Fargo Rock City, for Real: An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV
()
About this ebook
Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including The Nineties, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, and But What If We're Wrong?) and fiction (Downtown Owl, The Visible Man, and Raised in Captivity). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.
Read more from Chuck Klosterman
I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Visible Man: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Billy Joel Essays: Essays from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Chuck Klosterman IV Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Sports: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChuck Klosterman on Rock: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Television: An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSomething Instead of Nothing: An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old": A Previously Published Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Pop: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jack Factor: An Excerpt from Fargo Rock City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Fargo Rock City, for Real
Related ebooks
Riot On Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' roll's Last Stand In Hollywood (Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I, Shithead: A Life in Punk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anvil!: The Story of Anvil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Rock: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChuck Klosterman on Pop: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old": A Previously Published Essay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jack Factor: An Excerpt from Fargo Rock City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSomething Instead of Nothing: An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Television: An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKilling Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Sports: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Billy Joel Essays: Essays from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Chuck Klosterman IV Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television: A Collection of Previously Published Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Albert Finney: A Well-Seasoned Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Age of MTV Through Rose-Colored Glasses Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Downtown Owl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eating the Dinosaur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKing's X: The Oral History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Social Science For You
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All About Love: New Visions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Men Explain Things to Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Selection) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Verbal Judo, Second Edition: The Gentle Art of Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Close Encounters with Addiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slaves in the Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women Don't Owe You Pretty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Fargo Rock City, for Real
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Fargo Rock City, for Real - Chuck Klosterman
Fargo Rock City, for Real
An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman
Scribner
New York London Toronto Sydney
SCRIBNER
A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
www.SimonandSchuster.com
This essay was previously published in the book Chuck Klosterman IV copyright © 2006, 2007 by Chuck Klosterman
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Scribner Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
First Scribner ebook edition September 2010
SCRIBNER and design are registered trademarks of The Gale Group, Inc., used under license by Simon & Schuster, Inc., the publisher of this work.
For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com.
The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049