How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (memoir) to sue him) and "Vanity Fair"'s own Graydon Carter. Young also describes awkward run-ins with American celebrities including Nathan Lane, Mel Gibson and Diana Ross. Throughout the book, Young describes being tormented by his friend "Alex de Silva" (speculated to be Sacha Gervasi), a former colleague of Young's who manages to succeed in America in every way that Young does not. The title of Young's book is a parody of the title of Dale Carnegie's 1937 perennial bestseller, "How to Win Friends and Influence People"; a parody by Irving Tressler titled "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" was also
Today Is the Day they plan to reissue almost their entire discography (including their debut self-issued "How To Win Friends And Influence People" demo) to coincide the 20th anniversary of "Temple of the Morning Star". On January 20, 2017, The End Records released the digital-only sampler album "Silver Anniversary" on music-streaming service Spotify, containing tracks from the bands first nine albums. It was also announced that a deluxe 20th-anniversary edition of "Temple Of The Morning Star" will also be released on March 24, 2017 on 2CD and 2LP formats, which will include rare and unreleased material. The deluxe reissue first became available for preorder