Influenza todd rundgren biography book
The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations
February 17, 2019
Todd Rundgren (and Utopia) is one of my favorite all-time artists who I've been listening to for well over forty years. Unfortunately, I found this to be a very sad read. There is little joy coming from Todd in these pages. A depressing and troubled childhood, eventual drug and alcohol abuse, plenty of problematic relationships, and little direction (although he always goes back to his music). I knew little about his personal life before reading these musings and, in a way, I would have been better off not knowing. While he does provide interesting glimpses into his life and thought, there is plenty disturbing (the aforementioned for starters) and uninteresting (particularly his Asia trip which spans many pages).
Each "chapter" is one page (sometimes sparse, sometimes smashed in) with paragraph one recounting an event, paragraph two reflecting on it, and paragraph three waxing philosophical (the latter pro
Each "chapter" is one page (sometimes sparse, sometimes smashed in) with paragraph one recounting an event, paragraph two reflecting on it, and paragraph three waxing philosophical (the latter pro