{"product_id":"wish-you-were-here-an-essential-guide-to-your-favorite-music-scenes-from-punk-to-indie-and-everything-in-between-9780061573712","title":"Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes--From Punk to Indie and Everything in Between","description":"\u003cp\u003eA snarky, fact-filled look at the people and places that made the indie\/punk scene what it is today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American underground music scene is exploding everywhere--not just in New York City and L.A. (although we've got those cities covered too ): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Washington, D.C. . . . Ian MacKaye and Fugazi inspired the straightedge culture, which had kids everywhere drawing black X's on their hands in magic marker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Omaha, Nebraska . . . A young Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, started writing and performing gut-wrenching love songs at the tender age of thirteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Long Island, New York . . . Taking Back Sunday and Brand New battled for emo supremacy and the fragile hearts of a million teenage girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the coauthor of the cult-worthy \u003cem\u003eEverybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/em\u003e--a combination travel guide and tortured history covering everything from what constitutes proper rock critic etiquette in Minneapolis to why pop-punk bands in Chicago have so much suburban angst, to how freegans in the Bay Area can feed themselves on a budget that would make frugal Rachael Ray's face blush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon, Leslie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLeslie Simon is the author of \u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author of \u003cem\u003eEverybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has appeared in Kerrang!, Alternative Press, metromix.com, and MTV.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"It Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317889667346,"sku":"9780061573712","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_843eab09-e004-4ae6-b3e8-a802026f9d35.jpg?v=1727542235","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wish-you-were-here-an-essential-guide-to-your-favorite-music-scenes-from-punk-to-indie-and-everything-in-between-9780061573712","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}