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Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio
"Radio legend Carol Miller...the sultry-voiced and still-fabulous airwaves icon...is a beloved veteran of...classic rock."
--New York Post
" Miller's] voice drew a generation of teenage boys to their radios."
--New York Times
Carol Miller is indisputably America's premiere female rock 'n' roll disc jockey, as her well-deserved induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame proves. In her illuminating, fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking memoir, Up All Night, the legendary "Nightbird" tells the story of her colorful career--her rise to success in a male-dominated music industry; her close and personal dealings with rock royalty like Bruce Springsteen (whose music she first introduced to New York radio), Sir Paul McCartney, and Steven Tyler (whom she dated)--and details openly and honestly her battle against breast cancer for the very first time.
--New York Post
" Miller's] voice drew a generation of teenage boys to their radios."
--New York Times
Carol Miller is indisputably America's premiere female rock 'n' roll disc jockey, as her well-deserved induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame proves. In her illuminating, fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking memoir, Up All Night, the legendary "Nightbird" tells the story of her colorful career--her rise to success in a male-dominated music industry; her close and personal dealings with rock royalty like Bruce Springsteen (whose music she first introduced to New York radio), Sir Paul McCartney, and Steven Tyler (whom she dated)--and details openly and honestly her battle against breast cancer for the very first time.
272 pages, Hardcover
First published August 28, 2012
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June 3, 2013
Excellent autobiography of the legendary NY DJ Carol Miller. I grew up listening to Carol Miller on both WPLJ FM, and WNEW FM in New York, and I have always loved and admired her...and enjoyed listening to her show. Yet "Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio" is much more than a book about a well-known, and respected East Coast DJ, it's a story of a Jewish woman's survival...through a horribly chauvinistic world, and a life-long battle against a family curse of disease and death.
On the surface, Carol Miller's life story seems like a bright, and happy one. Born in the early 50s to a nice Jewish family that eventually made the New York suburb of Queens their home...Miller was a beautiful, and highly intelligent young woman with a good heart and strong family values. She was a good student who loved the Beatles, and had the good fortune to have seen seen The Beatles on at least two occasions...in 1964, and 1965. With a strong love of music, Miller's fondness for Led Zeppelin (in particular) began right at the start of the iconic British supergroup's successful career. She was a pre-med student at the University of Pennsylvania we're Miller found her calling as a DJ for the university's radio station. On a dare, Carol Miller landed a job at Philadelphia's rock station WMMR, where she prospered. She was sought after by rock stars (David Bowie and Rod Stewart among them), and eventually made her way back to New York, where her legend grew as a DJ on WNEW FM, WPLJ FM, then back to WNEW, eventually to WXRQ 104.3 in New York, where she remains to this day. Carol Miller hobnobbed with the biggest and the best...and had affairs and dated such rock stars as Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Kiss's Paul Stanley, and Whitesnake's David Coverdale...and also dated the music industry titan Jimmy Iovine. She married the MTV DJ Mark Goodman, and had a charmed life...yet it wasn't. In fact, Carol Miller's life was far from charmed...
From the time she was a teenager, Carol Miller was sexually harassed or molested...by men of all shapes and sizes...photographers, doctors, radio station managers, and program directors...horrible men of shapes and sizes. Miller's stories of harassment are absolutely heartbreaking. Her life was hard enough as it was with the wide array of anti-semitism she had to contend with over the years...yet the abuse Miller had to endure at the hands of men is down right disturbing, morally wrong....and it broke my heart. Reading Miller's stories, I felt ashamed to be a man...as I squirmed in disgust at what my fellow-man was capable of...the audacity, the insensitivity, the cruelty of it all made me sick. Yet even this was not the worst part of Carol Miller's life.
Cancer, the Big C...had plagued the women in Miller's family for decades, and Carol Miller was going to be cancer's next victim. "Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio" goes into great detail about her years of battling the Big C...and winning. Any other woman would have crumbled at devastating steps one has to take in order to take cancer head-on...fight it with inhuman strength. Yet Carol Miller just may be the strongest woman alive...having been able to survive anti-semitism, horrendous sexual harassment, and what seems like a hundred medical operations...and STILL come out ahead, and alive.
"Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio" is one hell of a book...and Miller's story is both entraining, and simply heartbreaking. God bless Carol Miller, and thank goodness she took the time to write this book.
