Author Dan Kennedy (McSweeney's.net "Loser Goes First") reading/signing. March 2, 2008

Longstanding McSweeneys.net regular and author of the book "Loser Goes First" reads from his new book "Rock On: An Office Power Ballad" (Algonquin) -- expect trademark painfully funny cautionary tales that deal with Kennedy having been hired in 2002 at Atlantic Records in New York just in time for the record business to finish falling apart.

"Dan Kennedy is somehow able to pinpoint brilliantly and effortlessly the infinite awkwardness of being human. Rock On is way more than a hilarious take on the record industry, it is a darkly funny exploration of contemporary American society." ---Beth Lisick, author of Everybody Into the Pool, and Helping Me Help Myself.

"Hilarious." -—Todd Hanson, editor of The Onion: America's Finest News Source

"Dan Kennedy is a very funny human-being and a very funny writer and this is a very funny book. It's also quite subtly wise about the absurdity of life and the dreams we cook up." —Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir!

Official Website: http://rockonthebook.com/tour