Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs A Low Culture Manifesto

This book took me ages to finish. Which is okay, each chapter can be read separately from each other. In every chapter Klosterman picks another pop culture reference and picks about what it means to our culture right now. It was very interesting to read and some of it I agreed with. It was also entertaining. The more I read the book, however, the more Klosterman seemed like someone who I...more

This book took me ages to finish. Which is okay, each chapter can be read separately from each other. In every chapter Klosterman picks another pop culture reference and picks about what it means to our culture right now. It was very interesting to read and some of it I agreed with. It was also entertaining. The more I read the book, however, the more Klosterman seemed like someone who I would have went to high school with and been one of my best friends. This made me like him less and less. He is very full of himself and believes that he has extremely high intelligence to be able to philosophize about the zeitgeist of our times by picking apart our TV shows, movies, serial killers, sex icons, and sports. And he probably does have very high intelligence, but I am not sure if that makes him and his opinions better than everybody else like he very much believes.   hide

It's a book about nothing, which makes it both great and sometimes a bit strange. After all, Seinfield was about nothing, but people loved it anyways. Interesting read, he brings up a lot of interesting points, but I prefer his other book Killing Yourself to Live (that's saying a lot since I don't like Rock music).

Awesome. I general, I hate both nonfiction and the pseudo-intelligentsia, but I think Klosterman may be the real thing. He takes everyday cultural phenomena, examines them, and never fails to reach an insightful, accurate conclusion about them. I read it over the summer, and plan to buy a copy just so that I can ask every new person that I meet and intend on becoming intimate friends with his...more

Awesome. I general, I hate both nonfiction and the pseudo-intelligentsia, but I think Klosterman may be the real thing. He takes everyday cultural phenomena, examines them, and never fails to reach an insightful, accurate conclusion about them. I read it over the summer, and plan to buy a copy just so that I can ask every new person that I meet and intend on becoming intimate friends with his 24 psychoanalytical questions that test mind and morality. Klosterman's ideas about modern life are very interesting, and I don't believe that anybody will regret reading this, except, you know, Twilight fans.   hide

Klosterman is an entertaining and clever penman. I will give him that. The blurbs on the cover are spot on too--- I was ready to strangle this guy during mostly every chapter because he is so irritating but so often I am forced to agree with him. I found myself laughing and cringing at some of his commentary. But aside from the entertainment value of it, his writing is nearly useless to me....more

Klosterman is an entertaining and clever penman. I will give him that. The blurbs on the cover are spot on too--- I was ready to strangle this guy during mostly every chapter because he is so irritating but so often I am forced to agree with him. I found myself laughing and cringing at some of his commentary. But aside from the entertainment value of it, his writing is nearly useless to me. Unless you are a professional pop culture (he calls it low culture) junkie, you will find yourself *only* content after reading this. This book does what Klosterman claims the Dixie Chicks, Star Wars and Saved By the Bell does to society---fills you up but doesn't satisfy in the way some more meaningful or relevant piece of literature might.   hide

Chuck Klosterman is an idiot. He writes too many flip-flop articles to seem "deep." He is obsessed with bad 80's tv shows. He doesn't like Coldplay and he blames John Cusack for making him the pathetic single piece of shit that he is. He also seems like a creepy child molester with his articles about Saved By The Bell and coaching little league baseball. He thinks he's...more

Chuck Klosterman is an idiot. He writes too many flip-flop articles to seem "deep." He is obsessed with bad 80's tv shows. He doesn't like Coldplay and he blames John Cusack for making him the pathetic single piece of shit that he is. He also seems like a creepy child molester with his articles about Saved By The Bell and coaching little league baseball. He thinks he's tough shit because him and his girlfriend used to say they were like "Syd and Nancy," but they were probably giggling and drinking chocolate milk in his mother's basement like stupid ass teenagers who they they're dangerous do. And speaking of girlfriends, how much ass does he seriously talk about getting? I seriously doubt any girl would fuck some pseudo-poetic moron whose face resembles an aging, white ass. If you're thinking of reading this book for real insight, fucking skip this shit.   hide

Klosterman gives me that great pop-culture junk food fix that I need at three in the morning. I know it will make me fat, but I have to indulge. With that said, if you are seeking out insightful prose with mind bending ideas interwoven, you have picked up the wrong book. Klosterman is entertaining and funny; sometimes he's wrong, but that makes the book more visceral. It's like getting drunk...more

Klosterman gives me that great pop-culture junk food fix that I need at three in the morning. I know it will make me fat, but I have to indulge. With that said, if you are seeking out insightful prose with mind bending ideas interwoven, you have picked up the wrong book. Klosterman is entertaining and funny; sometimes he's wrong, but that makes the book more visceral. It's like getting drunk and philosophizing with your stoned roommate about innate crap whilst sitting on the kitchen floor eating cereal. Klosterman doesn't promise genius, he's just a pretentious guy with a television, too much time on his hands, and a need to hear himself talk.   hide

Chuck Klosterman totally reminds me of a countless number of 20-something webgeeks that I've effortlesly encountered since 1996 when my mother subscribed me to aol as a middle school graduation gift. Fearlessly self-absorbed. Overly aware of pointless, yet supurb, mind-numbing media culture. Blissful at the notion that a pair of emo glasses and a SAT fueled vocabulary can get anyone, just...more

Chuck Klosterman totally reminds me of a countless number of 20-something webgeeks that I've effortlesly encountered since 1996 when my mother subscribed me to aol as a middle school graduation gift. Fearlessly self-absorbed. Overly aware of pointless, yet supurb, mind-numbing media culture. Blissful at the notion that a pair of emo glasses and a SAT fueled vocabulary can get anyone, just about anywhere. I am a fan of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs because it places me in a snug womb of familiarity. Like an old friend this book serves the purpose of a 1996 chatroom without all of the middle-mannish scrolling. Thank god SOMEONE is publishing intellectual critiques of ZACK MORRIS. Thats not a waste of time at all!! < /sarcasm >   hide

Had to read this for school..

Klosterman starts off strong in this book about pop culture. And he ends with oomph. I enjoyed the chapters on the presence of Lloyd Dobler, the Sims, why critiquing journalism is futile, and on the relationship between celebrity and evil. My only criticism is that Klosterman gets caught up with what is "cool". He should work on his strong ability to analyze instead of make pronouncements of...more

Klosterman starts off strong in this book about pop culture. And he ends with oomph. I enjoyed the chapters on the presence of Lloyd Dobler, the Sims, why critiquing journalism is futile, and on the relationship between celebrity and evil. My only criticism is that Klosterman gets caught up with what is "cool". He should work on his strong ability to analyze instead of make pronouncements of what is "cool". That said, worth reading.   hide