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Also by Nathan Rabin:

You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me, June 2013
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The Big Rewind, July 2009
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You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me
Nathan Rabin

Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes

Scribner
June 2013
On Sale: June 11, 2013
272 pages
ISBN: 1451626886
EAN: 9781451626889
Kindle: B00A286QIA
Paperback / e-Book
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Humor | Non-Fiction

When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take him to the deepest recesses of both the pop culture universe and his own mind.

For two very curious years, Rabin, who Mindy Kaling called “smart and funny” in The New Yorker, hit the road with two of music’s most well-established fanbases: Phish’s hippie fans and Insane Clown Posse’s notorious “Juggalos.” Musically or style-wise, these two groups could not be more different from each other, and Rabin, admittedly, was a cynic about both bands. But once he gets deep below the surface, past the caricatures and into the essence of their collective cultures, he discovers that both groups have tapped into the human need for community.

Rabin also grapples with his own mental well-being—he discovers that he is bipolar—and his journey is both a prism for cultural analysis and a deeply personal exploration, equal parts humor and heart.

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