So what is standing in your way of becoming, once more, a Bathroom Reader, instead of a Bathroom Scroller? From toilets in the Bible to bathroom habits, from Roman baths to modern Japanese bathroom technology, The Essential Bathroom Book reveals the history behind the bathroom door. Fame, drugs and, most potently, the internet ruined everything, leaving Goodman's interviewees, including members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, and the Strokes themselves, to reflect on their moment in the sun with humour, bitterness and an unusually large dose of honesty. You want reading material that conforms to your needs, not that entices you to sit in one place forever, legs eventually going numb. But as the end of the millennium neared, cutting-edge bands began emerging from Seattle, Austin, and London, pushing New York further from the epicenter.

They compiled historical oddities, eyebrow-raising trivia, I-can’t-believe-they-said-that apocrypha, and proto-memes into a single tome.The book details both influential musicians of the decade and the culture that surrounded them, including the declining music industry, internet culture, and the booming real estate market in Lower Manhattan and Williamsburg. Over six years, Goodman conducted more than 200 original interviews for the book with members of these bands as well as other musicians, artists, journalists, bloggers, managers, music executives, groupies, DJs, and other prominent voices from that time period.

In one short trip to the lavatory you can learn the intricacies of Henry David Thoreau's Walden or John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Brad Neely "In very few words, this book manages to convey its message and a wealth of feeling that will stick with readers long after they have emerged from their washroom escape. In the second half of the twentieth-century New York was the source of new sounds, including the Greenwich Village folk scene, punk and new wave, and hip-hop.Booklist Praise for Joe Pera: NY Magazine 's "20 Comedians You Should Know and Will Know" Esquire 's "10 Comedians to Watch" Complex 's "Comedians Under 30 to Check Out" Paste 's "20 of the Most Innovative Comedians Working Today" "Imagine snuggling under your favorite blanket and a surprise dog licks your face. It's an odd source of affirmation and encouragement—but I like it, and will take the affirmation and encouragement where I can find it. With bathroom superstition, soaps and showers, this little book is packed with historical details and fascinating facts and is an essential addition to the smallest room. Meet Me in the Bathroom follows some of the most prominent musical artists of the period, including The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, and Interpol. Rebecca Skinner is a modern-day urban explorer seeking unique, neglected structures and desolate places.

The bathroom book is not meant to compel, to whisk you to another world, like a novel; after all, you have a job to do in there.But that changed in the late 1980s, when brothers John and Gordon Javna created Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, the first purpose-built bathroom book.