Luke Haines will release his memoir titled Bad Vibes: Britpop My Part and Its Downfall in January, '09. This is great news because Luke Haines is easily one of my favorite songwriters ever. The Auteurs' first three albums are PERFECT:

OFF MY ROCKER* is the blackly comic memoir of Luke Haines, founder member and acclaimed singer songwriter of the Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder and a legendary figure in the music world where he is variously heralded as the pioneer, the godfather or the forgotten man of Britpop.