Book Talk: Jesse Jarnow, “Big Day Coming”

December 9, 2012 • 6:30pm

Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240

Freelance writer and WFMU deejay Jesse Jarnow visits the Museum on Saturday, Nov. 3, to discuss his recently published book, “Big Day Coming,” on the indie music scene of the 1990s that fostered such critically acclaimed bands as Yo La Tengo. “Big Day Coming” is the first book about Yo La Tengo, the freethinking trio from Hoboken who forged their own path through the shifting landscape of the contemporary music business.

The book uses the band as a springboard for a sweeping survey of American indie rock, including “the legendary clubs, bands, zines, labels, record stores, college radio stations, fans, and pivotal figures that built the infrastructure of the contemporary music industry.”

Free