Glam rock, Roxy music, David Bowie, The Clash, Pistols, new romantic, new wave, punk, and every music culture in the fringes. He explained it just how I would like to tell stories of my experiences experiencing these music that was integral to my development, if there is such a development, as a human being. His passion towards music was translated in his lifestyle as a music writer in magazines famous in the United Kingdom. He did meet millions of musicians and he described how they affected him.
However, Jones' continuous praise of the Apple IPod, Steve Job, and everything that constitute the success of IPOD is a bit annoying for my comfort. But hell, the book’s title itself would not hide the glorification of the Ipod. It is interesting to note though the story of Steve Jobs and his ways and his genius.
It is also interesting how Dylan Jones showed the egalitarian nature of the IPOD as it does not discriminate the music it will play once you put it in shuffle mode. Why it reminded me of my days when I kept in secret some music that I listened to like Madonna, Prince, The Romantics and other Top 40 hits because the music one listens too defines the person, then, I think. And I was so into Punk then with mowark and dirty looks and shit. But with the Ipod, your defined coolest song can be played beside your music skeleton in your closet.
(First posted at www.bookmongers.wordpress.com January 6, 2010)
