Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist

Some people think this is supposed to be a memoir, which it is clearly not supposed to be that. It's a collection of short pieces, some of which let us into Marc's world, but many of which are not actually about Marc Ribot. An essay about the poetry of Henry Grimes is stunning. A series of comedic "treatments" of unfilmable stories is a riot. A letter by a father to his daughter as he disassembles her childhood furniture is very moving. Fables in the fifth part of the book take the top of your head off and shake up the brain. There are political rants and some poetry (I resist), it feels like some pieces that have been spoken in some of his Ceramic Dog music (I'm not sure, but bells were ringing).This is a brief book of short pieces that breezes by. Very entertaining and scattered, and a number of stories that I handed of to friends and family and said, "You gotta read this!"

Good read.

GREAT AWESOME FUNNY CRAZY ZANY INSIGHTFUL I FELT INSIDE THE HEAD OF MARC RIBOT…AND IT WAS MARVELOUS MADCAP MAYHEM MONSTROSITY

Read this after reading John Lurie’s recent book and was pretty underwhelmed. Despite an amazing career and massive contributions to both the instrument and the various genres Ribot has worked in, the book is not particularly interesting.

Better than most musicians can write, I was surprised at how well Marc could articulate and describe such excruciatingly boring stories.Sorry Man, I love your music, but you missed the mark on this one. I Hope your not offended.

Not all about music. Eclectic writing from an eclectic musician.

if you love Marc Ribot music, thats for you!

Intéressant quand il parle de musique et de musiciens (R Quinne H Grimes F cæssus) ou de New York. Pour le reste (la deuxième partie du livre) je n’ai pas trop compris où il voulait en venir: une collection de textes sans queue ni tête. Je n’ai probablement pas perçu la portée artistique de ces textes…