On the surface, Carol Miller's life story seems like a bright, and happy one. Born in the early 50s to a nice Jewish family that eventually made the New York suburb of Queens their home...Miller was a beautiful, and highly intelligent young woman with a good heart and strong family values. She was a good student who loved the Beatles, and had the good fortune to have seen seen The Beatles on at least two occasions...in 1964, and 1965. With a strong love of music, Miller's fondness for Led Zeppelin (in particular) began right at the start of the iconic British supergroup's successful career. She was a pre-med student at the University of Pennsylvania we're Miller found her calling as a DJ for the university's radio station. On a dare, Carol Miller landed a job at Philadelphia's rock station WMMR, where she prospered. She was sought after by rock stars (David Bowie and Rod Stewart among them), and eventually made her way back to New York, where her legend grew as a DJ on WNEW FM, WPLJ FM, then back to WNEW, eventually to WXRQ 104.3 in New York, where she remains to this day. Carol Miller hobnobbed with the biggest and the best...and had affairs and dated such rock stars as Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Kiss's Paul Stanley, and Whitesnake's David Coverdale...and also dated the music industry titan Jimmy Iovine. She married the MTV DJ Mark Goodman, and had a charmed life...yet it wasn't. In fact, Carol Miller's life was far from charmed...
From the time she was a teenager, Carol Miller was sexually harassed or molested...by men of all shapes and sizes...photographers, doctors, radio station managers, and program directors...horrible men of shapes and sizes. Miller's stories of harassment are absolutely heartbreaking. Her life was hard enough as it was with the wide array of anti-semitism she had to contend with over the years...yet the abuse Miller had to endure at the hands of men is down right disturbing, morally wrong....and it broke my heart. Reading Miller's stories, I felt ashamed to be a man...as I squirmed in disgust at what my fellow-man was capable of...the audacity, the insensitivity, the cruelty of it all made me sick. Yet even this was not the worst part of Carol Miller's life.
Cancer, the Big C...had plagued the women in Miller's family for decades, and Carol Miller was going to be cancer's next victim. "Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio" goes into great detail about her years of battling the Big C...and winning. Any other woman would have crumbled at devastating steps one has to take in order to take cancer head-on...fight it with inhuman strength. Yet Carol Miller just may be the strongest woman alive...having been able to survive anti-semitism, horrendous sexual harassment, and what seems like a hundred medical operations...and STILL come out ahead, and alive.
"Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio" is one hell of a book...and Miller's story is both entraining, and simply heartbreaking. God bless Carol Miller, and thank goodness she took the time to write this book.
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July 14, 2020
This book appealed to me because it is about a women working in the radio industry when it was (and probably still is) a male-dominated workplace.
I can relate, having spent much of my career in the concert production industry.
That being said, I think this book is a good example of why some people should not write an autobiography and would most likely be better represented by a 3rd party writing a biography about them.
I was put off by the tone of her writing and I would consider this more of a long, personal narrative/creative non-fiction tale than an “autobiography”. I wanted more descriptive scenes and for her stories to be explored in a greater context beyond just her opinion of how things were at the time.
It breaks my heart that her, and many women I know of her generation who fought hard to stake their claim to a job in a male-dominated field, where their male co-workers did not hold back when it came to sexist words, actions, and outright abuse; that these women had to become so tough, stubborn, and bury their seething resentment in order to endure their jobs, that it eventually spills over into other areas of their lives.
Maybe some of that is due to the era, personalities, family support and childhood experiences too, but it is something I have observed in real life, and I feel like I know many women a generation older than me who remind me of Carol Miller.
When a professional broadcasters charity offers to assist her at one point during a time of financial and medical hardship, she finds an excuse to turn them down. At that point, she was so jaded from the years of sexism and harassment at work, I can understand her mistrust of any industry group that might “give me something now, but expect favors later”. This avoidance of “owing” anyone anything is often a result of abuse, and I felt saddened that she felt she couldn’t accept help from her own industry.
I can relate, having spent much of my career in the concert production industry.
That being said, I think this book is a good example of why some people should not write an autobiography and would most likely be better represented by a 3rd party writing a biography about them.
I was put off by the tone of her writing and I would consider this more of a long, personal narrative/creative non-fiction tale than an “autobiography”. I wanted more descriptive scenes and for her stories to be explored in a greater context beyond just her opinion of how things were at the time.
