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I enjoyed this memoir. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ His humor and writing style are right up my alley. I would definitely read more of his work…perhaps I need to visit Esquire.com for that… 🤷🏻‍♀️

I finished listening to Dave Holmes‘ podcast, which I recommended to any/all 80s/90s kid, Waiting for Impact, so of course his memoir has jumped up my reading list. Not gonna lie, he should‘ve won the MTV VJ contest…Jesse who?! 😉 Looking forward to more of his story.

Thanks for the tag @Arvena
1. Read this about the MTV personality & pop culture guy earlier this year and enjoyed it.
2. Maybe Warren Beatty? I can't think of anyone else & at least the younger pics included will be eye candy. 😍
3. I've actually considered it but I'm not sure who'd actually read it. Maybe my nieces would get a kick out of it.
It's late, so play if you'd like to. 💛
#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

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Back in the ol' days when MTV still played music videos, but started to venture toward its current pop culture dumpster fire, Dave Holmes came into our homes as a contestant on Wanna Be A VJ. (He placed 2nd) This covers key moments of Dave's life with music as a guide. Even the serious bits are a bit lighthearted, making this a funny & interesting read that brought back some memories of decades past. #bookspinbonanza @TheAromaofBooks

"That was a heavy couple of chapters. Thanks for sticking with me. As a reward, here is a photograph of a young Grant Show."

I'm dead! ?????? I have breezed through 1/3 of this already today.

Digging Dave‘s throwback memoir. Some of the music is a little lost on me having been born the same year he went to college but Dave Holmes was one of my favorite VJs on MTV back in the day. I got reacquainted with him over podcasts like Never Not Funny and am glad I did. Gotta take a break from reading cause Mika keeps kicking me every time I try to scroll 😂

Just finished listening to this at work. I enjoyed it a lot! The idea of setting up a memoir like an album was so cool, and Dave is honestly a pretty funny guy. His stories were great and I loved his sense of humor. It was also insanely nostalgic for me, particularly when he talked about MTV as I was one of those girls who‘d run home and turn on TRL.

A fun, quick read!

This makes me happy 🎉📚🧁📚🎉

#LitsyPartyOfOne is happening this weekend, hosted by @Lynnsoprano @Alisnazzy and @MrBook

Dig out the Twiglets*, put the kettle on and read books.

(*other snacks are available, if you really must!)

So glad you guys are back 😊

Dave‘s narration is what makes this good book great! Really fantastic accompaniment to cleaning out your bookshelves.

I think the pop culture references will hit right on with Gen Xers and evening some older millennials. I remember “I wanna be a VJ” well. And I was old enough that I voted for Dave, not Jesse. 🤪

I think this will resonate with a lot of people who have tried to fit round personalities into square holes.

DAY 2 #Music | Remember Dave Holmes from Wanna Be a VJ and TRL? His memoir is a fun jaunt into 90s and early 00s music plus a revealing story of self discovery. He shares what it was like realizing he was gay at an early age, the struggles to live life honestly, and feeling accepted.

#MOvember
@Cinfhen

From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack.
It's a laugh-out-loud funny, deeply nostalgic story about never fitting in, never giving up, and letting good music guide the way.
#partyman #princeofjuly

1. I really enjoyed the tagged memoir. #stackit
2. 311, No Doubt, Florence & the Machine, Rilo Kiley, OAR (older live stuff)
3. Elton John, front row center. Got to high five him. ✋🏻 It was pretty cool! I‘d like to see 311 again, but concerts really aren‘t a priority these days.
4. You‘re So Vain by Carly Simon, First by Cold War Kids

#ManicMonday @JoScho

First of all, I am loving this book! I‘m listening to the audiobook, and Dave‘s narration is great.

Second of all, I still can‘t believe Jesse Camp won “So You Wanna Be a VJ” TWENTY years ago! What‘s he up to these days?

Psyched for the next #LitsyPartyofOne! I'll be in the home stretch of this semester by then, so I will (hopefully) have time for some pleasure reading! You're the best, @Ambrosnazzy

✨first time doing #LitsyPartyofOne but how could I resist? @Ambrosnazzy thanks for setting it up! #ambrosnazzyrocks

I loved the music connections, the MTV stories that brought me back to high school and Holmes stories of awkwardness. Funny, thoughtful and full of great musical recommendations. #nonfiction #lgbt #memoir

On my first visit to D.C.'s renowned independent bookstore, I was exploring Orwell, travel memoirs I'd never seen, philosophy books -- yet I walked out with Dave's book.
Great timing too, on the heels of me reading "Hillbilly Elegy." Oddly enough, the two give a great account of so much of my own experience.
#memoir #lgbt #popculture #mtv

Usually a celebrity memoir feels like there's an air of fake modesty and made up awkwardness to give that relatable feel. Not with this one. Nothing felt fake. Just an honest, open recap of his struggle with himself and how he came to be comfortable, all set against the backdrop of music. The lack of humblebrag was nice, too, even when he discussed his time at MTV. The best part is the musical interludes, the stories between his story.

