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Rock and roll will save your life, a book by and for the fanatics among us (with bitchin' soundtrack), Steve Almond

eng

contains biographical information

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non fiction

Rock and roll will save your life

549656744

Steve Almond

a book by and for the fanatics among us (with bitchin' soundtrack)

"Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life" traces Almond's passion for "rawk" from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. Includes a special free mix designed by the author, available online at www.stevenalmond.com

The DF starter kit (no assembly required!) -- Moving in stereo -- How I became a music critic -- Configurations (or how the industry f'd us) -- What songs do -- Nil Lara was our messiah -- On the varieties of fanatical experience -- How hip-hop sounds in a canyon -- In which Mr. Joe Henry (rather unwittingly) becomes my writing coach -- The mating habits of the drooling fanatic -- The marriage of fanatico -- Burying the dead with Ike Reilly -- Why in God's name am I managing a band? -- How Dave Grohl taught me to stop whining and, against every known impulse in my body, embrace happiness -- Dayna Kurtz sings the world a lullaby -- Drooling fanaticism in the age of actual drooling