Thursday, July 5, 2018

Stepping off of the David Duchovny Fan Wagon

I’m sure no one really calls it a “fan wagon” but about a year ago I was really liking 
David Duchovny’s second book, “Bucky Fucking Dent” and I was listening to his first music 
cd quite a bit. His music sounded like a “divorce album” but there were a couple of 
songs I liked. Maybe more. I was disappointed by his second album for some reason. 
I bought it. Listened to it a couple of times and then tossed it in the trunk of my car
 with RIck Springfield’s newest album which I also hated. Rick Springfield’s album 
was just weird in a not good way. It wasn’t the “Jessie’s Girl” kind of stuff that we
 all remember him for.

Anyway I pre-ordered “Miss Subways” because I liked “Bucky F. Dent” so much 
and I followed the fans on Twitter and I followed David Duchovny and his dog on Twitter too.
 Months went by. The book came out and I set it on the shelf for when I had more time.

Well on the 4th of July I finally had more time. Unfortunately I couldn’t even finish the 
first three chapters before I started skimming. I disliked it so much that I didn’t even flip t
o the back to see how it ended. I just didn’t care. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t
 even flip to the back. I unloaded the book at my neighborhood “Little Library” that is next to
 our mailbox.

I hope someone appreciates the book more than I did.

I’m taking this a step further. I’m out of the fandom. I unfollowed David, his dog, and many
 of his fans. I deleted my list of Duchovny fans on Twitter too. I imagine some of them will 
figure it out and unfollow me back if they were even following me in the first place.

Life goes on. I still haven’t finished that Bruce Springsteen book that I started two years 
ago and I’ve got a book I bought super cheap from the bargain bin to read too.