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The soundtrack of Generation X

David Grady's new book, Our Mixtapes, Ourselves.

If you came of age in the 1980’s, your soundtrack likely included alternative bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and the B-52’s. And there’s a good chance that music still resonates with you today. We talk with David Grady about his book Our Mix Tapes, Ourselves: The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X, and we listen back to some of the great cuts of the era.

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