1. I read "Love Is A Mixtape" in...'07, was it? Whenever. I don't read Rolling Stone regularly, so I didn't know who staff writer Rob Sheffield was, I just liked the premise of the book.
a. My friend Jeanine told me that he's awesome.
b. I still don't buy Rolling Stone unless Marilyn Manson is on the cover.
c. I had a subscription to SPIN when I was a kid, so that was enough for me.
2. "Talking To Girls About Duran Duran" is a bit lighter than "Love Is A Mix Tape", which told a love story that led up to..well, never mind, I don't want to ruin it for you if you're going to read it. His second literary effort is more flimsy. How can't it be, with fucking "Duran Duran" in the title?
3. "Love Is A Mix Tape" left me wanting to google various bands I'd never heard of, either because of my age, or because Rob Sheffield is way cooler than me. This was no different. Haysi Fantayzee, I will learn about you yet!
4. "Talking To Girls About Duran Duran" starts off each chapter with a song title from the 80s. "Love Is A Mix Tape" did it with mix tape track listings.
a. The song titles are not all Duran Duran songs. That would suck.
b. It would also mean so much to me. Like a birthday or a pretty view.
5. Sheffield tied short stories around songs, as he did in his first book with mixtapes and chronological chapters of his life.
6. If you like music and associate it with everything you do, you would probably like "Talking To Girls About Duran Duran".
7. In the final chapter of the book, Sheffield muses, "Maybe I liked Duran Duran so much because I could console myself for not having a girlfriend. By being a DD fan, I was part of the problem that was making so many other boys so mad".
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