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Title: Love Is a Mix Tape
Subtitle: Life and Love, One Song at a Time
Author: Rob Sheffield
Narrator: Rob Sheffield
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-13-06
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 175 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
In the 1990s, when "alternative" was suddenly mainstream, bands like Pearl Jam and Pavement, Nirvana and R.E.M. - bands that a year before would have been too weird for MTV - were MTV. It was also a time when a shy music geek named Rob Sheffield met a hell-raising Appalachian punk-rock girl named Renee, who was way too cool for him but fell in love with him anyway. They had nothing in common, except that they both loved music. Music brought them together and kept them together. And it was music that would help Rob through a sudden, unfathomable loss.
In Love is a Mix Tape, Rob, now a writer for Rolling Stone, uses the songs on 15 mix tapes to tell the story of his brief time with Renee. From Elvis to Missy Elliott, the Rolling Stones to Yo La Tengo, the songs on these tapes make up the soundtrack to their lives. This is Rob's tribute to music, to the decade that shaped him, but most of all to one unforgettable woman.
Critic Reviews:
"This is a lightly handed, skillful, and sincere celebration of pop, of love, sad songs, bad songs, and the long, nearly unbearable ache of being a young widower. Witty and wise; a true candidate for the All-Time Desert Island Top 5 Books About Pop Music." (Kirkus)
