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Ugh! Loved. So much good music and writing. Pop music getting a proper story here.
There will never be anything so awesome as a mix tape.
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An amazing tribute to love, music, and the art of mix tapes.
Others have said this book is overly sentimental, but considering the subject I don't think that's a bad thing. Sheffield is writing about love and loss after all and so how could he not be sentimental. I found this book to be incredibly real, sweet and touching. Others have found the book repetitive, I did not. All the music references were a bonus, and yes maybe some songs are repeated on his mix tapes, but who has never put the same song on more than one mix? I really liked the music parts because like Sheffield and like a lot of people, music is a big part of my life and I often associate songs or old mix tapes/CD's with people, places and specific moments. And like Sheffield music is what brought me and my husband together, so this book was right up my alley. I didn't feel like Sheffield romanticized events too much, which most of us are prone to do when we're looking on the past. I felt like he tried to be as honest as he could which I feel took a lot of courage. He wanted to share something real, a tiny part of his life, which some people might find self-indulgent but which I found fascinating and inspiring; not because he's Rob Sheffield Rolling Stone writer and VH1 commentator, but because he's human just like you and me.
i forgot i had goodreads. i don’t think i’d get along with this guy irl but i empathize with him deeply. love the mixtapes + i love pavement.
“What is Love? Great minds have been grappling with this question through the ages … But the answer is simple. Love is a mix tape.”
Rob Sheffield, an American music journalist, took on writing a memoir in an original manner. Chapters of his book are preceeded by mixtapes, telling you what they contained and why they were important to his life and his relationship at the time. The book follows Sheffield throughout meeting his late wife, Renee, and her eventual death.
It’s always interesting to read well-written memoirs, so this was no exception. The only difference is, as a child of the 90’s, I made mixtapes, too. I remember sitting there by my stereo and having to press stop, then record and play, then stop, then change the tape. Switch sides and lather, rinse, repeat. I remember how happy I’d be with the result, and how sometimes, I’d make a copy of the mixtape before I gave it to whoever it was intended for.
So this memoir was touching, and personal, and it felt like Sheffield was just writing his emotions out the way he knew how, when so many memoirs or autobiographies are about hiding what the writer wants to hide and revealing other things with a flourish.
Rob Sheffield, an American music journalist, took on writing a memoir in an original manner. Chapters of his book are preceeded by mixtapes, telling you what they contained and why they were important to his life and his relationship at the time. The book follows Sheffield throughout meeting his late wife, Renee, and her eventual death.
It’s always interesting to read well-written memoirs, so this was no exception. The only difference is, as a child of the 90’s, I made mixtapes, too. I remember sitting there by my stereo and having to press stop, then record and play, then stop, then change the tape. Switch sides and lather, rinse, repeat. I remember how happy I’d be with the result, and how sometimes, I’d make a copy of the mixtape before I gave it to whoever it was intended for.
So this memoir was touching, and personal, and it felt like Sheffield was just writing his emotions out the way he knew how, when so many memoirs or autobiographies are about hiding what the writer wants to hide and revealing other things with a flourish.