Woot!! Can't wait for the next official #LitsyPartyOfOne! @Ambrosnazzy made the wise decision to extend it through the entire weekend so those of us with busy schedules can participate! 🎉 I'm writing it on my calendar as we speak! #introvertsunite

Today's galley haul. Noodles ordered. Pajamas imminent. Let's get this party started! 🎉🎉🎉🌝#LitsyPartyofOne

I love the idea of staying in to read en masse with all you Littens! Thanks @Ambrosnazzy! #LitsyPartyOfOne

So excited for this!!! #LitsyPartyOfOne February 10th be there or be square!!!❤📚❤📚❤📚❤

This sounds like so much fun!! Here to being unsocially social! @Ambrosnazzy has coordinated a party date and it's gonna be awesome! #litsypartyofone ☺️

one of my favorite books from 2016 was Dave Holmes's memoir. I love that one of the chapters is named after a Wham! song. George Michael has been the toughest pop music loss for me personally. I dusted off my blog to write about it, and I included a link to an article Dave wrote about GM's life.
http://eattchlove.blogspot.com/2016/12/thats-enough-2016.html

A tone and voice that felt like talking to a friend, with fun stories and great music.

I was not familiar with Dave before last year, when I started going to Friday Forty at NerdMelt every month, so I learned a lot about his years at MTV. I laughed out loud often & I even got choked up on a few occasions.

Great book, especially if you are an MTV child of the 90s!!

The last four books I read with a #numberintitle #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

4🌟 Very enjoyable book. I highly recommend it to the 30-40 year old set! So many 80s and 90s songs ran through my head. He writes eloquently about his struggle to be able to publicly identify as a gay man at a Catholic high school and college as well as at early 00s MTV. I wish there were a bit more about his post MTV life. A solid celebrity memoir that focuses on his life rather than name dropping, which is important to me.

I laughed so loud at this, I woke both of my dogs up. I remember this very annoying trend around 2000. 🙄😒

Because I'm reading a book about the 90s, I need to have a drink from the 90s. I missed out on it then, but now I've tried it...and it tastes mostly like Pepsi but with a bit of a kick! Sassy Pepsi. 😉😂

Hey! I've missed you gals/guys today! I needed a no social media day, but I may be back for #litsyafterdark because who would miss that? 😃 Anyway, I've finally picked up a book after much hemming and hawing, and I'm really enjoying it. I recommend it to anyone born in the 70s or early 80s if you're ok with songs going through your head! I hope everyone has had a relaxing Sunday. ❤️💜

I really enjoyed this little jaunt down 90s and early 00s memory lane, but the book is about much more than that. It's about finding your place. Dave shares what it was like realizing he was gay at an early age, the struggles to live life honestly, and feeling accepted.

This book is making me seriously nostalgic. What's your favorite 90s one-hit wonder?? #TBT

One of my favorite songs of all time!! I love the format of this book with "interludes" between chapters. I was prime TRL age when "Wanna be a VJ" debuted (I remember being shocked when Dave came in second to that space cadet Jesse). ?

This breaks my heart. It shouldn't be this way. 💔

Not what I was expecting at all. I expected a- hey, remember I was a VJ and remember MTV, now I am at Esquire book. Instead, it was about growing up as the lone gay child in an all Catholic school in HS and College. It was struggling w/sexuality, coming out, etc. It also had MTV stuff, but it was pretty deep. Not particularly well written, but great for a youth who might be struggling to come out. 3.5-4 stars.

This was my book mail today from Blogging for Books. I wasn't part of the Dave Holmes era of VJs, but it seemed interesting.

This one is up next for my bookclub. Looking forward to this one as it will take our book club out of our comfort zone, and will hopefully get the debates going!

Dave Holmes needs to write another book and soon. ❤️

Liked this book better than I though I would. Reminded me so much about growing up in the Midwest during 80's and 90's.

Itching to get my hands on a copy of this beaut by one of my all time favorite podcast personalities.

Grammar nerd! Swoon.

I came for the sardonic wit & MTV stories; what I got was so much more. We root for Bee Girl to find her people, but maybe she'll be ok without them.

As I said in my read-through, very surprising book! DH knows how to write, this I knew, but his gift of phrasing is quite stunning. A nostalgia trip through a far more innocent (but not without problems) time - but one that feels universal and true. And it's really funny! Splash Brothers. 😉

"Those kids are probably the troublemakers now." You're cruising along with fun MTV/TRL stories, and then DH decides it's time to rip your heart out. What a keen observer. Look at how he sketches the whole scene with the right choice of words. Pretty talented guy.

Dave on the titans of TRL. Kevin's eyebrows were definitely a thing of wonder.

Was trying to read but then the breadloaf interrupted me: "That book does not look nearly as Important as the last one I read, Father..." (He's right but damn this book is good.)

It me. (Or it was me, in 2002. And in 2009. When my GPA wasn't even a 2.4)