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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones, is a largely nonfiction New York Times bestselling book by Anthony Bourdain, published in 2006.
- The Band Itself
- The ‘70s Sound
- Real Musical Influences
- Creating The Songs
- Making "Bored Stiff"
As an up and coming punk band, The Nasty Bits needed to appear young, broke, and unwashed. Enter Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils. According to Pitchfork, the real band Beach Fossils was cast to perform with Kip Stevens, though the members have no previous acting experience. Founder Dustin Payseur told Pitchfork, “For the most part, [the directors] just sa...
According to Vulture, some viewers were questioning if The Nasty Bitssounded a little “too punk” for 1973. But, Vulture pointed out that, “This episode also drops references to ‘Iggy’ and ‘Lou,’ partly to remind sticklers that the Stooges and the Velvet Underground were very much a part of the musical conversation in the early '70s.”
In James Jagger’s Billboardinterview, he said he was inspired by ‘70s musicians when preparing for the role. "I don't know them personally, but there were people in the punk scene I could identify with for the role: Stiv Bators, Iggy Pop certainly, Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders maybe — a little bit of his attitude,” he said.
Because The Nasty Bits didn't actually exist in the '70s, someone has to create their music, and James told Billboard that he wrote some of the pilot's songs with his Turbogeist bandmates, and have gotten help in the creative process from other musicians.
When Richie Finestra hears the song “Bored Stiff” on Vinyl, he knows he has to sign The Nasty Bits. Pitchfork delved into the history of this real song, performed by a fake band, reporting in the same article that it was written by “one of those great bands that almost got lost to history, the proto-punk outfit Jack Ruby.” The mid-‘70s band never r...
Dec 10, 2008 · Bestselling chef and Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain has never been one to pull punches. In The Nasty Bits, he serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures.
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Jan 1, 2005 · The Nasty Bits treats the reader to a delectable collection of Bourdain's non-fiction. The book is broken down into flavors: Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Sour... each story under those headings manages to leave you with that taste in your mouth.
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May 1, 2007 · Bringing together the best of his previously uncollected nonfiction—and including new, never-before-published material—The Nasty Bits is a rude, funny, brutal and passionate stew for fans and the uninitiated alike.
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones, is a largely nonfiction New York Times bestselling book by Anthony Bourdain, published in 2006. The book is a collection of 37 exotic, provocative, and humorous anecdotes and essays, many of them centered around food, followed by a 30-page fiction piece.
