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Our Mixtapes, Ourselves

The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X

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A heartfelt celebration of 1980s "alternative" music and the lost art of making a 90-minute mixtape, "Our Mixtapes, Ourselves - The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X" playfully and poignantly explores why new wave, punk and post-punk music mattered so much to millions of Gen X teens back then - and why it matters even more to them 40+ years later. Part memoir, part cultural analysis, ... Read more

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A heartfelt celebration of 1980s "alternative" music and the lost art of making a 90-minute mixtape, "Our Mixtapes, Ourselves - The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X" playfully and poignantly explores why new wave, punk and post-punk music mattered so much to millions of Gen X teens back then - and why it matters even more to them 40+ years later. Part memoir, part cultural analysis,
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The legendary rock singer and Skid Row frontman holds nothing back in this "ribald and freewheeling memoir . . . a delightfully trashy and salacious read" (AV Club).FROM SKID ROW TO BROADWAY,FROM THE GUTTERS OF NEW JERSEY TO SAVILE ROW,HEREIN LIES THE TALE OF THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF BACH 'N' ROLL, MOTHERTRUCKERS!!!!!!Sebastian Bach is the epitome of a rock 'n' roll front man. Loud, boisterous,..
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“Ozzi’s reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad’s 2001 examination of the ’80s indie underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life.”—New York Times Book ReviewA raucous music history of punk, emo, and hardcore’s growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-augh... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“Ozzi’s reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad’s 2001 examination of the ’80s indie underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life.”—New York Times Book ReviewA raucous music history of punk, emo, and hardcore’s growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-augh...
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The Song Machine

Inside the Hit Factory

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See a Little Light

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From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment WeeklyThe 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment WeeklyThe 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to
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