"The Last Temptation of Beck" by Josephine Riesman (@beckbook.com) — Bluesky Profile

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🎶So get out your lead-pipe pipe dreams

Get out your ten-foot flags

The insects are huge, and the poison's all been used

And the drugs won't kill your day job

Honey

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The above scene is an outtake from SOUTHLANDER (dir. Steve Hanft, 2001)

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🎶Billionaires smile like weapons

Passing out platinum pensions

They're out of control

No one knows how low they'll go...

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Working on European rights! Stay tuned!

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PRE-ORDER THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECK NOW

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We concur!

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JOSIE'S TOP 3 WAYS TO PREORDER THIS BOOK:

3) From @bookshop.org thru this link: bit.ly/beck-heartleaf

2) Directly from @heartleafbooks.bsky.social, the author's favorite queer bookstore: heartleafbooks.com/book/9781668...

1) From YOUR OWN local indie bookstore: www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...

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2 weeks ago

HEARTLAND FEELING: A BECK RARITIES MIX YouTube video by Josephine Riesman

If you just can't wait for THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECK, tide yourself over with this megamix of Beck rarities that author @josie.zone made:

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JOSIE'S TOP 3 WAYS TO PREORDER THIS BOOK:

3) From @bookshop.org thru this link: bit.ly/beck-heartleaf

2) Directly from @heartleafbooks.bsky.social, the author's favorite queer bookstore: heartleafbooks.com/book/9781668...

1) From YOUR OWN local indie bookstore: www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...

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Woohoo! Thanks!!!

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When Beck was an adolescent, he appeared in Rene Daalder's punk-rock movie-musical POPULATION: 1 (1986)

Beck pretended to play the accordion on a whirling stage during a party scene (see clip below)

This was not Beck's FIRST film appearance… but that's a whole OTHER story…

beckbook.com

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Do it!

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The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop Messiah From the author of the New York Times bestseller Ringmaster and the Hugo finalist True Believer, a propulsive and stylish account of Beck, who was received as a pop messiah in the 1990s, but whose closest friends and most devoted fans never knew his buried secrets.Once upon a time, there was a man who made himself into a myth. He went by a single name: Beck. He sang songs that didn’t make easy sense in plain English, but which were somehow urgent and undeniable to those who heard them. He mined a dizzying array of musical styles from the past to construct albums that were eminently of the zeitgeist. Before and after the smash success of his 1993 single “Loser,” he was the hardest-working slacker in America. He went platinum multiple times over. And for a time, he was regarded by journalists and devoted fans alike as the “pop messiah”—a title that referred not just to the new energy he brought to the radio and MTV, but to the devotion he inspired. But something happened to Beck Hansen, right at the turn of the millennium. His music, once defiant and bombastic, turned morose and inward-facing. It was more than just a musical shift. Beck destroyed the online forum where his devoted fans had gathered. He cut ties with the small collective of LA-based bohemians he’d come up alongside, surrounding himself instead with sycophants and celebrities. Beck had been born and raised in the Church of Scientology; many in his orbit feared he’d been pulled back to the faith. In the years since, Beck’s music has continued to win accolades, including multiple Grammys. But the true story of Beck in the nineties and beyond has never been told. With sensitivity and an arrestingly original style, New York Times bestselling author Josephine Riesman offers a vivid and multifaceted look at a singular artist and the Generation Xers for whom he became a reluctant spokesman. Drawing from interviews with those who’ve been closest to Beck, as well as troves of never-before-published documents, Riesman offers a story about authenticity and irony, paranoia and belief. Situated at the last gasp of the millennium, it’s more than a simple biography—it’s a riveting drama about the blurry lines between fandom and worship; between myth and lies; and between the old world that is dying and the new one that still struggles to be born.

If you want to support one of the author's absolute favorite LGBTQ-run indie bookstores, PLEASE consider making your online preorder from @heartleafbooks.bsky.social at the link below!

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Cover of THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECK: THE UNTOLD STORY OF A POP MESSIAH by Josephine Riesman

NOVEMBER 17, 2026

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙏𝙀𝙈𝙋𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙁 𝘽𝙀𝘾𝙆

THE UNTOLD STORY OF A POP MESSIAH — FINALLY TOLD BY @josie.zone

PREORDER NOW: beckbook.com

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