Rockets in Rock - Book (Tom Tonk)

The Book

Rockets in Rock contains 33 1/3 record reviews that deal with promising personal ads, women who are out of one's league, conventional poor-man's sex, Satan, and sometimes even records. It's tied to the realization that a record isn't necessarily good when a band delivers one hit after another, but rather gets something magical the moment you, for example, sink your pickle while it's playing. Rockets in Rock presents experiences with LPs or their artists, memories of a carefree youth, episodes with strange women and broken guys - a chronicle of daily madness, which suddenly turns even the most mundane crap into a favorite record. Because even if the majority of the rock masterpieces represented here certainly deserve their place on Olympus, the primary point is that it's not the record, but rather the life around it that still writes rock history.

The Author

Tom Tonk, born in 1965, spent a large part of his life in front of large, black loudspeakers. Over the years, through countless studies and self-experiments, he has acquired expertise that could not be more comprehensive and authentic. In conjunction with the best musical taste ever, this concentrated competence qualifies a rock pope for a great many things, perhaps even this book. Furthermore, his excellency is considered a good eater and a great woman whisperer, which does not necessarily speak against him. His hobbies are walking and standing still, when he is not gnawing at his meager lunch crib in front of large, black loudspeakers and understanding women. Tom Tonk is not the kind of man who simply changes his favorite color; rather, in these and other matters, he displays a healthy stubbornness that one wouldn't necessarily expect from such a young whippersnapper. If all goes well, he will even reach that age someday.