The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders
by Stephen Thompson, A.V. Club (Editor)
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For ten years, The Onion A.V. Club--the entertainment section of the award-winning humor publication The Onion--has been interviewing entertainers and storytellers of every style and stripe. But it has always placed an emphasis on those with fascinating, hard-won careers, from amiable retirees and passionate visionaries to bitter, jilted, eternally warring cranks. Collecting dozens of The Onion A.V. Club's most entertaining and candid interviews, The Tenacity Of The Cockroach offers a show more pop-cultural tour unlike any other. The Onion A.V. Club can be found at www.theonionavclub.com show lessTags
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Collection of interviews from The Onion AV Club. Some really cool, non-mainstream celeb selections.
Recommend "All I Did Was Ask" by Terry Gross instead.
Recommend "All I Did Was Ask" by Terry Gross instead.
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- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- Henry Rollins; Harlan Ellison; George Carlin; John Kricfalusi; Jello Biafra; Ralph Bakshi (show all 76); Tom Lehrer; Berkeley Breathed; Bob Odenkirk; David Cross; Andy Partridge; XTC; Mr. Show; Aimee Mann; Lloyd Kaufman; Martha Plimpton; Steve Albini; George Romero; Penelope Spheeris; Ian MacKaye; Fugazi; Tom Waits; Grant Hart; Hüsker Dü; Gene Simmons; Kiss; Merle Haggard; John Waters; Rick Nelson; Cheap Trick; Dr. Demento; Chuck Jones; William H. Macy; Douglas Adams; Ray Bradbury; Conan O'Brien; Elmore Leonard; Robert Altman; Ron Jeremy; Alice Cooper; Stan Freberg; Andrew W.K.; Tim Quirk; Too Much Joy; Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; Mark Hosler; Negativland; Mr. T; Teller; Penn Jillette; Penn & Teller; KRS-One; Mark Mothersbaugh; Devo; Alan Moore; Lemmy Kilmister; Motörhead; Bob Barker; Andy Richter; Vanilla Ice; David Lee Roth; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Roger Corman; Rick James; Joan Jett; Pam Grier; Peter Frampton; Ronnie Spector; Russ Meyer; Quentin Crisp; Joss Whedon; Michael McKean; Billy Barty; James Ellroy; The Unknown Comic; Robert Forster
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Music, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.092273 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances History, geographic treatment, biography Biography Collected biography
- LCC
- PN2285 .T46 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater Special regions or countries
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- 214
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- 152,762
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- (3.88)
- Languages
- English
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- Paper
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