Musing on music - and life

If you missed in in hardback, now's the time to check out Rob Sheffield's funny, heartbreaking memoir Love is a Mix Tape in paperback. Sheffield, a columnist for Rolling Stone, writes about his whirlwind romance with a Southern girl, their early, giddy marriage and her shocking sudden death five years later. He glues the whole thing together through a series of mix tapes and songs that highlight their life together. And before you think that's too unbearably old-fashioned, Sheffield is quick to point out that a mix tape these days isn't on tape at all; it's most likely an iPod playlist.

Anyway, the book is a quick read, and if you love music it's a given you'll be moved by Sheffield's story, which never gets too maudlin despite its sad content. Life goes on, and so does the music. Good things to remember. If you're the sort of person who gets moony when you see John Cusack holding up that big-ass radio with Peter Gabriel blasting under Ione Skye's window, you'll definitely enjoy this book.

Comments

[rebekah]

I loved this. Totally loved it. I loaded it onto my ipod for a road trip. Whenever I felt the urge to hear one of the songs mentioned (which was often), I paused the reading and played the "soundtrack." It may have been better to read it in this manner, but road trip listening habits die hard.

[rebekah]

I loved this. Totally loved it. I loaded it onto my ipod for a road trip. Whenever I felt the urge to hear one of the songs mentioned (which was often), I paused the reading and played the "soundtrack." It may have been better to read it in this manner, but road trip listening habits die hard.