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Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us

Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week.

With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession.

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes:

• sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters
• a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned
• a vigorous and credibility-shattering endorsement of Styx’s Paradise Theater
• recommendations you will often choose to ignore
• a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa”
• obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics

But wait, there’s more. For those about to rock—we salute you!


From the Hardcover edition.

Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week.

With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession.

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes:

• sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters
• a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned
• a vigorous and credibility-shattering endorsement of Styx’s Paradise Theater
• recommendations you will often choose to ignore
• a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa”
• obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics

But wait, there’s more. For those about to rock—we salute you!


From the Hardcover edition.

...but it's so true!!

UPDATE:

We are home! Safe and sound, no grizzly bears from the mountains devoured us (although not for lack hoping on Topher's part, lol). Toph saw lots of bears in the woods, only they turned out to be a series of pillows, rocks, trees, clumps and weeds, and so forth.

We saw the Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum, Ripley's Aquarium, the Jurassic Boat Ride, sampled several sweets, window shopped, had fires, played a board game, ate smores, had homemade milk shakes in our cabin, swam in the hot tub, read Harry Potter, took too many photos, and even got to purchase a few souveniers :) It was a blast, and very much needed. Thank you to my mom and and our friend Robby!

Unfortuneatly, Kitten is rather ill. He has a punctured ear drum, which has caused puss to drain down into his lungs and vocal chords, making him extra tilty and extra stuffy-nosed. He is on a cream to help the pain in his ear, and antibotics to help the new infection from the puss. He has to stay at the vet's office until today or tomorrow, we took him in on Friday :(

Of course i work there, so we can visit after hours and take him home for short amounts when we want to, so it's not as scary as it could be. I trust my boss will do a good job on him. Kitten is a good boy, and we are hoping that he will be okay.

A bit deviation from the Jammu and Kashmir trip.....

These being the last days of my college... so just had graffiti day....

What a life it was... But i hope that this is not an end... only the college is getting over... not my relationship with my friends.....

WE ALL ROCKED.... WE ROCK..... and WE WILL ROCK ALWAYS!!!!! m/

For the first time, ALL their biggest American hits on one disc! On August 16 one of biggest hits in the history of London's West End, the musical based around Queen's music WE WILL ROCK YOU, will open at the Paris/Las Vegas. For the first time, a major production is being brought directly to Las Vegas for its' American premiere & it's going to be BIG. Co-Produced by Robert DeNiro & his Tribeca Productions, English comedy legend Ben Elton (THE YOUNG ONES) & Queen. In conjunction with that extravaganza, one of the perennially best-selling rock albums in existence, Queen's GREATEST HITS, is being released in an entirely new version. "We Will Rock You" edition. Remastered by Queen producer/engineer Justin Shirley-Smith! New liner notes by the band! Track by track insights by the people who were at creation! An entirely new package featuring previously unreleased photos by rock legend Mick Rock! The original performances! Includes three bonus tracks: "I'm In Love With My Car" (as heard in the Jaguar campaign, Previously unreleased version), "Under Pressure" (Previously Unreleased - Live from ON FIRE AT THE BOWL), & "Tie Your Mother Down" (Previously Unreleased - Live from ON FIRE AT THE BOWL).