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I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain–until I met him

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Re: I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain–until I met him

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Post by FireBeyond » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC

delis-thumbs-7e wrote: post #2

I missed out on the whole Bourdain-thing, but being a huge fan of The Stooges is was literally sobering for me to read Iggy’s biographies and understand why the Rock’n’Roll animal really is not a thing to be, no matter how self-destructive your tendencies as a youth.

You might want to read "Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll" by Michael Ruffino, bassist for The Unband. Bourdain published it, and called it one of the books that made him laugh most.

Re: I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain–until I met him

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Post by homeonthemtn » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

Isamu wrote: post #5

Maybe controversial, but I think it’s always a mistake to idolize people instead of strictly something that they did. That’s enough, you enjoy their work, you don’t really need to turn it into an obsession about the person. You can just let the person be who they are and not some projection of your imagination.

It's also worth flipping the view - imagine being idolized with all of your own faults and flaws?

To me, at least, the idea seems an uncomfortable and absurd idea from 1 person much less many people

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