Name: Night People: How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City
Author: Mark Ronson

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Ronson's memoir was described as a loveletter to 1990s New York and a diary of his rise as a DJ, capturing the highs and lows of that era.

He has a new memoir out on September 16th called Night People, How to Be a DJ in 90s New York City.

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Episode: Mark Ronson Returns

Ronson's memoir was described as a loveletter to 1990s New York and a diary of his rise as a DJ, capturing the highs and lows of that era.

He has a new memoir out on September 16th called Night People, How to Be a DJ in 90s New York City.

My book is coming out 10 days later.

The crazy thing about this book is a really good friend of mine read it.

This book is about New York in the 90s and me coming up as a DJ in my 20s.

Night People, How to Be a DJ in 90s New York City. The most useless howto book of all time.

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Fresh Air

The book was highlighted as a love‑letter to the 1990s New York club scene, offering a diaristic look at Ronson’s early DJ years and how he learned to read crowds and shape the night. Host Tanya Mosley and Ronson himself both praised it for giving listeners a vivid glimpse of a DJ’s experience and the era’s culture. The discussion conveyed strong enthusiasm for the memoir, presenting it as a must‑read for anyone interested in that period of music history.

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The memoir Night People was described as a loveletter to the 1990s New York club scene, recounting Ronson's formative years as a DJ and his reflections on the culture of that era.

It's a story of how a young outsider with a British accent found a place in the 1990s club scene, learning to read crowds, dig through crates, and create the perfect mix of venues where the city's tribes collided. Night people, as he defines them, are different than people who simply enjoy a night out.

They become their best selves once the sun goes down, and daytime is just the warmup. Those formative years spinning records would shape everything that came after.

This book really gives us a glimpse of what it's actually like for the DJ. You're able to just make the room explode by the decisions that you make, and you describe in this book how nothing compares to the first time you feel it.

In the book I wanted to keep it as diaristic and just really only in the Nineties. It's really only in the epilogue where I'm walking around downtown with my daughter strapped to me and talking about what it was like then versus now with the laptop versus the hundreds of records.

Mark Ronson's new memoir about DJing in the 90s New York club scene is called Night People.

Episode: Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s

Ronson's memoir recounted his upbringing and early DJ career in 1990s NewYork, painting the club scene as a loveletter to the era and explaining how he came to identify as a "night person."

Music producer and DJ Mark Ronson's new memoir, Night People, takes us back to a New York that no longer exists.

Yeah, you know, Mark, this was a really fun read, and it had me thinking that most of us experience the DJ from the dance floor. So this book really gives us a glimpse of what it's actually like for the DJ.

And you describe in this book how nothing compares to the first time you feel it.

In the book, I wanted to keep it as diaristically and just really only in the 90s. ... He goes, I really liked the book.

Mark Ronson's new memoir about DJing in the 90s New York club scene is called Night People.

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The memoir was announced as Mark Ronson's new book, detailing his early DJ career in 1990s New York City.

Tomorrow on Fresh Air, our guest will be Grammy winning music producer Mark Ronson, who's written a new memoir called Night People, How to Be a DJ in 90s New York City.

Night People How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City