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Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670025518
ISBN-139780670025510
eBay Product ID (ePID)167863494
Product Key Features
Book TitleEminent Hipsters
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicComposers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Rock
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDonald Fagen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for Eminent Hipsters "[An] excellent. . . and satisfying memoir. This is less about Fagen's career than about his tastes. . .He writes insightfully about music, films, and books. . .with this remorseless, hilarious book, Fagen reveals himself as a first-class grump. . . Eminent Hipsters is also a convincing testimonial to the honing effect of a lifelong devotion to the culture of misfits, weirdos and cranks." - Rolling Stone "Fagen is utterly charming when he describes other performers. . .he defends TV and film composer Henry Mancini from charges of fuddy-duddyness. . . his essay on Connie Boswell is the kind of top-notch, incisive cultural critique you ain't gonna get from the likes of Keith Richards. Just like the lyrics he penned for the Dan, Fagen's writing here is charged with a zingy, acerbic intelligence." -Slate.com "As you would expect from someone who has been one of the most consistently sardonic voices of rock, Fagen can write." -GQ.com
Dewey Decimal782.42166092
SynopsisA witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the road. Fagen begins by introducing the eminent hipsters that spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s, among them Jean Shepherd, whose manic nightly broadcasts out of WOR-Radio enthralled a generation of alienated young people; Henry Mancini, whose swank, noirish soundtracks left their mark on him; and Mort Fega, the laid-back, knowledgeable all-night jazz man at WEVD who was like the cool uncle you always wished you had. He writes of how, coming of age during the paranoid Cold War era, one of his primary doors of escape became reading science fiction, and of his invigorating trips into New York City to hear jazz. Class of 69 recounts Fagen s colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, the progressive school north of New York City, where he first met his future musical partner Walter Becker. With the Dukes of September offers a cranky, hilarious account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour Fagen made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald, performing a program of old R&B and soul tunes as well as some of their own hits. Acclaimed for the elaborate arrangements and jazz harmonies of his songs, Fagen proves himself a sophisticated writer with a very distinctive voice in this engaging book.", A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the road. Fagen begins by introducing the "eminent hipsters" that spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s, among them Jean Shepherd, whose manic nightly broadcasts out of WOR-Radio "enthralled a generation of alienated young people"; Henry Mancini, whose swank, noirish soundtracks left their mark on him; and Mort Fega, the laid-back, knowledgeable all-night jazz man at WEVD who was like "the cool uncle you always wished you had." He writes of how, coming of age during the paranoid Cold War era, one of his primary doors of escape became reading science fiction, and of his invigorating trips into New York City to hear jazz. "Class of '69" recounts Fagen's colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, the progressive school north of New York City, where he first met his future musical partner Walter Becker. "With the Dukes of September" offers a cranky, hilarious account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour Fagen made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald, performing a program of old R&B and soul tunes as well as some of their own hits. Acclaimed for the elaborate arrangements and jazz harmonies of his songs, Fagen proves himself a sophisticated writer with a very distinctive voice in this engaging book.
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- Oct 23, 2018
Eminent Aging Hipsters
The first half of Eminent Hipsters consists of several interesting autobiographical and critical essays about Fagen’s musical development, and jazz in general, and it makes for interesting, if not compelling, reading. The rest of the book is a series of diary entries written during a Dukes of September tour that appear to be there to fill space in what is still a thin book. Fagen comes across in his tour diary as lonely, depressed, and condescending of his audience, and it’s not very enjoyable reading.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 19, 2023
ONly for jazz and Dan fans
Fagen's prose is as cool as his lyrics, but unless you like jazz or Dan, you won't care. And book ends with a 2012 tour journal, no conclusion by Fagen that wraps the book. I would have liked that, having very enjoyed the non-journal narrative.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 22, 2023
great
hey, this is pretty good. i liked the first(happy) part about youth. second part was both happy and sad. still love this guyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 24, 2016
Great Book
Good for Steely Dan/Donal Fagen FansVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Dec 06, 2016
Very enjoyable
Mr. Fagen doesn't disclose many stories about Steely Dan, but this brief memoir/tour chronicle is sharply observed, well-written, and, at times, laugh-out-loud funny.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
