Just for the record, the name is misspelled on the book jacketWho's wilder on tour, rock bands or authors?
Writers have been known to drink too much. Salman Rushdie was once accompanied by men with concealed weapons. But authors are not wild on tour. They are tired. Rock bands are not wild on tour either. They've just read Bataille's "The Notion of Expenditure" and want to try it out.
Powell's has an Ink Q&A interview up with one of my favorite authors, the incontestably brilliant rock-cum-cultural critic Greil Marcus. To celebrate, the paperback edition of his latest book, The Shape of Things to Come, has been knocked down 30% to a well worth your while $10.50. I can't say that it's his best work (I strongly recommend In the Fascist Bathroom and The Dustbin of History), but it is a strong testament to his thrillingly kinetic intellect and his ability to craft a consistently compelling read even out of the most complex and convoluted thesis (John Winthrop-to-Twin Peaks-to-Pere Ubu in under 350 pages).
