Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
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Author: Rob SheffieldEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-12-04
ISBN: 1400083036
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: I was too young to know better
Summary: 5 Stars
It was 1988 and I was too young to know better. I picked up my girl from her pantyhose job at the mall and went to a Cheap Trick concert being held in the parking lot of a big box music store where the employees are more annoying than a one-hit wonder's self absorbed coke-head front man who's convinced he can do no wrong and that the world is hanging on every word the proceeds from his verbal-plenary inspired mouth. As soon as Cheap Trick hit the stage you could hear all the girls in the crowd ovulating in unison. Buford, who put the "freak" in "frequently drunk and belligerent" was there selling fake hits of `cid and looking for trouble in all the right places. That guy is Yacko, Wacko AND Dot. He'll smoke bats and bite the heads off drugs.
Toot toot
Beep beep
Footnote: Sheffield, Rob "Love is a Mix Tape" p. 1 - 224
I haven't read too many books in one sitting. "Love is a Mix Tape" is one of them. Not too many books have made me pump my arm and say "yeah!" This one did. Thanks Rob. You ROCK!!!!
Summary of Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one of miraculous love and unbearable grief. A time that spanned seven years, it started when he met the girl of his dreams, and ended when he watched her diein his arms. Using the listings of fifteen of his favorite mix tapes, Rob shows that the power of music to build a bridge between people is stronger than death. You’ll read these words, perhaps surprisingly, with joy in your heart and a song in your head—the one that comes to mind when you think of the love of your life.
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