Stories, ideas, and rants evoked by a collection of ticket stubs from 2001-2010 that document the artistic, romantic, and professional pursuits of a person in early adulthood.
Featuring: Pavement, Bjork, Liz Phair, Radiohead, Coachella, Beck, the National, Modest Mouse, the Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Belle & Sebastian, Stereolab, David Byrne, Rage Against the Machine, Regina Spektor, Justice, Wu-Tang Clan, Joan Rivers, Andy Warhol, Beulah, Mastodon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wolf Parade.
Praise: “A simple conceit yields the coolest memoir of the year. Kim found an envelope containing ticket stubs to 32 indie-rock shows (plus a Warhol exhibit and a Joan Rivers set) that he’d attended between 2001 and 2010. Each stub sparks a memory, producing a portrait of the artist as a young law student, avid concert-goer, crush-haver, life liver.” — Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed Different Dreams.
Read excerpts:
Belle and Sebastian
Bright Eyes
John Jaewon Kim 