Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance by Dean Wareham
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Book Summary Author: Dean Wareham Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-03-13 ISBN: 1594201552 Number of pages: 336 Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance
Customer Review: More songs about buildings and food
Summary: 3 Stars
A decent memoir by an indie rock icon. Undoubtedly it helps to be a fan of either Galaxie 500 or Luna, the cult bands Wareham fronted in the 80s and 90s. Wareham's no hack, but the book lacks narrative shape. A good writer on a small scale, the endless anecdotes flatten out as tour after tour is related in inconsequential detail. This approach does manage to convey the tedium of life on the road in an almost famous band: the crappy hotels, squalid clubs, long drives. We don't get much insight into the creative process, except the negotiations of recording an album in a democratic ensemble. Nor do we get much in the way of celebrity name dropping, though Luna opened for Lou Reed (one of the two times I saw them), who appears in a photo op and contributes a dustjacket blurb. Wareham is in fact, pretty discreet, handling the climax of the book, his infidelity and divorce from his first wife, with kid gloves. A salacious tell-all this is not.
What he does talk about is food: paella in Spain, barbecue in Texas, brisket on Houston Street. He also has the sniffy attitude of a fanboy music nerd of a particularly 80s ilk, catty about bands he doesn't like. Favorite road game: "Who wouldn't you open for?"
But Wareham's a smart guy who doesn't wear his Harvard education on his sleeve. There are a fair number of wry asides and one liners. Though some of these stories fall flat, I guess you had to be there.
There are also some genuinely poignant moments, like when he catches sight of his toddler son across the avenue the day he walked out on his first marriage.
All in all this is a respectable book for fans and those interested in the nuts and bolts of being in a minor league rock band. Still, better worth waiting for the paperback.