John Sellers is the author of Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life and has written for GQ, The Believer, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, among many other publications. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, he currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, visit johnsellers.com.
"Perfect From Now On is clever and interesting and sincere, and I
completely disagree with everything the author says." -- Chuck
Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
"I will always know John Sellers as the Donkey Kong champion of the
U.S., circa 1982. Why this is not appended to his name every time
it is printed is unknown to me. But reading this brilliant,
hilarious recalling of how indie music hijacked his life, I
realized that Sellers was doing more than playing the game. Even
back then, as he navigated Mario up the impossible structure of his
yearning, leaping barrel after barrel thrown to him by monstrous
fate, Sellers surely was not just showing off. I suspect he was
already appreciating how pop culture shapes and soundtracks not
only our adolescent passions, but our grown-up lives as well.
Shakespeare may have taught us how to be human, but pop culture
taught Sellers how to smash every barrel and move on to the next
level." -- John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise
"Seller's self-dreprecating, music-obsessed memoir echoes the style
of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, but he manages to maintain a
distinctive voice: likable, smart and steeped in music trivia,
without being condescending."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Sellers bares his soul from the start -- the refreshing opening
broadside is titled "I Hate Bob Dylan" -- and thoroughly explores
what he finds valuable in indie rock and, for that matter, much of
life. An accomplished slinger of invective, he provides a rousing
evaluation of a phenomenon as ill-defined as its predecessor,
alternative rock....Spot-on observations and a willingness to name
names and ascribe blame as well as credit make this one of the best
resources to date on indie rock, whatever it is.... Deliciously
cynical."
-- Mike Tribby, Booklist
"Writing in a style that fuses the parenthetical asides of
Nicholson Baker (exemplified by 179 'footnotes') with pop culture
and musical insights � la Nick Hornby, [John Sellers] chronicles
[his] musical 'origin story'S [Perfect From Now On] will provoke
conversation, debate, and smiles among all who love music and pop
culture of the past 25 years. Recommended."
-- Library Journal
"Perfect From Now On is clever and interesting and sincere, and I completely disagree with everything the author says."
-- Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa
Puffs
"I will always know John Sellers as the Donkey Kong champion of the
U.S., circa 1982. Why this is not appended to his name every time
it is printed is unknown to me. But reading this brilliant,
hilarious recalling of how indie music hijacked his life, I
realized that Sellers was doing more than playing the game. Even
back then, as he navigated Mario up the impossible structure of his
yearning, leaping barrel after barrel thrown to him by monstrous
fate, Sellers surely was not just showing off. I suspect he was
already appreciating how pop culture shapes and soundtracks not
only our adolescent passions, but our grown-up lives as well.
Shakespeare may have taught us how to be human, but pop culture
taught Sellers how to smash every barrel and move on to the next
level."
-- John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise
"Seller's self-dreprecating, music-obsessed memoir echoes the style
of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, but he manages to maintain a
distinctive voice: likable, smart and steeped in music trivia,
without being condescending."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Sellers bares his soul from the start -- the refreshing opening
broadside is titled "I Hate Bob Dylan" -- and thoroughly explores
what he finds valuable in indie rock and, for that matter, much of
life. An accomplished slinger of invective, he provides a rousing
evaluation of a phenomenon as ill-defined as its predecessor,
alternative rock....Spot-on observations and a willingness to name
names and ascribe blame as well as credit make this one of the best
resources to date on indie rock, whatever it is.... Deliciously
cynical."
-- Mike Tribby, Booklist
"Writing in a style that fuses the parenthetical asides of
Nicholson Baker (exemplified by 179 'footnotes') with pop culture
and musical insights a la Nick Hornby, [John Sellers] chronicles
[his] musical 'origin story'S [Perfect From Now On] will provoke
conversation, debate, and smiles among all who love music and pop
culture of the past 25 years. Recommended."
-- Library Journal
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