Allowing Myself to Become Vulnerable Turned My Story About 90s Music into a Book
Songs that discussed isolation and depression written by people I didn’t know helped me and millions of kids throughout the 90s, so not including my struggles in SLACKER wasn’t an option
“Vulnerability is the courage to be yourself in a world that constantly tries to shape you.” — Kamand Kojouri
It’s December 9, 2023, and in a few short months, my first book, SLACKER — 1991 Teen Spirit Angst and the Generation It Created will come out (Inspired By You Books) and people will learn something about me that only two or three people on earth know.
On two separate occasions, I told other human beings that I no longer wanted to live.
My book can sell one copy, or it can sell one million copies, the fact remains that this piece of information being made public used to scare the hell out of me. That fear is gone.
When I was 18 years old in 1991, I was already a fan of alternative and what became “grunge” music, on the heels of Nirvana’s gargantuan single and video, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” off their second album, Nevermind. I was lucky enough to have been introduced to the music of bands like…
