Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
by John Sellers
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Author: John SellersEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Reviews of Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life
Book Review: Less than perfect
Summary: 3 Stars
I ordered this book because I could relate to the title, unfortunately. "Indie rock" (or what I would call alternative rock...where did this new term, indie rock, come from anyway?) probably did save my life. When I suffered from depression as a young adult, music was my therapy. It provided me with the words or the emotions that I could not express myself. It was an outlet, an escape, a friend. Being a huge fan of 90's music, I was disappointed that Sellers dismissed grunge and only mentioned it in passing. He seemed to be moved more by British bands than American ones, which is okay, but was something I couldn't identify with. The biggest downside to the book was the infinite number of footnotes, which I eventually stopped reading all together because I found them distracting. I think a better writer could have included the material from the footnotes within the text to provide a better flow, or not included them at all (as some of the notes were so idiosyncratic...i.e., who cares?).
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Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Lifeby John Sellers
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