In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for "Rolling Stone" magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee. Rob and Renee's life together - they wed after graduate school, both became music journalists, and they were married only five years when Renee died suddenly on Mother's Day, 1997 - is shared through the window of the mix tapes they obsessively compiled. There are mixes to court each other, mixes for road trips, mixes for doing the dishes, mixes for sleeping - and, eventually, mixes to mourn Rob's greatest loss. The tunes were among the great musical output of the early 1990s - Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, REM, Weezer - as well as classics by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and more.

there's a quote on the cover of this book from Chuck Klosterman:

'This is the happiest, saddest, greatest book about rock'n'roll that I've ever experienced.'

I don't know who Chuck Klosterman is (I could google him but I haven't bothered) or how widely read he is, but I agree with his sentiments 100%.

released to the COT Bookcrossing Zone on 07/07/09

this book was taken from, then subsequently returned to, the COT Bookcrossing Zone

I've now reclaimed it for release elsewhere..

selected from VBB Oz.. off to a new reader!

Received from Freelunch as part of the Oz VBB! Look forward to reading this one.