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In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever – and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts. In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever – and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts. Refreshingly witty and weird, often touching and always drenched in teen spirit, this is like no other book about music ever published. Among those taking their chance to chip away at golden pop memories and to do poetic justice to the utterly ephemeral and utterly serious nature of the most popular art-form of our time are …Refreshingly witty and weird, often touching and always drenched in teen spirit, this is like no other book about music ever published. Among those taking their chance to chip away at golden pop memories and to do poetic justice to the utterly ephemeral and utterly serious nature of the most popular art-form of our time are …Nick HornbyNick Hornby Thurston Moore Martin Millar Bono