REVIEW: Rock On: An Office Power Ballad, by Dan Kennedy
Posted on May 13, 2008 by Nicole Villeneuve
You know when there’s something in life you’ve always at least partially wanted to do, but due to circumstances or laziness or paralyzing fear of failure, you just don’t? It’s nice when someone else does it instead and it turns out to be a bust. Saves you the upset. Instead you sit and listen to your excuses and neuroses ring of sweet validation. The only possible downfall (seriously, otherwise this is a really good way to live life and I highly recommend it) is that you probably don’t get to write a hilarious book about your misadventures.
Rock On: An Office Power Ballad documents Dan Kennedy’s abrupt and anxious time as a mid-level marketing exec at Atlantic Records. Through a fluke freelance copywriting gig at the label he found himself employed full-time for about 18 months, starting in 2002. Remember that terrible women’s razor campaign that featured the even worse Jewel song of the same name? Well, you can thank Dan for that gem. But don’t hate him. He hates himself for it more than you or I possibly could.
