Letters to Rollins (Paperback)

~ R. K. Overton (Author) "When you get home after months of being on the road, after grueling, never-ending weeks of people in your face - local radio porno promo..." (more)
Key Phrases: Buddy Ebsen, Henry Rollins, Potempkin Austin (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: 2.13.61 Publications (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880985209
• ISBN-13: 978-1880985205
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,882,013 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Letters to Rollins Postmarked April 1st No Doubt, September 15, 2007

By	Dave Id (Flagstaff, Arizona) - See all my reviews

Okay, let's say you've seen "This is Spinal Tap" and though you never heard of the band before they seem real enough; although, didn't it seem like some of the funny incidents were just too perfectly executed -- like they were, I don't know, comedy bits. Then someone has to point out to you that, indeed, it's not a real band and, in fact, it is all a joke and you've been the on the end of it.

If the above describes your experience with "This is Spinal Tap," guess what, I'm just going to be that someone who may need to point out to you... these aren't real letters to Rollins. And like Marty DeBerge, I'm not even sure if there's an honest to goodness R.K. Overton. Can you produce any other writing project he's been involved with?

I myself got Got, until I became suspicious when one of the letters on KROK letterhead was noticeably spelled with a final "K" rather than the K-R-O-Q of the famous pure rock station. A little internet investigation did turn up a KROK that actually existed, but the shadow of a reasonable doubt had been cast. Once bitten by Christopher Guest and company, twice shy.

Though I haven't read through the companion book of "R.K.'s" magnum opus, the smoking gun was to be found in the indicia of the first few pages of that tome, and I mean tome, that for whatever legal CYA precedent that needed to be cited, "The references to persons herein contained are fictitious... and any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." As good as any April Fool's gag for any day of the year, and also is good for a laugh both at yourself and at the material.