{"product_id":"marks-my-friend-9781086373431","title":"Mark's My Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeach Sloth's poetry is like if Andy Warhol wrote really banal but somehow profound poetry that crawled under your skin \u0026amp; tickled your brain \u0026amp; made you want to document every moment of your stupid life because he makes it seem weirdly glamorous \u0026amp; special-- iconic. This collection is a surreal experimental journey into the psyche of Mark Kozelek of slowcore\/sadcore 90's band, Red House Painters. Beach Sloth takes you inside in a way that makes you wonder about all the people you might have been in alternate realities, and more importantly, how you would be seeing the world through their eyes, creating a strange absurdist dissonance with your own perception as you read the collection. Mark Kozelek is Beach Sloth in another dimension \u0026amp; Beach Sloth is Mark Kozelek in this one, 10\/10 (would read to my future children that I'm probably not gonna have).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeza Cantoral, author of \u003cem\u003eCartoons in the Suicide Forest \u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eTrash Panda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark's My Friend \u003c\/em\u003e(a.k.a. \u003cem\u003eThe Mark Kozelek Songbook\u003c\/em\u003e, to give it its unofficial title) has a curiosity, like a flashlight playing Mitch Hedberg reinterpretations, leading you thru mundane mechanics of modern, consumerist culture imbued with a willingness to wonder. That wonder wanders \"Out in other parts of the world entire governments have been toppled so I could eat this pizza bagel in relative silence.\" after \"Twitter said my password is weak, but I think they're weak as fuck.\" and before derailing a Costco trip into a morgue to verify your uncle dead you have to \"try to be a good consumer since America's economy is mostly fueled by domestic consumption.\" You don't need to know Mark to get a kick out of his songbook or Beach Sloth's exploration of \"a cubicle with walls you decorate with personal, but not too personal, items \/\/ so people know you have a life outside the office,\" \u0026amp; sometimes dreams \"about what kind of things I could decorate a cubicle with if I had a cubicle.\" Thanks Beach Sloth for introducing everyone here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeremiah Walton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beach Sloth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781086373431\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40622658715763,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":7.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d1f0a94a-823f-4f56-89c5-9348326c965a.jpg?v=1670685816","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/marks-my-friend-9781086373431","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}