{"product_id":"loudmouth","title":"Loudmouth by Duncan, Robert","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Read this book immediately if you like truth, drugs, generation gaps, guitars, and lifelong quests for freedom and kicks.\" \u003ci\u003e--Craig Finn, The Hold Steady \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Ransom, born to a severely dysfunctional southern family transplanted to New York City, is left to his own devices by neglectful parents, and spends his childhood shadowing his criminally-inclined half-brother and roaming the city with hard-drinking teenage pals. He eventually finds an outlet as the flamboyant singer of a downtown rock band, and later as the young editor of the Detroit-based magazine that invented punk, only to return to New York, at the height of the 1970s bacchanal, and crash. But it isn't music that saves him. It's a soft-spoken painter, who turns out to be the most outrageous character of all. With echoes of \u003ci\u003eAlmost Famous\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLOUDMOUTH\u003c\/b\u003e tracks an impassioned musician and writer out among the punks, hippies, and wild geniuses of rock when music was the center of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author \u003cb\u003eRobert Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e was barely out of his teens when he started writing for the influential music magazine \u003ci\u003eCreem\u003c\/i\u003e, becoming its managing editor at 22. He went on to write for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of other publications, interviewing hundreds of rock stars at the top of their game. In the process, Duncan became a rock Zelig: he shares tales of his time with a young, scrawny Bruce Springsteen while driving him around Detroit; he introduces The Clash's Mick Jones and Joe Strummer to a broken-down piano player of dubious ability, leading to a hilariously disastrous recording session with the band; he works alongside legendary rock critic Lester Bangs, witnesses his tragic spiral, and finally discovers him dead of an OD in the apartment next door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese experiences, and many others, provide the fuel for his debut novel, \u003cb\u003eLOUDMOUTH\u003c\/b\u003e, making it what \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Jonestown Massacre's Joel Gion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e calls, \u003cb\u003e\"A sonic wail of a tale about the youthful beginnings of one of the Mount Rushmore 'heads' of rock 'n' roll journalism.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Rooms Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941110928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 22, Robert Duncan was managing editor of the legendary \u003ci\u003eCreem\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, working in Detroit alongside his friend Lester Bangs. He has contributed to \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of other popular publications. He was lead singer, songwriter, and producer for several rock bands, including 3DayBig\u0026amp;Tall. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Noise: Notes from a Rock 'n' Roll Era; Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, a tongue-in-cheek biography; and \u003ci\u003eOnly the Good Die Young\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of profiles of dead rock stars. He was story consultant and interview subject for the documentary, \u003ci\u003eCreem: America's Only Rock \u0026amp; Roll Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at SXSW in 2019. He is anthologized in \u003ci\u003eSpringsteen on Springsteen\u003c\/i\u003e and Patti Smith gave him a shout-out in her memoir, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry has been published in several issues of \u003ci\u003eMaintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Three Rooms Press). He is founder of the advertising and design firm Duncan Channon and its Tip Records subsidiary. He was raised in a Southern family displaced to New York City and now lives with his wife, the artist and rock photographer Roni Hoffman, near San Francisco. \u003cb\u003eLOUDMOUTH\u003c\/b\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Three Rooms Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656106049689,"sku":"9781941110928","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_ff571c37-eabe-4b8b-99bb-47f118d66203.jpg?v=1724651749","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/loudmouth","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}