Rob Sheffield Discusses New Book, Karaoke in New York -- Exclusive Excerpt

Niki Kanodia Growing up, music and pop culture critic Rob Sheffield had role models both positive and negative. Among the former, he explained Wednesday night, as he discussed his new book, 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut,' at the Barnes and Noble store in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Park Slope neighborhood, were his sisters. As Sheffield recalled, they would "get all the way gung-ho about something," be it Big Country or Rick Springfield, "wi...

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