Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003) (edit title/settings)

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Summary edit see section history

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Billy Joel: Add a description of this character.
• Jeffrey Dahmer
• John Wayne Gacy
• Marilyn Monroe
• Pamela Anderson
• Tom Cruise
• Luke Skywalker
• Cameron Diaz
• Larry Bird
• David Lee Roth
• John Cusack
• Tommy Lee
• Woody Allen

Quotes edit see section history

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• “I can't fathom how he isn't the number-one box-office star in America, because every straight girl I know would sell her soul to share a milkshake with that motherfucker.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “"For you I bleed myself dry" sang their block-head vocalist, brilliantly informing us that stars in the sky are, in fact, yellow.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “They think everything will work out perfectly in the end (just like it did for Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones and Nick Hornby's Rob Fleming), and they don't stop believing because Journey's Steve Perry insists we should never do that.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “As I had long suspected, my six-year-old niece Katie is not the former lead singer of the Talking Heads.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “I hope I never own a bed But don't tell SimChuck. Until I got him his $1,000 Napoleon Sleigh Bed ("made with actual wood and real aromatic cedar"), all he did was cry like a little bitch.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “If given the choice between hearing a great band and seeing a cool band, I'll take the latter every single time; this is why the Eagles suck.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “And in the realm of rock 'n' roll, the cool kids fucking rule.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “Had Bruce written" Paradise by the Dashboard Light," people would play it at weddings.”

  Chuck Klosterman

• “"Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is who ever likes the other person less"”

• “"So here is proof: marijuana makes you smarter."”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York
• California
• San Francisco
• Boston
• Ohio
• Harrisonburg
• North Dakota
• Seattle
• Hollywood
• Cincinnati
• Akron
• Hawaii
• United States

Organizations edit see section history

• The Talking Heads: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Pop culture essays: Describe this theme.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Chuck Klosterman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 306.0973

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some profanity, generally used for emphasis. Good for teens and above.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Culture
• Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Popular Culture