What Is the What writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees
Suffer This: A Compilation of Boston's Backwash Suffer This: A Compilation of Boston's Backwash Suffer This: A Compilation of Boston's Backwash was a collaboration of five boston punk\post punk\noise rock bands in the late 1980s. The five bands include The Five, Hullabaloo, Slaughter Shack, Hectic Heyday and Feeding Frenzy. The sixth band listed—Jerkwater—was convened for this record, and was a super-group of sorts featuring members of Hullabaloo, Feeding Frenzy, Bim Skala Bim and The Zinnias. This is the only known recording featuring both Gonson sisters (JJ and Claudia). There is also a hidden track on the album: Highway to Hell performed by Mimi and the Screeching Chinchillas,