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My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top: the ZZ Top Letters...and More 100% Real, Never Before Seen Documents from the World of Rock n' Roll – A Wry Satire of Pop Culture's Music Icons - Softcover
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With this shocking tell-all, revealing the all-true, 100% fake secrets about music’s biggest names, Jon Glaser—a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the creator and star of Adult Swim’s Delocated—is about to rock the world of, well, rock and roll. The long-buried (or possibly, never-yet-imagined) dreadful secrets of music’s most notable talents—including Prince’s bar mitvah remixes, Fleetwood Mac’s deals with McDonald’s, and more—are, in the vein of John Hodgman’s More Information Than You Require and The Onion’s Our Dumb Century, a wry and blasphemous tribute to the popular culture icons we hold dear.
Based on recently discovered (and probably forged) documents, this book finally answers the questions you never thought to ask.
- Absurdist Humor: Find out why the author’s dad left ZZ Top in a series of increasingly unhinged letters.
- Secret Documents: Uncover never-before-seen artifacts, including Prince’s bat mitzvah set list and the cocktail napkin that reveals Van Halen’s original, far less cool band name.
- Music Humor: Witness the moment your favorite artists sold out, from Fleetwood Mac’s secret deal with McDonald’s to Bob Dylan’s abandoned jingles for local mattress stores.
- Deadpan Comedy: A perfect gift for fans of John Hodgman, The Onion, and Adult Swim who appreciate a completely straight-faced approach to the utterly ridiculous.
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An irreverent and ridiculous collection of "found" documents that will change everything you thought you knew about rock and roll, by the creator and star of Adult Swim's Delocated
Jon Glaser delves into the unknown and highly secretive histories of dozens of rock and roll's greatest bands with sometimes spectacular, sometimes heartbreaking, always completely made-up results. In this book, you'll discover the following:
- Handwritten letters by Glaser's own father, which reveal him to be an early member of the band we now know as ZZ Top
- Old lyrics journals of, among others, Bob Dylan and David Bowie, featuring a collection of songs they probably hoped would never see the light of day
- A letter from Ringo to the rest of the Beatles, the week after their breakup, informing them of his plans to start a Beatles tribute band
- Formerly classified government documents with shocking revelations about the Navy SEALs and the Butthole Surfers
- Prince's set list for the bat mitzvah of Steven Spielberg's daughter Rachel, including the songs "Purple Oy Vey," "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Rabbi," and "When Doves Kvetch"
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