{"id":4598,"date":"2013-03-15T20:06:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T00:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:32:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T17:32:02","slug":"cult-hero-ian-svenonius-at-book-beat-wednesday-may-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2013\/03\/15\/cult-hero-ian-svenonius-at-book-beat-wednesday-may-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Cult hero Ian Svenonius at Book Beat, Wednesday, May 15!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/shop\/product_info.php?products_id=25125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4599\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 8px;\" title=\"SupernaturalStrategies-494x800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SupernaturalStrategies-494x800-460x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SupernaturalStrategies-494x800-460x744.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SupernaturalStrategies-494x800.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>We are proud to welcome musician, author and cult hero <strong>Ian Svenonius<\/strong> to Book Beat on<strong> Wednesday, May 15<\/strong> from <strong>7:00-8:00pm<\/strong> to sign and discuss his latest tome, <strong><em>Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Group<\/em><\/strong>. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190 for any further information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike its author, <strong><em>Supernatural Strategies<\/em><\/strong> is part  tongue-in-cheek, part deadly serious\u2014a satire of rock\u2019s consumerist  origins but also a thoughtful treatise on what it means to devote  yourself to a collective . . . Drawing from the wisdom of rock\u2019n&#8217;roll\u2019s  most famous ghosts, Svenonius\u2019 advice ranges from hilarious to cryptic  to surprisingly useful.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/paper-trail\/9050-ian-svenonious\/\">Pitchfork<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Svenonius\u2019s<\/strong> experience as an iconic underground rock  musician\u2014playing in such highly influential and revolutionary outfits as  The Make-Up and The Nation of Ulysses\u2014gives him special insight on  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/220px-Ian_Svenonius1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4644\" title=\"220px-Ian_Svenonius\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/220px-Ian_Svenonius1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a>techniques for not only starting but also surviving a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll  group. Therefore, he\u2019s written an instructional guide, which doubles as a  warning device, a philosophical text, an exercise in terror, an  aerobics manual, and a coloring book.<\/p>\n<p>This volume features essays on everything the would-be star should  know to get started, such as Sex, Drugs, Sound, Group Photo, The Van,  and Manufacturing Nostalgia. The book also has black-and-white  illustrations. <strong><em>Supernatural Strategies<\/em><\/strong> will serve as an indispensable guide for a new generation just aching to boogie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SUPERNATURAL STRATEGIES (FOR MAKING A ROCK &#039;N&#039; ROLL GROUP)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nAq0RcKL45Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to welcome musician, author and cult hero Ian Svenonius to Book Beat on Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00-8:00pm to sign and discuss his latest tome, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock &lsquo;n&rsquo; Roll Group. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. 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