It breaks my heart that her, and many women I know of her generation who fought hard to stake their claim to a job in a male-dominated field, where their male co-workers did not hold back when it came to sexist words, actions, and outright abuse; that these women had to become so tough, stubborn, and bury their seething resentment in order to endure their jobs, that it eventually spills over into other areas of their lives.
Maybe some of that is due to the era, personalities, family support and childhood experiences too, but it is something I have observed in real life, and I feel like I know many women a generation older than me who remind me of Carol Miller.
When a professional broadcasters charity offers to assist her at one point during a time of financial and medical hardship, she finds an excuse to turn them down. At that point, she was so jaded from the years of sexism and harassment at work, I can understand her mistrust of any industry group that might “give me something now, but expect favors later”. This avoidance of “owing” anyone anything is often a result of abuse, and I felt saddened that she felt she couldn’t accept help from her own industry.
May 3, 2020
I was listening to Sirius XM and heard Carol. At a red light I googled her. As a DJ, I am highly critical of female talent, but always curious as to their past and climb. I ordered her book off Amazon. I enjoyed it. Learned a lot about how the industry was a decade or more before I got in to it. It is still a male dominated field, but holy cow she had it rough with the corporate men. I admire her education and her honestly about her health issues. Although not a page-turner (and I wish there were more celeb stories!), it was great to read about a fellow admired female jock.
May 10, 2017
Carol's soft and sultry voice carries over into her memoir. It is a superb account of her career and details the good and the bad she experienced. She kept me company for many a night when I worked nights and sometimes she still does. The only complaint I have, is that it was too short. I am holding out hope that there will be a continuation.
December 31, 2019
As a teenager in New York in the 1970s, Carol Miller was the soundtrack of my life. She writes pretty well. Fun book, but I’m not sure anyone who is not from New York will appreciate how iconic her voice was for those of use who were there.
December 24, 2017
Astoundingly dull. The whole book just details her musical chairs with all her station bouncing around/battle with cancer.
January 19, 2019
I started reading this in May 2013, and I thought it was pretty good, but after awhile just didn't get back to it.
July 27, 2019
I found this to be one of those books where it seemed that she was having a conversation with you. Enjoyable read and an interesting sometimes heartbreaking stroll through the life of a radio friend
May 20, 2023
3/5 stars
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August 25, 2012
I've never listened to Carol Miller on the radio (or on Sirius XM), but I really connected with her memoir (won from a firstreads giveaway). Like Carol, I djed in college, worked as a music director, was a girl working mostly with guys, and for a while there, I even dreamed of getting into the business after school. I'm pursuing other professional paths now, but parts of Up All Night: Ny Life and Times in Rock Radio hit me like a wave of nostalgia--even her playlist philosophy reminded me of my a-list show at WCWM. Saving up to buy albums (and needing to like all of the songs on them to make them worthwhile), sharing music with friends, encountering the indie elitism of radio friends, all of it rings true now as much as it did back when Carol Miller was getting started.
Like I said, I've never heard Carol Miller's broadcast, but I bet it sounds a lot like her book. She's just your "friend Carol", spinning stories about her life, and her life in the music industry. Her book is very casual, like each chapter is a story that she could have told you over coffee, some chapters add more to the full narrative than others (like the chapter about dating Paul Stanley from Kiss, while part of a dating succession, is kind of it's own thing). This is a quick read that really captures the author's personality, her conservative Jewish upbringing, her love of Led Zeppelin (and Star Trek), and most of all her enduring positivity, even as she faces health problems (which I was not expecting from the cover). Stories told from her childhood are especially sweet. Her father's first reaction to The Beatles is, "They look like a bunch of hoods," while her mother notes they are probably from Eton, earning money for school, but "they're not very good." For obvious reasons, Carol listens to her radio with an earplug in.
Like I said, I've never heard Carol Miller's broadcast, but I bet it sounds a lot like her book. She's just your "friend Carol", spinning stories about her life, and her life in the music industry. Her book is very casual, like each chapter is a story that she could have told you over coffee, some chapters add more to the full narrative than others (like the chapter about dating Paul Stanley from Kiss, while part of a dating succession, is kind of it's own thing). This is a quick read that really captures the author's personality, her conservative Jewish upbringing, her love of Led Zeppelin (and Star Trek), and most of all her enduring positivity, even as she faces health problems (which I was not expecting from the cover). Stories told from her childhood are especially sweet. Her father's first reaction to The Beatles is, "They look like a bunch of hoods," while her mother notes they are probably from Eton, earning money for school, but "they're not very good." For obvious reasons, Carol listens to her radio with an earplug in.
