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"Andrew Schwab is the lead singer of a moderately successful rock band called Project 86 whose lifetime sales accumulate to about 300,000 records sold. "It's All Downhill From Here" is an account of the happenings of the band on the road for the past seven years.
His merchandise guy committed crimes trying to get them all arrested. A mechanic is rebuking his lifestyle. Fans are stealing his things. From the laser pointer that nearly got them all killed, to a haunting female fan, to an 80's rocker's bad breath, Schwab tells it how it happened. "
Micah Wimmer, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- musician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- Singer/Dancer
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- spiritual
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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