Follow the adventures of Andee (Andrea/angee) as she discovers boys, and then marries young to a computer nerd, breaking out of that to head into other dysfunctional yet joyful relationships, fueled by drugs, mostly marijuana. After divorce, she couples up with, among others, an artist whose alcohol addiction comes first, a flirtatious Russian major living with his parents, and a bass player who shares a nickname with his dog. Eventually, Andee decides to leave the Midwest for southwestern pastures, seeking…new vistas…new men? Through it all, her love for The Rolling Stones a constant, Andee talks about how their front man, Mick Jagger, relates to these pairings over time. Never meeting, just encountering Mick as part of the up-close audience, at publicity events and in media coverage, in her imagination, he represents her wilder, unconventional side and spurs it on.
Andee Baker
You Get What You Need:
Stories of Fans of The Rolling Stones
(Minnow Press, 2014)
Dr. Andrea Baker (aka andee or angee) talked to fans from online communities for You Get What You Need: Stories of Fans of the Rolling Stones, a book for anyone who likes rock music or has ever followed a band. Experiences of Rolling Stones fans of different ages, from different countries, and from different fan boards form the basis of this book. Andee interviewed over 100 fans from 2007 to the present. The only thing the fans have in common is their passion for the music and performances of The Rolling Stones.
Andee Baker
Double Click:
Romance and Commitment Among Online Couples
(Hampton Press, 2005)
Contributing to a series on policy and research issues in new media, Baker (sociology, Ohio U.-Lancaster) adds to the literature on Internet studies by presenting her research on couples who met in cyberspace. Via an e-mail questionnaire, she studied their online meeting places, modes of communication (e.g. cyber-flirting), and offline meeting.
Andee Baker
Online Matchmaking
Coedited with Monica Whitty and James Inman
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike many other books in the field, this collection includes studies by experts from a range of disciplines including Communications, Cultural Studies, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology.