Don't All Thank Me At Once
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| Author | Brett Milano |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | 125 Books |
Publication date | October 2015 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 180 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0692484692 (first edition, paperback) |
Don't All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Genius of Scott Miller is a 2015 biography of pop musician Scott Miller, written by Brett Milano.[1][2]
The author, a Boston-based music critic and columnist, described the book as one that not only tells the story of Scott Miller and his bands Game Theory and The Loud Family, but also explores "the college and indie-rock explosion of the 1980s and 1990s," and how some influential artists "managed to fall through the cracks."[1]
Milano, who had long believed that the quality of Miller's work was "way out of sync with the amount of recognition he got," began to contemplate writing the book soon after Miller's suicide in April 2013.[3] Miller's death brought to the forefront Milano's feeling that it was "a bit of a crime" that Miller had never adequately been recognized during his lifetime.[3]
An initial book proposal, focusing primarily on the 1987 Game Theory album Lolita Nation, was submitted by Milano to the editors of the 33⅓ book series.[3] The proposal was rejected with "enough encouragement" that Milano decided to go further with the project, to research and write a full-scale biography, and "try to get a handle on who Scott was and how that played into the music he made."[3]
The front cover, designed by Betsy Lescosky, echoes design elements used by Miller in numerous Game Theory album covers, including a distinctive bold italic font, with an oversized capital "G" framing a photo by Ana Morales of Miller performing with The Loud Family.
References
- 1 2 Appelstein, Mike (September 1, 2015). "Game Theory's Scott Miller Gets Posthumous Biography, Record Reissues". The Riverfront Times (St. Louis, MO). Archived from the original on 2015-09-01.
- ↑ Milano, Brett (2015). Don't All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Genius of Scott Miller. 125 Press. ASIN B015NL4USS. ISBN 978-0692484692.
- 1 2 3 4 Zaleski, Annie (January 1, 2016). "The lost pop genius of Scott Miller". Salon. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06.