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'Filing' might make you pee your pants
David Rees’ ‘My New Filing
Technique is Unstoppable’
is a hilarious book that may
endanger readers' health
By Carl Sundberg
Pulse Columnist
From the first page, I was laughing
out loud. Halfway through the book, I
fell backwards and hit my head laugh
ing so hard. By the time I finished the
book, I think I wet myself and almost
had a stroke.
The dangerously hysterical book I
was reading is "My New Filing Tech
nique is Unstoppable" by David Rees.
Rees' book is a collection of comics
made up of clip art and simplistic, al
most pathetic graphics of generic of
fice workers dealing with the mun
dane tasks of mandatory team-spirit
meetings, motto makers, quarterly es
timate reports and ultimately, filing
techniques. The characters in "Filing
Technique" curse profusely, backstab,
drink, cheat and sometimes even turn
invisible to make their way through
the day. If readers have worked in any
office setting at all, they will relate to
the absurdity of "FilingTechnique."
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my new filing
by david rees
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David Rees’
“My New Filing
Technique is
Unstoppable"
has comics
made from clip
art that are
full of profanity
and odd takes
on working
in offices. The
book is available
through the
author's
Web site.
Courtesy
Even if you haven't, this book is one
of the funniest you'll probably
ever read.
The book has no laugh cues, no
punchlines, no set-ups — it just rolls.
You determine what's funny and
when you should laugh. And quite
honestly, it's nearly impossible to go
an entire page without spraying tea
through your nose. (So, clearly, avoid
tea while reading this book.)
What makes this collection so hi
larious is partially the well-placed ob
scenity sprinkled throughout the
book. But what really gets the reader
is the unpredictable nature of the
cursing. It would spoil the fun to de
scribe these surprising moments too
much, but I will say that one strip, in
which a character goes into "triangle
body mode," is what made me
wet myself.
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"Filing Technique" is written with a
sarcasm that, like the title of the book,
is unstoppable. It is raw, unforgiving
and ferocious. It is guerrilla "Dilbert"
and "Office Space" squared. It is a
judo chop to the neck of large corpo
rate business. It is a pirate flag for cu
bicle workers across the globe.
And ultimately, it is a hysterical
commentary on what America has be
come: a miserable and soulsucking
journey to thicken the bottom line. It
is a dark truth brought into the light
in a way that makes this reality almost
tolerable. "Filing Technique" is the
court jester mocking the king.
The author, David Rees, has made a
name of himself with his cult-hit clip
art comics, starting with "Get Your
War On," which now appears in every
issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The
original "Get Your War On" became a
national bestseller,and all royalties
made from this comic are donated to
the Adopt-a-Minefield charity, which
is a program of the United Nations
that raises money to clear mines
worldwide, helping landmine sur
vivors and raising awareness of the
landmine problem.
Rees' original version of "Filing
Technique" was self-published with
the help of a stapler and copy ma
chine. The current version, available
through Penguin publishers and
Rees' Web site, http://www.mnftiu.cc,
was completely rewritten and full of
new material.
Hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., Rees
also plays in the band the Skeleton
Killers and works occasional temp jobs.
Contact the Pulse columnist
at catisundberg@dailyemerald.com.
Von Bondies reek
of better past acts
‘Pawn Shoppe Heart' has
little going for it besides a
few listenable songs and
some decent musicianship
By Helen Schumacher
Pulse Columnist
In an attempt to be the next hot
thing from Detroit, The Von Bondies
have released "Pawn Shoppe Heart."
And although the band has litde in
common with the city's most infa
mous musician, Eminem, The Von
Bondies are closely linked to another
Detroit group, The White Stripes.
Jack White helped produce the
band's first album, "Lack of Com
munication," and last December,
White attacked Von Bondies front
man Jason Stollsteimer. The incident
resulted in White pleading guilty to
assault and battery charges.
The Von Bondies also have a simi
lar rock 'n' roll sound to The White
Stripes, without the bluesy inspira
_ tion. "Pawn
Shoppe
Heart" reeks
of T. Rex
and Radio
Birdman,
which leaves it sounding like a less
charming relative of The Strokes.
The album, which is the band's first
major label release, sounds like The
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