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Remembering â€Å"Rumblefish† Rob Sheffield is former radio D. J., as well as an editor and columnist for the Rolling Stones magazine. He stumbled upon a mix tape titled Rumblefish with no songs written on it. At first he referred to it as â€Å"just another piece of useless junk that Renee left behind† (Sheffield 643). Renee was his wife whom passed away after they were married for only five years. So as he listens through the tape, he finds himself re-living and relieving the memory of his life with his much loved wife; and each song is related with bittersweet memories. And so he drowns and looses himself into the mix tape. Thinking back, there were many where I did just that. I would spend hours composing remix tapes and much thoughts†¦show more content†¦Rob has been a music journalist for over twenty years; his writing career began back in the days with Renee. He referred to them as â€Å"we were rock critics, freelancing for the Village Voice and Spin Option.† (Sheffield 648). They also DJ for their independent radio station and when they are not working they would flip through vinyl records in music stores, listened to a lot of new songs and wrote about them as fast as they could to meet the demand of the music mainstream. Since then, Rob continues to write about music, TV and pop culture. Love is a MIX Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time, is the national bestseller that was he published in 2007 and has been translated into more than 7 different languages. Rumblefish is an excerpt from that book and you can listen to all the tracks he referred to in the essay at www.random house.com/crown/mixtape (Sheffield). He recently just finished his newest book, titled Talking to Girls about Duran Duran, which is also a memoir about music. Rumblefish mix tape was composed back in 1993, when the 90’s was exploding with pop culture. â€Å"Bands that was too weird, too feminist, too rough for the mainstream a year earlier was suddenly were the mainstream† (Sheffield 648). Nirvana, John Travolta, 90210, R.E.M., Whitney Houston, Pearl Jam, Pavement; punk music and the alternatives were the newShow MoreRelatedDon t Love Or Like Someone And You ll Go !955 Words   |  4 PagesTry telling yourself you don t love or like someone and you ll go crazy. To try not to impress him or try not to think about him†¦. It s like you want to be with him, but nowhere near him all at the same time. It s not easy! They say if you love something let it go. Is it really that simple? Love one day and forget the next? That just won t work! I mean how could you love so meone or something and just let it go? If you want something you should go for it right? 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