{"id":394,"date":"2025-09-02T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T03:20:27","slug":"rock-n-roll-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/rock-n-roll-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"ROCK &#8216;N&#8217; ROLL MANIFESTO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle-640x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=960%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=1280%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=1320%2C2112&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?resize=375%2C600&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alexmstein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cover-for-Kindle.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My new book <em>Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Manifesto And Other Stories <\/em>is out now in paperback and ebook.  The audiobook is coming soon.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rock-Roll-Manifesto-Other-Stories\/dp\/B0FNX3JKBV\">Click here to order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a brand-new collection of 40 original music stories from award-winning storyteller Alex M. Stein (aka me).<br><br>These stories, memories, essays, parables, and passionate rants about records, concerts, heartache, radio, love, and life&#8217;s unexpected victories take you to school dances, used-record stores, packed concert halls, and empty recording studios to explore the ways music seeps into our bones and propels us through life.<br><br><strong>Wondering if this book is for you?<\/strong><br><br>This book is for you if you have songs that echo your worst heartaches, songs that got you over those heartaches, or songs that helped celebrate your greatest triumphs.<br><br>This book is for you if you&#8217;ve ever labored over a mix tape (or a playlist or a set list) and thought seriously about how the songs and transitions dictate an emotional journey.<br><br>This book is for you if you&#8217;ve ever made a list of &#8220;desert island discs&#8221; without worrying where you&#8217;d find the equipment or power to play music (on disk or otherwise) on a desert island.<br><br>This book is for you if you&#8217;ve ever hovered over a boombox trying to find the exact right moment to press record to capture on cassette a song played on the radio.<br><br><strong>PLAY (OR READ) LOUD!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new book Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Manifesto And Other Stories is out now in paperback and ebook. The audiobook is coming soon. Click here to order. It&#8217;s a brand-new collection of 40 original music stories from award-winning storyteller Alex M. Stein (aka me). These stories, memories, essays, parables, and passionate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}