Week 2, Book 2

I am proud to say I am back on track with my reading project and finished book number 2 the other night (that's right new year's resolution, consider it brought!).

My second read of the year was Rock On, An Office Power Ballad by McSweeny's contributor Dan Kennedy. The jacket describes the book as a cross between This Is Spinal Tap and The Office, but really it's only like Spinal Tap in that the cover is a pastel black and the only similarity it seems to share with The Office is their setting. But it was a good read nonetheless.

Basically, the books chronicles Kennedy's experience working at a flailing record company, which is for the most part pretty humorous. I've noticed that for whatever reason people who tend to be really into music also tend to like lists. Rock On contains many lists. It also has some surprisingly insightful observations. Kennedy makes the point that Starbucks may eventually be the last venue for music in actual CD format, the reason being that people there are accustomed to paying too much for something they can get for a lot cheaper. I thought a lot about what a witty observation Kennedy made this morning, but then my grande iced nonfat caramel machiato was up and I had to get back to work...