Sofia coppola, filmmaker the best thing one of your heroes can do is make you feel heroic yourself. But at its core, girl in a band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership means and what happens when that identity dissolves. February 25, 2015 kim gordons memoir, girl in a band, begins and ends with two seminal gigs, the final sonic youth concert in 2011 that also marked the end of her marriage to front man thurston moore and last years induction ceremony for the rock and roll hall of fame when. New york times bestsellerkim gordon, founding member of. Pdf girl in a band download full pdf book download. The book begins in 2011, with gordon looking out at the audience in sao paulo during sonic youths last ever concert. The first book is about their wild years of drugs, sex, rock and rehab. Gordon to detail how art and creativity have influenced her perspective on the world. Girl in a band by kim gordon, 9780062295903, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The band helped build a vocabulary of music paving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins and many other acts.
Girl in a band tonight we are thrilled to welcome kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, to talk with terry lickona of austin city limits about gordons new memoir, girl in a band. A band is a group of musicians who are organized for ensemble playing. Until the bandand their marriagebroke up in 2011, the author sang and played bass, made art, and raised a daughter. Sonic youth, the seminal alternative rock, postpunk new york group she formed in 1981 with her thenboyfriend, later husband, thurston moore. I hate to say it but this is one of the most poorly written book. Its as much about how she looks as what she sees, and it has a suppleness that feels authentic, as embarrassing as that word has become. We work with leading global brands and businesses to break world records as part of bespoke marketing campaigns. I read a book when i was a girl late 70searly 80s about a girl who visits someone, and there is a mysterious house next door, and she writes. More than a memoir, girl in a band is kim gordons sensibility as book.
Girl in a band is a fascinating and honest memoir, full of raw emotion and insight. The readable and smart book has a quiet european vibe girl in a band is described as a memoir, rather than her autobiography and seems to emulate the french new wave films so admired by ms. Kim gordons book is a very personal account of the people and scene of the music industry and. This is an alphabetized list of allfemale bands, of all genres, and is a spinoff list from the allfemale band article. The third book continues the love story, and has a love triangle.
Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. Hated as the question is, girl in a band actually answers whats it like. In girl in a band she tells with complete openness the story of her family, her work in the visual arts, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music and her band. Kim gordon, quote from girl in a band someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live. New york times bestsellerkim gordon, founding member of sonic y.
Girl in a band is kim gordons unconventional selfcreation tale author kim gordon and the cover of the book girl in a band alisa smirnova dey street books. A founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence and as one of the first women of rock and roll. The book is broken into 53 chapters, the ones covering gordons youth and recent years constructed in relatively conventional lengths. According to the author, this is a story about being careful what you wish for.
The only really good performance is the one where you make yourself vulnerable, while pushing beyond your familiar comfort zone. Often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. Girl in a band experimentalrock icon kim gordon reflects on life before and after sonic youth. From her childhood in the sunbaked suburbs of southern california, growing up with a mentally ill sibling, to new yorks downtown art and music scene in the eighties and nineties and the birth of a band that would pave the way for acts like nirvana, as well as help. Girl in a band book snoisle libraries bibliocommons. Kim gordons girl in a band offers interesting insights, especially on the formation of sonic youth, how the band approached songs and albums what they had in mind while writing specific songs and what their studio sessions were like. Girl in a band by kim gordon in girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story.
In some ways, girl in a band can be viewed as a sequel to patti smiths just kids, since it picks up in the 1980s new york city alternative music scene. New album heavy light is released on march 6th 2020 on 4ad royal mountain records, and new single overtime is streaming now. Girl in a band kim gordon paperback harpercollins publishers. The band part is way less important, especially since this is far from another rockandroll cliche. Gordon starts a new band, bodyhead, with her longtime friend bill nace. I remember the cover was of a portion of the mysterious house, like looking up at the roof from the side of the house, and the yard was kind of overgrown with maybe a tree hovering over the house. The band helped build a vocabulary of musicpaving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins and many other acts.
The organization of the book is as unconventional as youd expect from an artist like gordon the first chapter is titled the end, and im a. This list is an overview of notable allfemale bands that have their own articles. In girl in a band, this famously reserved superstar speaks candidly about her past and the future. The concept of a girl in a band is actually secondary, but the idea of a girl in life, and art thats the actual foundation of this book. The 288 page memoir was published on february 24, 2015 by dey street books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading girl in a band. New york times bestseller kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids. But at its core, girl in a band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership meansand what happens when that identity dissolves. Girl in a band is a deceptively brief 273 pages, in part because gordon blasts through most of her band s history in bitesized 3to4 page packets. The band helped build a vocabulary of music paving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins, and many other acts. Carrie brownstein, writer, actor, musician carrie brownstein. Fiercely, honestly, and with the creative abandon of a singular artist.
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Her book takes the same unflinching approach to her personal history, artistic. The overall feeling is one of levelheadedness, a little resignation, lots of anger and a permanent love of the power of art. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The second book is a love story with alot of angst and drugs, sex and rock. A memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former sonic youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter kim gordon. Let our team help engage your audience through unforgettable moments of sheer amazement and wonder, whilst delivering bottomline results. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read girl in a band. Girl in a band is a fascinating and honest memoir full of raw emotion and insight. Telling the story of her family, growing up in california in the 60s and 70s, her life in visual art, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band, girl in a band is a rich and beautifully written memoir. The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. There are few artists who inspire such reverence as kim gordon. The ultimate list of rock star romance books maryses. Girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. In her elegant autobiography, gordon guides us through her childhood in california, her love affair with punk rock, and her experiences as a motheras well as the evolution of her iconic relationship with bandmate thurston moore.
The girl hides from everyone that shes a girl afraid theyll persecute her but the dragon speaks in her thoughts and helps her through the trouble and finds out that the dragon has been asleep for so many years because the dragon is a girl as well. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of new york city in the 1980s and 90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, girl in a band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist. For three decades, kim gordon was the pioneering frontwoman and bass player for legendary rock band sonic youth.