{"product_id":"9780061872624","title":"Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes-from Punk to Indie and Everything in Between","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eA snarky, fact-filled look at the people and places that made the indie\/punk scene what it is today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American underground music scene is exploding everywhere—not just in New York City and L.A. (although we've got those cities covered too!): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Washington, D.C. . . . Ian MacKaye and Fugazi inspired the straightedge culture, which had kids everywhere drawing black X's on their hands in magic marker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Omaha, Nebraska . . . A young Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, started writing and performing gut-wrenching love songs at the tender age of thirteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Long Island, New York . . . Taking Back Sunday and Brand New battled for emo supremacy and the fragile hearts of a million teenage girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the coauthor of the cult-worthy \u003cem\u003eEverybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture\u003c\/em\u003e comes \u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/em\u003e—a combination travel guide and tortured history covering everything from what constitutes proper rock critic etiquette in Minneapolis to why pop-punk bands in Chicago have so much suburban angst,  to how freegans in the Bay Area can feed themselves on a budget that would make frugal Rachael Ray's face blush.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078549192944,"sku":"9780061872624","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061872624_p0.jpg?v=1769911740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061872624","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}