Love Is a Mix Tape

by Rob Sheffield

2007 240 pages eng ★ 4.7 (6 ratings)

In the 1990s, "alternative" was suddenly mainstream, and bands like Pearl Jam and Pavement, Nirvana and R.E.M.--bands that a year before would have been too weird for MTV--were MTV. The boundaries of American culture were exploding, and music was leading the way. It was also the 1990s when a shy mus…