I loved all the 'placemats references!

Favorite line, about CDs for sale at Starbucks:
Then again, maybe this is the last remaining place on Planet Earth where somebody *would* buy a CD. After all, it's filled with adults like me already spending way too much on a product that they could get for a fraction of the price without leaving the comfort of their own home, but for whatever reason decide not to. ( )

I have to remember for next time that any book described as "funny"... isn't really going to be funny at all. I've laughed out loud reading a few books in my life, but i don't even think those books were described as "funny". This was a quick easy read that i never really got into. I could've wrote something like this, as it basically describes my daily work life. ( )

Kennedy writes with a highly aware, overtly insecure style that will appeal to some and turn others away. It is the tone that defines Generation Y, and though Kennedy avoids that label by a small span of years, he is in tune with the emotions of that culture. At the core of Rock On is a struggle with class, race, and feelings of inadequacy. It's a delayed adolescence taking place in the epitome of juvenility: the record industry. Kennedy writes with wit and a keenly sensitive radar for the absurd. But perhaps the best chapter of his memoir is a reflection on what music really means to him: when he sees Iggy Pop live, the reader can literally feel the sensations that Kennedy is feeling - they will want to run to their nearest concert venue and join a mosh pit. The book doesn't have much of a climax. The narrative stays level throughout, leaving the ending to be unexciting and leaves the reader with mixed emotions about music as a whole. With clever lists and recommendations for the industry strewn throughout, the adventure is episodic but truly genuine. ( )

I enjoyed this book, and the honesty of the author. Sometimes the humor seemed a bit forced, but it was often hilarious. ( )

Very entertaining book. It doesn't give out any 'business' secrets but he tells a great story. Be sure to read the reading group guide it's totaly hilarious. To give you an idea of the flavour of the book here is the 'suggested furhter reading' - the bathroom wall at the Continental, according to Pat Carpenter,
Flyers on telephone poles,
Fine print on the contract,
A decent map. ( )