Dan Kennedy, Author of Rock On: An Office Power Ballad

3rd April 2008

Dan Kennedy is the author of two books of comic memoir, the most recent of which is “Rock On: An Office Power Ballad.” The new book covers his brief career in the music industry, which began when he (a youngish, white Orange County native) produced a retrospective commercially for the anniversary of Motown Records, and […]

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Dan Kennedy is the author of two books of comic memoir, the most recent of which is “Rock On: An Office Power Ballad.” The new book covers his brief career in the music industry, which began when he (a youngish, white Orange County native) produced a retrospective commercially for the anniversary of Motown Records, and ended in a round of mass layoffs. Kennedy has also written extensively for McSweeney’s.

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