Maereigh's review
Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
by Dan Kennedy
Maereigh's review
Rock On: An Office Power Ballad by Dan Kennedy
Maereigh's review
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Rock On
by Dan Kennedy
Does life in corporate America baffle you? Do you catch yourself theorizing regularly about how executives make 7 digits a YEAR? What is it they DO? Rock On doesn't explain any of this satisfactorily, but it does allow its reader a reprieve from the seriousness of it all.
When I picked up this book I approached it cautiously. I don't normally get excited about pop culture memoirs and I didn't expect this to be any different. I was very interested in reading a memoir by Dan Kennedy, a regular contributor to McSweeneys. If you haven't heard of this publisher, introduce yourself, you'll like it.
As I read I realized I was laughing a lot. I couldn't put it down because my seratonin was kicking in often, and that meant I had a good one in my hands. I love that feeling when you realize you've found a book you do not want to stop reading.
It reminded me of my past life in a cubicle. I thought about the corporate environment and how it kills pieces of you. T...more
by Dan Kennedy
Does life in corporate America baffle you? Do you catch yourself theorizing regularly about how executives make 7 digits a YEAR? What is it they DO? Rock On doesn't explain any of this satisfactorily, but it does allow its reader a reprieve from the seriousness of it all.
When I picked up this book I approached it cautiously. I don't normally get excited about pop culture memoirs and I didn't expect this to be any different. I was very interested in reading a memoir by Dan Kennedy, a regular contributor to McSweeneys. If you haven't heard of this publisher, introduce yourself, you'll like it.
As I read I realized I was laughing a lot. I couldn't put it down because my seratonin was kicking in often, and that meant I had a good one in my hands. I love that feeling when you realize you've found a book you do not want to stop reading.
It reminded me of my past life in a cubicle. I thought about the corporate environment and how it kills pieces of you. T...more
