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Yes!!!
Pretty much the entire world has been wanting to know more about this book than the little snippets we’ve been getting, and I know it’s the entire world, because nobody on this earth doesn’t want to hear more from Liz and Laura Jane.
(And Kat, but she’s busy with vampire fiction, which the world also wants to know more about)
Thank you so much, Mary! That is exactly what we (I) love to hear. Tons of fun to come y’all!!!!!!
You guys’ (non-English) genuine passion for the Beatles is the opposite of the culturally mandated English General Respect For The Beatles. Which has meant I have been able to actually form opinions about the Beatles with my own brain and tastes instead of accepting/rejecting THEY WERE GREATEST LOL.
Which is a good thing!
So exciting! Always great to hear more from all three of you.
this is a really cool idea…whoever gets norwegian wood is lucky
I can’t %$*#ing WAIT for this book … so pumped!!
Maggie, you’ll be happy to hear that I took “Norwegian Wood” and ran with it. “The Norwegian Wood Allegory” is an overarching theme in my half of the book. I’m sure I will explain Norwegian Wood allegories at a later date.
Thanks Lori! Thanks Sarah! Thanks Claire! Thanks Maggie!
Wowwwww! Needless to say I am shit yourself exciting!!! will we be able to buy this awesome book off nogoodforme? anyways, best of wishes to you darling girls!
oh wow I put exciting instead of excited. ugh please ignore my shitty spelling.
Seriouslyyy excited for the book. I echo Luisa’s thought, though, is this going to be published regularly, or can we buy it from nogoodforme or Amazon or something? ‘Cause I definitely want to buy this.
this please pleases me very much. i can’t wait. it’s like you crawled into my brain and are giving me the most beautiful gift that i didn’t even know i needed. but now, I NEED IT. BAD. thank you.
oh YES! indeed.
writing about music is one of the most difficult forms of writing there is, I think. writers usually either get too nerd-fact-y or too personal – and I love a little nerd-factiness, and I also love to read about people’s personal experiences with music, but it can easily get out of hand (“van morrison was born, and started a band, and wrote some songs, and these were the times he lived in… but then *I* bought the record”).
what I love about the way you guys write about music is what I love about the way you guys write about clothes. you always write with loving attention to the music itself, but it’s always focussed about the way you live with music, what its place is in your lives. sometimes these experiences are very similar to mine, sometimes they’re not, but I can always relate to them in some way. it’s always ‘open’ in an important way. it can make me see my own experiences in a new light, give some nuance to how I feel about different members of the beatles, consolidate my view that ‘love me ’till the sun shines’ is one of the best kinks songs. you write the stuff that I love to read, and to write myself.
have fun writing!
thank you so much, anne! i love your comment so much.
thank you everyone!!!!!!
welcome!
One day, I was surfing the internet because I needed help picking a perfume and I found your astrological guide to perfumery, which aside from cracking me up, also did help a lot. I figured, if these girls can write hilariously and openly and facetiously and cogently about perfume and astrology, everything else they write must be worth reading. And then I found out that you share my passion for The Beatles. Reading what you have to say about The Beatles really just fuels my love for them, I think. I think it’s weird when people who are fans of a certain thing get territorial and competitive about who’s the bigger fan. Shouldn’t your love of something be something to bond over, something that could potentially connect you to a stranger? Shouldn’t understanding why they love what you love help you develop a better understanding of why you love what you love? Was that really convoluted? Yes, but I think you get my point, which is, I fucking love you guys and I can’t wait for this book.
This is one of the few original ideas I’ve heard of in the past five years – can’t wait!
PEOPLE ARE SO NICE IT MAKES ME CRY A LITTLE!
EPIC. Send me a review copy when it’s available!
mike: yes we will send you a review copy, for your glowing review!!
As if there won’t be a copy on the first table you see when you walk into any major bookstore in the world in a couple years
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