What Do You Say to the DJ? Expanded Edition

by Dara Shifrer and Andrew Marx

College is over and real life is a work-in-progress, but when do you become an adult? The answer is here in What Do You Sayto the DJ?, co-authors Andrew Marx and Dara Shifrer's guide to surviving the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439257183
• ISBN13: 9781439257180
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

It's easy to get lost in

Before we get into this review, I have to say that there are a number of things that you're going to get out of Andrew Marx and Dara Shifrer's book, "What Do You Say to the DJ?", and you need to know about them going in. You're going to get a lot of information about indy rock bands, you're going to become intimately familiar with people on an borderline uncomfortable level, and you're going to get e-mails. Lots and lots of e-mails. This is part of its quirky charm, that it's all taken from actual on-line correspondence from its two authors. Much of it is hysterically funny, but on a much broader spectrum it becomes a lot to take in. In order to illustrate my point and to give you an idea of what "DJ" is all about, I've taken the liberty of constructing the remainder of this review in the form of an electronic mail reply to its authors. From: Eric Jones To: dshifrer, amarx Subject: Re/ What Do You Say to the DJ? Date: 5/5/2010 Guys, I so, so, so enjoyed the book! I am not a music person at all, in fact I've spent the last week listening to rapper Big Lurch's album on repeat in order to get into the mindset of cannibalism for a horror movie I'm writing, so it was nice to learn about pleasant music like Bright Eyes. (Comparatively pleasant music, anyways) BTW, Love the band, James. Although James is a weird name for a band. I prefer surnames like Winston or even James. So, anyway, this e-mail has a point. It's that the book is awesome in almost too many ways. It's funny, to be sure, but portions of the book are devoted to merely being funny. For instance, the blog about flight complaints is spectacular, but doesn't have a lot of bearing on Andrew's relationships or his sister's engagement or any number of the subplots. Other parts are devoted only to analysis of music without direct correlation to the many subplots orbiting the world. It becomes hard to connect the dots. This is where the "lead you along" part of the book gets difficult. If you were cut everything around the music bits, you'd have a clever dissection of the art of song writing and what makes good rock music. That would be a wonderful book. If you were to cut everything around the funny essays, you'd have a wonderful collection of Dave Berry type essays. Then if you were to only take the relationship parts you'd have a book about relationships. With "DJ" you're given all of these things at once, and at times when the three intersect it's blissful. At others, you're not sure which is informing which. Of course, this is how real life is, it's a jumble of content. "What Do You Say to the DJ?" is great because it has great content. It's fun to learn about you guys, and to understand that the same types of correspondences I have with my college pals are not a singular occurrence. We are all together on this dusty orb, and in the virtual world, we're even closer together than we think. Sometimes, it's even a little crowded. I loved reading "What Do You Say to the DJ?" but I would re

So Funny!!!

This was the first book i read by this guy. I reviewed the other book-his blackjack philosophy-already and i liked it. This book is totally different. Its about the stuff that happens to you in life, like girlfriends and jobs and the stupid things you do for attention. I cant believe how funny it is. Its like if your friend emailed you a bunch of one liners and you just laugh man. Its a story about these two friends who kind of email back and forth to each other about whats going on in there lives. Save your emails you can write a book too If you have a sense of humor, youll like this book. Its written for the young crowd. What happens after college and how your life kind of goes in every direction possible. There are some reviews in there too, bands they like but i skipped those.