June 4, 2017
If you're looking for a tell-all book of dirty secrets, this won't be it. The deepest Carol goes are instances of sexist abuse she endured from strangers and her less-than-professional colleagues and "superiors" which are, unfortunately, not that surprising.
When the many gross men that infiltrate the music industry aren't being discussed, Carol paints an entertaining picture of her Jewish roots, growing up in New York with her family of traditional values and amusing Yiddish phrases.
She recalls some unforgettable times, such as: JFK's assassination, Beatle Mania, and, of course, discovering the magic of Radioland, a portable Narnia for the ears. And some other times, like learning the true meaning of Christmas, being educated on romance and relationships through pop music, and travelling back and forth, up and down, to various work radio stations, concerts, and countries.
Every dozen or so pages she nonchalantly recounts how she met people before they became massive like a shy Bruce Springsteen and an attentive Elton John.
All the while, a mysterious family curse passed down through the females in her family has the possibility of striking at almost any moment.
In all, a pretty easy read. Not necessarily essential for music lovers, but the story of a person who knew in their heart what they wanted to do so simply went out and did it.
When the many gross men that infiltrate the music industry aren't being discussed, Carol paints an entertaining picture of her Jewish roots, growing up in New York with her family of traditional values and amusing Yiddish phrases.
She recalls some unforgettable times, such as: JFK's assassination, Beatle Mania, and, of course, discovering the magic of Radioland, a portable Narnia for the ears. And some other times, like learning the true meaning of Christmas, being educated on romance and relationships through pop music, and travelling back and forth, up and down, to various work radio stations, concerts, and countries.
Every dozen or so pages she nonchalantly recounts how she met people before they became massive like a shy Bruce Springsteen and an attentive Elton John.
All the while, a mysterious family curse passed down through the females in her family has the possibility of striking at almost any moment.
In all, a pretty easy read. Not necessarily essential for music lovers, but the story of a person who knew in their heart what they wanted to do so simply went out and did it.
October 1, 2013
One of the longest-running New York radio personalities, Carol Miller shares her fascinating life story in this Autobiography.
From an early age, Carol was mesmerised by the DJ personalities on the radio, whom she referred to as her ‘friends’. Later, while attending college, she began a DJing job, something practically unheard of for a woman. And of course, with the job came all kinds of perks- including meeting and hanging out with famous musicians. She also shares her struggles with cancer as she worked to earn a name for herself in the world of rock radio.
I loved reading about Carol Miller’s tenacity as she fought to become the person she is today. Full of amusing anecdotes, as well as some harrowing, and some very touching experiences, Up All Night will not disappoint. If you love music, courageous stories, or just getting the inside scoop on celebrities, you will love this book!
I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads in exchange for an honest review.
Check out this review on my blog: EpicBookQuest.wordpress.com
From an early age, Carol was mesmerised by the DJ personalities on the radio, whom she referred to as her ‘friends’. Later, while attending college, she began a DJing job, something practically unheard of for a woman. And of course, with the job came all kinds of perks- including meeting and hanging out with famous musicians. She also shares her struggles with cancer as she worked to earn a name for herself in the world of rock radio.
I loved reading about Carol Miller’s tenacity as she fought to become the person she is today. Full of amusing anecdotes, as well as some harrowing, and some very touching experiences, Up All Night will not disappoint. If you love music, courageous stories, or just getting the inside scoop on celebrities, you will love this book!
I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads in exchange for an honest review.
Check out this review on my blog: EpicBookQuest.wordpress.com
February 20, 2013
If you like classic rock and have spent sometime in the tri-state area than you may know the voice of Carol Miller. What you may not know is that this DJ is a smart strong woman who has had to fight hard for life and rock and roll.
Like many biographies “Up All Night” flows in chronological order outlining childhood, school family and career. Yet, Carol’s approach is different as she shares her feeling along with her stories. Miller is candid about dealing with anti-Semitism, cancer, love, self-doubt and sexual harassment, yet she was and is still able to relish life and music.
Carol has had her fair share of trials and triumphs with some highlights being meeting Paul McCartney, dating a nice Jewish boy named Paul Stanley, finishing law school and attending some of the most legendary concerts in the past few decades. I have “known” Carol Miller for years and now I know her as a person rather than a personality thanks to her insightful and interesting book.
