The Loss of Substance: Stories and Notes on Addiction - Couverture souple

Erlewine, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1517119332 ISBN 13 : 9781517119331

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

I am a slow learner when it comes to giving up what is bad for me, slow beyond reason, probably the last of the last when forced to give up a bad habit. I don’t do it voluntarily and I don’t do it rationally. I give up what is bad for me only when faced with no alternative, like knocking on death’s door. And I am not exaggerating here as I am (so I am told) sometimes prone to. When I look back at the trail of bad habits I have left behind me as I have aged, it does not speak well of me. It is clear that I don’t learn by reasoning, by reading, or being told (even by a doctor) that this or that is bad for me. When it comes to my bad habits, only at the last possible moment do I change, and even then I insist on being rational, scientific, using trial and error, and god-knows-what else. I try each habit until the last dog dies. I want to be certain it is bad for me and I leave no stone unturned.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Erlewine was co-founder of the Prime Movers Blues Band along with his brother Daniel in 1965. Their drummer was a young Iggy Pop. The band was well-known in the Midwest and opened for “Cream” in 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco during the “Summer of Love.” Erlewine went on to found the “All-Music Guide (AllMusic.com), the largest music data site on the Internet. Erlewine has published many books on music, the blues, rock, and jazz.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1517119332
• ISBN 13: 9781517119331
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg