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Thursday, July 8th

Random House Inc

Price: $23.00

STEVE ALMOND

and

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life:
The Musical

with Danya Kurtz

$10 tickets are available only through Club Oberon 

Club Oberon and Harvard Book Store are excited to host New York Times best-selling author STEVE ALMOND, as he presents Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, a musical extravaganza in celebration of his new book about obsessive fandom. The evening will feature an all new selection of musical explorations and readings from his new book, which Publishers Weekly calls "a hilarious riff on the power of music."

The show will close with a live set by Dayna Kurtz, an American singer/songwriter whose music is a blend of jazz, folk, and pop. James Reed of The Boston Globe has said of her, "there′s no logical reason why singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz is not a full-blown star."

With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s had to settle for the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession.

Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes:

• sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters
• a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned
• a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa”
• obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics

"Required reading for all us fans and musicians who belong to the Church of Rock and Roll." —Aimee Mann

Get a sneak peek into what this unusual night will entail:

http://tinyurl.com/yjvbtft

And here’s a video of the amazing Dayna Kurtz in action:

http://tinyurl.com/mahvad

CONTACT:

General Info:
617.661.1515

Media:
617.661.1424 ex.1

Email:

Steve Almond is the author the story collections My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the novel Which Brings Me to You (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction books Candyfreak and (Not That You Asked). He is also, crazily, self-publishing a book called This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey, which is composed of 30 short short stories, and 30 brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing, and a collection Letters from People Who Hate Me.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sette-Ducati