Like many biographies “Up All Night” flows in chronological order outlining childhood, school family and career. Yet, Carol’s approach is different as she shares her feeling along with her stories. Miller is candid about dealing with anti-Semitism, cancer, love, self-doubt and sexual harassment, yet she was and is still able to relish life and music.
Carol has had her fair share of trials and triumphs with some highlights being meeting Paul McCartney, dating a nice Jewish boy named Paul Stanley, finishing law school and attending some of the most legendary concerts in the past few decades. I have “known” Carol Miller for years and now I know her as a person rather than a personality thanks to her insightful and interesting book.
April 17, 2013
I didn't grow up in NYC, so I wasn't familiar with Carol Miller. I admire her for breaking ground in radio--her book makes it agonizingly clear how women were at worst harassed and assaulted and at best not taken seriously as potential professionals on the airwaves in the 1970s. Her persistence with doctors over issues women have had to fight to push to the forefront of medical science inspired me. Her brushes with rock stars are for sure impressive (and damn fun/infuriating to read). She's got a glib, confident style I like, but I almost felt like there were moments I wasn't sure were written as deeply felt as they may have been experienced--like a DJ selling a moment on air rather than a writer taking her time with the nuances. I was left feeling like I liked Miller's memoir for what it might have been--a more layered, more deeply dug (in print) look at the life of this woman I have come to admire for pushing gender boundaries.
October 4, 2013
I'm not sure if you did not grow up listening to Carol Miller on rock radio in NYC in the 70s and 80s like I did if you would even be interested in this book. But with many hours spent with Carol Miller tuned in, and as a volunteer DJ on a local FM station here in Richmond VA, I have a strong interest in radio, and found this book to be a very interesting read. I learned a lot about Carol that I did not know - her starting out at WMMR in Philly, receiving her law degree, her strong identification with her ethnicity, her marriage to MTV VJ Mark Goodman, and her long battle with cancer. The book gives good insight what it was like to break into a radio - a man's field in the 60's and 70's and has plenty of salacious rock 'n' roll anecdotes. If you grew up listening to Carol on the radio - definitely give this book a spin.
July 3, 2016
Carol Miller is a legend in the radio industry. She's been a radio dj, or personality, for four decades and has met, mingled with, and dated famous rock stars. Her memoir is a list of who is who in the rock music industry, but it's also a glimpse into her private life. Her list of accomplishments is astounding and her success in the music industry is worth reading.
The smooth voice that Carol Miller brings to the radio translates into a book that is entertaining and inspiring to read. Her personal struggles, while huge, are not depressing and dark to read. Her sense of humor shines through even the darkest tales.
If you love music, specifically rock music, this is a must read.
I received this book free of charge from Goodreads in exchange for my honest review.
The smooth voice that Carol Miller brings to the radio translates into a book that is entertaining and inspiring to read. Her personal struggles, while huge, are not depressing and dark to read. Her sense of humor shines through even the darkest tales.
If you love music, specifically rock music, this is a must read.
I received this book free of charge from Goodreads in exchange for my honest review.
September 15, 2012
Disclosure: I received a complimentary advance copy of this book with the expectation that I would provide an honest review.
Interesting for:
First-hand stories about rock celebrities (dated Paul Stanley of Kiss and Steve Tyler of Aerosmith)
Life as a teenager in the 60s (saw the Beatles in concert in New York)
Woman pioneer in a man's world (record nerds and radio DJs)
Insights into radio industry and rock programming
Contrast between a socially conservative Jewish upbringing and life among pop culture trend-setters
The silence and ignorance of women's health issues before Our Bodies, Ourselves
Interesting for:
First-hand stories about rock celebrities (dated Paul Stanley of Kiss and Steve Tyler of Aerosmith)
Life as a teenager in the 60s (saw the Beatles in concert in New York)
Woman pioneer in a man's world (record nerds and radio DJs)
Insights into radio industry and rock programming
Contrast between a socially conservative Jewish upbringing and life among pop culture trend-setters
The silence and ignorance of women's health issues before Our Bodies, Ourselves
May 28, 2018
Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio by Carol Miller (Harper Cllins 2012)(791.44) is a memoir by a DJ who was at the cutting edge of the rise of FM album rock radio as the predominant media for rock and roll. The author was a big star in Philadelphia and later in New York in the late 1970's through the present. I had hoped that this book would be about the 60's and 70's phenomena known as "AOR" (Album Oriented Rock), but alas. This book is more a photo collage of great-to-middling rock stars whom the author met in the course of her career. My rating: 6/10, finished 11/28/12.
