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Steve Almond
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: The Musical
$5/Free for members
A multimedia performance, reading, dance party, and geek out fest by self-proclaimed “drooling fanatic” of rock ‘n’ roll, Steve Almond. Almond’s new book, Rock and Roll Will
Save Your Life, traces a lifelong obsession with rock music and reflects upon the power of song in everyday life.
In Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life: The Musical, Steve Almond will read from Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, play clips from his top drool-worthy moments, and present selections from "Steve Almond's Museum of Bad Hair."
Drooling fanatic: (def.) 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars.
2. Any of a genus of rock-n-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs ringing in their ears, own more than 3000 albums at all times, and fall in love with at least one record per week.
With a life that’s spanned from the Phonographic Era to the Digital Age, Steve Almond lives to Rock. Like you, he’s secretly longed for the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s (sort of) content to live the life of a rabid fan, a drooling fanatic, who has converted his unrequited desires into a 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 Drooling Fanatic soul mate and subsequent production of two little super fans. 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.