The sequel to 2009's Bad Vibes, in which Luke Haines reveals what happened next...
Luke Haines learned guitar in the red light district of Portsmouth and subsequently formally studied music at the London College of Music. His band The Auteurs missed out on the 1992 Mercury Music Prize by one vote. His first memoir, Bad Vibes, was published in 2009.
Haines was always too clever to be a pop star...As a writer,
though, he's a national treasure-in-waiting, cutting through the
pomp with drily hilarious anecdotes. Post Everything sums up the
silliness of the indie scene perfectly.
*Mail on Sunday*
Post Everything is written with such authority that it suggests
that Haines has finally found his calling ... He brilliantly
describes two years of futile effort, and the true pain of
collaborative endeavours...But Haines's pain provides our
pleasure.
*Independent*
Luke Haines: genius. I'm pretty sure he'd hate being called a
genius, while secretly thinking, Yes, I am one. He is one ... An
astute observer of what's going down ... Post Everything is worth
your while.
*Andrew Collins*
Reads like being regaled in the pub by a brilliantly indiscreet
misanthrope ... Hilarious.
*Metro*
Thrilling...Against the backdrop of a collapsing music business,
the rise of Simon Cowell, reality TV, war, and the great New labour
disappointment, this is that very British of things - a celebration
of heroic failure...Now that Luke Haines' musical memoirs are
complete...let's see where he casts his gimlet eye and chooses to
let his pen run next.
*NME, Book of the Week*
Delightfully scathing, frequently hilarious dissection of his
splendidly non-commercial musical career...This is essential
reading for old and jaded music fans.
*Irish News*
Haines manages to maintain a degree of objectivity and offers us a
perspective on the music industry as it turns to dust. It helps
that he is funny. Like an articulate but permanently pissed uncle,
he's a master of the clever cuss and an enthusiastic employer of
the tangential footnote...This is an enjoyably smirksome read.
*Time Out*
"Must never end up like Bobby Gillespie" It's not a bad strategy
for life, and happily one the ferociously talented Luke Haines
continues to adhere to in his follow-up to Bad Vibes. Resuming from
where that excoriatingly brilliant book left off...Grimly
amusing.
*Word*
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