Hold Steady's frontman teams with Letterman scribe Tom Ruprecht to turn Fargo Rock City into a movie. The story centers around geeky, teenage metal fans in '80s North Dakota, and Klosterman will co-produce with the writers. Details here. \m/... CONTINUE READING CRAIG FINN ADAPTING CHUCK KLOSTERMAN FOR THE BIG SCREEN»
Posted on October 22, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Chuck Klosterman | Craig Finn | Fargo Rock City | Monsters Of Folk | The Hold Steady
Did you open you're email yet today? If so, chances are you found yourself a new 'Gum Drop, this time packed with a never-before-heard track from recent Kill Rock Stars signee Panther, and the chance to win a boatload of... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP GIVEAWAY #5»
Posted on September 26, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Chuck Klosterman | Cut Off Your Hands | Dirty Projectors | HEALTH | Johnny Cash | Panther | Women
Love his prose or find him a digressive, circular-reasoning gas bag, Chuck Klosterman is an unavoidable fixture on the hipster-lit scene -- and he's almost as polarizing as The Hold Steady (almost). The Phoenix picked up on this phenomenon and... CONTINUE READING THE CULT OF KLOSTERMAN»
Posted on October 5, 2006 (37 comments)
Tags: Chuck Klosterman | Grammys | The Edge | U2
Via Philly.com:Charles Barkley says he's "flattered and honored" to be the namesake of Gnarls Barkley, the hip-hop/rock duo comprising Danger Mouseand Cee-Lo. The Round Mound of Rebound says he has their CD St. Elsewhere, and "it's pretty good, an interesting... CONTINUE READING CHARLES ON GNARLS»
Posted on June 20, 2006 (1 comments)
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Reader Devin writes in:-----Original Message----- From: Devin Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 To: Stereogum Subject: The Downfall of Spin So, I don't know if you guys have seen the new issue of Spin Magazine, but they are definitely trying to... CONTINUE READING MORE EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR SPIN»
Posted on April 25, 2006 (34 comments)
Tags: Chuck Klosterman
April Fool's Day comes a day early at spin.com. "If you purchased a kitten on the day that Use Your Illusion I & II arrived in stores, it's probably dead by now."... CONTINUE READING CHUCK KLOSTERMAN REVIEWS CHINESE DEMOCRACY»
Posted on March 31, 2006 (10 comments)
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NY Post goes to Chuck Klosterman's Astor Place B&N reading and reports on the author's fanbase.These are the Klostermaniacs, the ever-growing Cult of Chuck that includes bookworms, bloggers and even uber-goober Seth Cohen on "The O.C.," who hailed Chuck's geek... CONTINUE READING MONKEES = MONKEES»
Posted on July 22, 2005 (128 comments)
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Chuck Klosterman, the cool-obsessed pop culture essayist who loves Kiss but believes "Coldplay is absolutely the shittiest fucking band I've ever heard in my entire life" (Pg. 3), has compiled a list of recent "high-quality" albums May Esquire readers can... CONTINUE READING CHUCK KLOSTERMAN'S 21 CDS FROM THE PAST 3 YEARS»
Posted on May 2, 2005 (59 comments)
Tags: Chuck Klosterman | Courtney Love | Drive-By Truckers | My Morning Jacket | The Hold Steady | The Lemonheads | TV On The Radio | Weezer
Albeit deserved, the tarnishing of Billy Joel's legacy makes Stereogum sad. Growing up as a young Strong Island blogger in the '80s, I had no choice but to love the Piano Man, especially because my parents were making me take... CONTINUE READING I KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT BILLY JOEL»
Posted on May 4, 2004 (31 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Chuck Klosterman
I know what you're thinking ... Friendster jumped the shark MONTHS AGO. It's true. But Esquire is 6 months behind the rest of us, so for the January '04 issue they've asked cranky pop-culture aficionado Chuck Klosterman to write about... CONTINUE READING ON FRIENDSTERSHIP»
Posted on December 4, 2003 (8 comments)
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