"Another rocky time, this one in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is conjured up by Daniel Nester in God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On, a witty and moving pastiche of an obsessive, adolescent involvement with the rock group Queen. It's Mercury rising up and falling down. That's it. Mission accomplished."—Reamy Jansen, Bloomsbury Review, "Notable Books of 2004"

Q: [H]ow on earth do you defend that song that goes "Bicycle, bicycle. I love to ride my bicycle, I love to ride my bike"?
A: "Because Freddie Mercury wrote those lines—specifically those lines you cite—while sipping some of the finest champagne money can buy, sitting in a bubble bath in the south of France, and admiring the athletic posteriors of Tour de France bicyclists who were passing by his window."—from an interview with Chris Gage at Gothamist


"[T]o paraphrase David Lee Roth, rock critics' tendency to only like people who, like themselves, look like Elvis Costello, makes those artists more feasible sexual proxies than, say, Roger Taylor"—from an interview with Kenan Herbert in the old version of Gigantic magazine


"Note to those Readers who still want to believe in devotional verse; for those who seek a cure for a spirit sunk under undifferentiated elegance: Take [Daniel] Nester’s God Save My Queen and God Save My Queen II and Reader, write me in the morning."—Ray McDaniel, Constant Critic

"Tales from the cryptic," article by Alli Marshall on touring trio of Daniel Nester, Joe Meno, and Derek McCormack, Asheville, NC

"Nobody writes rock geek poetry like Daniel Nester."—Jessa Crispin,

"[A] very funny blend of music biography and personal reflection which demonstrates that, if explained coherently and in sufficient detail, a fanatical obsession with a rock band can seem almost rational. Almost."—Jesse Delaney, Philadelphia City Paper

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