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Dr. Mark
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: Van Halen 101 |
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Has anyone read this book yet? I'm reading it now and while it is a good book, I'm wondering how much fact is there. There is alot of "I believe..." to begin sentences in the book. I'm curious if anyone else has read it yet.
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Dirq Van
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| I believe I havent read it yet ;) |
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Dr. Mark
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Dirq Van wrote: I believe I havent read it yet ;)
Is that a fact? |
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velvet jones
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| I read it - like you, I felt it was good "but..." Felt like I was reading an essay written by a 5th grader. Author kept reusing the same expressions, loaded with lots of !!! exclamation points. I got the impression that he was sitting in front of a huge stack of Hit Parader and Circus magazines and just cut-and-pasted them into a book, while sticking in plenty of his personal opinions and corny comments. |
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Dr. Mark
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velvet jones wrote: I read it - like you, I felt it was good "but..." Felt like I was reading an essay written by a 5th grader. Author kept reusing the same expressions, loaded with lots of !!! exclamation points. I got the impression that he was sitting in front of a huge stack of Hit Parader and Circus magazines and just cut-and-pasted them into a book, while sticking in plenty of his personal opinions and corny comments.
I'm on page 60...is it worth continuing? It feels like I'm reading a fans account of what he believes is what happened. There are facts that we all have learned over the years and then there is what he "believes" happened also, which I don't like at all. |
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voxwah0
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| I think the whole book becomes worth it from page 303-386 |
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Mink
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voxwah0 wrote:
Quote: I think the whole book becomes worth it from page 303-386
I agree, the Tribute section is a great read. The first 300 pages I could have done without. |
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