Chuck Klosterman IV
A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

I love Klosterman, I know others don’t, but I do. Premises from IV that made me think: - Brittney Spears is either brilliant or a moron in not understanding her role in perpetuating the Madonna/whore dichotomy. - U2 might be genuine, they might be full of it, but they understand the concept that as lon......more

as my friend sigurdur hilmarsson always says, "one data point is only a point; two points is a line." when i read _sex, drugs and cocoa puffs_ -- the conventionally-wise "best klosterman book" -- i couldn't discern what troubled me about his blend of hyper-citation, extreme pop-cultural literacy, and......more

Things that are true: Anyone who has read Klosterman’s IV will understand the following statement: Klosterman has become a guilty pleasure of mine. I receive enjoyment from his writings, yet feel guilty for liking them. Too often he comes off as smug and formulaic. I think that is what’s so problemat......more

Update: Five years later, some of this has aged poorly (especially Klosterman's creepy interview with Britney Spears). Still a 4/5, but no longer the kind of thing I see myself taking the time to reread. This podcast is full of hilarious Klosterman put-downs if you dislike him (or would consider re-......more

A collection of columns Klosterman wrote mostly for Rolling Stone Magazine. It's very self important for such ephemera, but that's the very nature of Rolling Stone. The most glaring thing I found is that the vast majority of celebrities mentioned, nobody cares about any more. Isn't it a relief not t......more