star ... As a writer, though, he's a national treasure-in-waiting, cutting through the pomp with drily hilarious anecdotes. POST EVERYTHING sums up the silliness of the indie scene perfectly.' --Mail on Sunday
`Haines manages to maintain a degree of objectivity and offers us a perspective on the music industry as it turns to dust. It helps that he is funny. Like an articulate but permanently pissed uncle, he's a master of the clever cuss and an enthusiastic employer of the tangential footnote ... This is an enjoyably smirksome read.' --Time Out
`An utterly disdainful account of the British music industry from the late 1990s to 2005. Written in forthright, expletive-riddled prose, it reads like being regaled in the pub by a brilliantly indiscreet misanthrope ... Hilarious.' --Metro
`"Must never end up like Bobby Gillespie" It's not a bad strategy for life, and happily one the ferociously talented Luke Haines continues to adhere to in his follow-up to BAD VIBES. Resuming from where that excoriatingly brilliant book left off ... Grimly amusing.' --Word
`Thrilling ... Against the backdrop of a collapsing music business, the rise of Simon Cowell, reality TV, war, and the great New labour disappointment, this is that very British of things - a celebration of heroic failure ... Now that Luke Haines' musical memoirs are complete ... let's see where he casts his gimlet eye and chooses to let his pen run next.' --NME, Book of the Week
`The second coruscating music memoir from Luke Haines ... It's as funny and scathing as Haines' first book, BAD VIBES ... with a more surrealist sense of weirdness ... A lot of fun.' --Big Issue
`Haines is still filled with snark and insight, which makes for a dark but enjoyable read. --Elle
`Delightfully scathing, frequently hilarious dissection of his splendidly non-commercial musical career ... This is essential reading for old and jaded music fans.' --Irish News
Haines was always too clever to be a pop star ... As a writer, though, he's a national treasure-in-waiting, cutting through the pomp with drily hilarious anecdotes. POST EVERYTHING sums up the silliness of the indie scene perfectly.' --Mail on Sunday
`Haines manages to maintain a degree of objectivity and offers us a perspective on the music industry as it turns to dust. It helps that he is funny. Like an articulate but permanently pissed uncle, he's a master of the clever cuss and an enthusiastic employer of the tangential footnote ... This is an enjoyably smirksome read.' --Time Out
`An utterly disdainful account of the British music industry from the late 1990s to 2005. Written in forthright, expletive-riddled prose, it reads like being regaled in the pub by a brilliantly indiscreet misanthrope ... Hilarious.' --Metro
`"Must never end up like Bobby Gillespie" It's not a bad strategy for life, and happily one the ferociously talented Luke Haines continues to adhere to in his follow-up to BAD VIBES. Resuming from where that excoriatingly brilliant book left off ... Grimly amusing.' --Word
`Thrilling ... Against the backdrop of a collapsing music business, the rise of Simon Cowell, reality TV, war, and the great New labour disappointment, this is that very British of things - a celebration of heroic failure ... Now that Luke Haines' musical memoirs are complete ... let's see where he casts his gimlet eye and chooses to let his pen run next.' --NME, Book of the Week
`The second coruscating music memoir from Luke Haines ... It's as funny and scathing as Haines' first book, BAD VIBES ... with a more surrealist sense of weirdness ... A lot of fun.' --Big Issue
`Haines is still filled with snark and insight, which makes for a dark but enjoyable read. --Elle
`Delightfully scathing, frequently hilarious dissection of his splendidly non-commercial musical career ... This is essential reading for old and jaded music fans.' --Irish News
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The sequel to 2009's Bad Vibes, in which Luke Haines reveals what happened next...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Haines is back with his wonderful obsessions - Lord Lucan, Gary Glitter, Peter Sutcliffe, Jonathan King, Billie Piper et al. I didn't know that the great man spent two years working on a musical about Sussex-based dodgy landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten but, in retrospect, it seems unimaginable that he would have done anything else.
Aside from (possibly) one hit single, the music discussed in this book was never whistled by your milkman. I happen to own all the LPs mentioned herein but that, apparently, makes me something of an outlier. And there are better places to get yer celebrity anecdotes; Haines briefly talking to Chrissie Hynde and nearly talking to Bono and Philip from Rising Damp are the nearest we get to insider gossip here. No matter. This, even more than Bad Vibes, is about the writing, and the writing is very sharp indeed. Witheringly funny from start to (rather abrupt) finish, this is a book about the last spasms of the music industry written by its most erudite snarling underdog. Bring on volume 3, if only to hear about how he came to release 50 albums in one day.
Aside from (possibly) one hit single, the music discussed in this book was never whistled by your milkman. I happen to own all the LPs mentioned herein but that, apparently, makes me something of an outlier. And there are better places to get yer celebrity anecdotes; Haines briefly talking to Chrissie Hynde and nearly talking to Bono and Philip from Rising Damp are the nearest we get to insider gossip here. No matter. This, even more than Bad Vibes, is about the writing, and the writing is very sharp indeed. Witheringly funny from start to (rather abrupt) finish, this is a book about the last spasms of the music industry written by its most erudite snarling underdog. Bring on volume 3, if only to hear about how he came to release 50 albums in one day.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed Mr Haines' first book "Bad Vibes", and although I preferred Bad Vibes, this still well worth your shekels. Plenty of laugh out loud moments for me. I loved Lukes' constant incredulity at record companies' willingness to hurl money at him despite never quite reaching the giddy heights of pop stardom. THe book is actually a good documentaion of the 'decline' of record companies from the days when they had more clout and money to throw around and were signing any old shit left right and centre. Halcyon days! My only real critism of it is near the end, when it trails off a bit when Luke ventures into the world of writing musicals, but thats just a minor quibble. I cant wait for the sitcom....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This second installment of Haines memoirs lacks the cohesion and fun of the previous tome. A bit like watching Jimmy Saville at the end of a fun run. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. And its flesh this book lacks as Haines spends his time in the doldrums for a lot of this books duration and so threadbare incidents are stretched beyond breaking point, devices are used with mindless reptition and the tedium of his domestic life and lovesickness permeates the text like an old sock at the bottom of a laundry basket. Having said that, an off beam Haines is infinitely more interesting than his contemporaries could ever be and on occassion there are some laugh out loud moments and typically acidic observations. Its just that not much HAPPENS. If this were a record it would be 'Metal Machine Music' rather than 'Tago Mago'. It seems to be far longer than it actually is and getting to the end of it is a relief rather than a revelation. Also, the ticker tape introductions to each chapter are trite and do nothing for the main text, whilst the Fritz the Cat interludes smack of someone with little to say but a target number of words to hit. Thankfully on record, Haines true vocation in life, he remains unique and ahead of the game. The bit at the Glenn Hoddle press conference is priceless though.
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Another Delicious Rant
For those of us with strong opinions on all things musical and cultural, and, let's face it, they don't come any more opinionated than the multi-talented Mr Haines, Post Everything... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Keith M
Post Everything - better than Bad Vibes
If you liked the first Haines epic, Bad Vibes, you'll like this - but this one is even better. Whatever goes on, in Haines brain-box, we now know more about it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by jimthe walrus
Pipped At The Post
The music bizz (sic) needs artistes like Haines, he is irksome, often unlikable, more than a bit full of himself and his records are, more often than not, works of genius. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bela Lugosi's Dad
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