The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime (33 1/3 Book 45)

Mike Watt is such an accommodating guy that he will give any chancer the factual and anecdotal framework for an interesting piece.The author is,conversely,devoid of original thinking,apposite references and journalistic (let alone critical) faculties.I won't waste your time with every teeth grinding,plodding 'insight'.Suffice to say he is reviewing a record he admits to first owing on cassette,before 'trading up' to a CD.This is a double LP with 4 carefully compiled sides,and a gatefold sleeve with some of Pettibons best work for SST.It's like reviewing 'Ulysses' from a talking book.Flick through it in a shop you don't like.

It's ok

Just watch "We Jam Econo." It's a great documentary, it's free on YouTube, it will take up as much or less of your time as this book, and--most important--it's clearly the primary source material for Mr. Fournier's effort here. True, there is some original research in the book, but it mostly concerns the sort of trivia and arcana that only the most obsessive fan really craves. I appreciate Fournier's obvious love of his subject matter (which I share), and I understand that an adjunct needs whatever writing gig comes his way, but you should probably pass on this one.

A dense and great book about a dense and great album. Unless you've memorized the whole album, I suggest you read along while listening to the album. There's a lot of info here (just like the album) but it is very rewarding at the end.

This is a ripoff. Terrible OCR makes several passages difficult to comprehend (for one example, took me a while to figure out that "Gende" meant "Gentle"). The publisher obviously didn't proofread the Kindle version. To charge $10 for such shoddy work is abusive.

This guy goes way too into detail just describing the songs and the book has a huge amount of typos. The author talks about himself too much. It is worth reading if you're a fan of the album though.

On page 73 Michael T. Fournier claims that Jack Brewer was the guitarist of saccharine trust...