7/23/2007- MARK OLIVER EVERETT WRITES BOOK:
Where have Mr. E and the EELS gone? There hasn't been a single sighting since the conclusion of the 2006 LIVE AND IN PERSON world tour and the few stray appearances soon after. We're not getting a lot of info here at the EELStheband.com offices, but we do have this enticing new bit of news: EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett has written a book about his life, to be published in 2008. That's all we know so far. Stay tuned for more news as it comes.

Mark Oliver Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous, sometimes tragic and always unsteady'. His father - a quantum mechanic who worked for the Pentagon - was a genius who had corresponded with Einstein aged 13. He rarely spoke, and following his own miserable childhood had eccentric ideas of how children should be brought up. Mark - known as 'E' - and his older sister Liz were raised in a house with no rules, with parents who had 'a kind of 70s swinging marriage'. Lacking any real sense of authority, E had to raise himself, not always with the greatest success. His love of music helped pull him through, and by his early 20s he was on the brink of stardom with his first album - Beautiful Freak. But then tragedy struck - having already lost his father to a heart attack, his sister and mother both died in short succession - Liz from an overdose, and his mother from cancer. It was the kind of brutal loss that could destroy someone, but somehow E survived, and channelled his experiences into his music. In THINGS THE GRANDCHILDREN SHOULD KNOW he tells his story - one that is surprisingly full of hope, humour and wry wisdom.

Ich wünsch mir jetzt noch ein Audio Book mit Songs als Bonus und eine Lesetour.  costumed-smiley-091.gif

interessant, daß das buch bei amazon.co.uk schon auf verkaufsplatz 52.451 ist (in abteilung bücher). wenn man bedenkt, daß das ja "nur" die vorbestellungen sind und daß die dvd live with strings etwa doppelt soviele gekauft haben: 24.482 (in sektion dvd).
da kann man ja nicht meckern über eelsfans : -)

dennoch wundere ich mich, daß trotz dieser großen neuigkeiten in unserm gemütlichen forum hier diesbezüglich jetzt noch nicht so irre viel los ist... liegt das nur am sommerloch?

der verkaufsrang sagt aber nichts darüber aus, wie oft etwas stückzahlenmäßig über den ladentisch ging

auf der anderen seite ist das glaube ich eher nur eine interessante news für "uns" hardcore-fans.

Man bekommt's billiger, wenn man das Ganze bei amazon.co.uk bestellt. Zwar nicht um viel, aber billiger ist's auf jeden Fall.