January 3, 2014
I had listened to Carol Miller frequently during her career on the radio and always liked her-she has had a very difficult life and yet she was always able to maintain a certain optimism despite all of her troubles. She also told her story of her involvements with different people in the industry as well as her personal involvements without any bitterness and was able to move on with her life. She also did not trash anyone and maintained anonymity when she felt that anything negative she may have to say would hurt that person or their families.
I like her a great deal and would recommend this book.
I like her a great deal and would recommend this book.
June 21, 2012
Fascinating memoir of Carol Miller's rise to fame as a "rock jock" starting back in the late 1960s & continuing through present day (I had no idea she had created the syndicated show "Get the Led Out"). It is also an inspiring story of her battle with uterine and breast cancer. And, I met her at BEA and was pleased to have shaken a hand that had also touched the hands of Robert Plant, Steve Tyler, Mick Jagger and numberous other rock luminaries, plus she seemed to be a genuinely nice person. :)
August 7, 2012
This was a really great read. I was literally "Up All Night" trying to finish it yesterday (which I did). I love the sixties and seventies, on which much of the book is focused, and thoroughly enjoyed reading about Miller's encounters with the likes of 'The Beatles','Kiss', and Bruce Springsteen, just to name a few. I had personally never heard of Miller until reading this book, but I would suggest it to those who would have grown up listening to her, as well as youngsters like myself.
October 15, 2012
This was a goodreads give away. Miller was one of the earliest females in a mostly female dominated industry. It is also a career known for frequent turn overs. She has managed to stay employed and loves what she does. Miller shares how her innocents early on lead to compromising conditions. However she always seems to learn from her mistakes. Throughout her life she has battled cancer many times and cared for her elderly parents. Miller comes across as admirable and very likable.
September 24, 2012
I was pleasantly surprised by this book!
Full disclosure - received free from goodreads giveaway.
I have never listened to Carol Moore on the radio, and after reading this book, I'm sorry about that! Her story was very interesting to read, and I really enjoyed her little stories about the various musicians that she interacted with. She really got to experience a lot of music history first hand!
Full disclosure - received free from goodreads giveaway.
I have never listened to Carol Moore on the radio, and after reading this book, I'm sorry about that! Her story was very interesting to read, and I really enjoyed her little stories about the various musicians that she interacted with. She really got to experience a lot of music history first hand!
August 18, 2012
An autobiography by Carol Miller. Even though I've never heard her on the radio, I would have probably been a big fan of hers, judging by the music she played and loved. Loved the stories of her encounters with many of my favorite rock stars. A very interesting read. Recommended for anyone who loves rock n roll.
Goodreads giveaway recipient.
Goodreads giveaway recipient.
December 20, 2012
An interesting read - I expected to read about her love of rock and roll and contact with various rockers during her career. I was impressed by her struggle to break into a male-dominated profession, as well as her own struggles to learn and acknowledge her family's medical history before it claimed her.
January 13, 2013
Enjoyed this autobiography. Maybe it's because I am a Jersey girl and knew everyone she mentioned in the book. Maybe it's because I understood all the Yiddish she used. Or may be it's just because Carol had a great story to...nice Jewish girl because a rock and roll DJ and stayed a nice Jewish girl.
February 22, 2014
as we're the same age, it was fun to read about behind the scenes with the radio stations & music I listened to. However, I was reminded of why I didn't like Carol on the air-her schtick always grated on me. It WAS nice to see that she got to get back to her roots at Q104 after all the radio station changes & asst crap she went thru. I knew she moved around, but not why.
April 4, 2013
I enjoyed reading about the author. I liked her and it was a good read. The beginning was slow so I skimmed to page 84; got interesting when she began her radio career. Her story is also about her health struggles.
December 7, 2013
Great first hand experience of the life of an amazingly accomplished woman while also seeing the life of rock n roll grow with her. They work hand in hand as Miller paves the way for women in radio from the 60's into the new century.
May 1, 2014
A very depressing book. The author struggles with serious health, marital and occupational issues. While there is some interesting dish associated with her encounters with rock stars, the book is very self-absorbed.
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