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And by “it” I mean this:

Basically, this book is a lot like “Live From New York”, but about MTV, not SNL. It’s the history of the channel from the early 80s up until 1992 (which is considered the “golden age” of MTV–in the days before The Real World skewed the direction of the channel forever) as told by the people who worked at MTV, were featured on MTV, were helped by MTV, loved MTV, and downright hated MTV. But as I’m reading this book, I’m realizing it’s not just “this happened then this happpened then happened at MTV”, but rather, this is how–through MTV’s lens–our culture as a whole progressed throughout the 80s. Really? This book is pretty much a big, effusive love letter to the decade that gifted us with geometric fashions, John Hughes movies, stalactite bangs, earnest hip hop, unapologetic excess, and Corey Hart.

And if you don’t wanna read a book like that? Then I’m not sure I wanna know you.

One Response to Um, just read it

1. Rob Tannenbaum says:

   November 25, 2011 at 11:20 am

   Thanks for your fond adoring comments about our book, Dana. Your last two sentences are, verbatim, what I’ve been saying to my family members.