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Serving as a followup to her 2015 memoir girl in a band, gordons latest. She was the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist in the alternative rock band sonic youth. Girl in a band lone star digital library overdrive. Before carrie brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the pacific northwest just as it was becoming the setting for. Hunger makes me a modern girl san diego county library. The new book follows on from gordon s 2015 memoir, girl in a band, wherein she discussed the breakdown of her marriage with sonic youth bandmate thurston moore.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you. From the guitarist of the pioneering band sleaterkinney, the book kim gordon says everyone has been waiting for and a new york times notable book of 2015 a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a lifeand finding yourselfin music. I love sonic youth, theyre one of my all time favorite bands, but kims b. 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. Serving as a followup to her 2015 memoir girl in a band, gordons. Girl in a band oregon digital library consortium overdrive. Read carrie brownsteins foreword for kim gordons new book. There is a nononsense bluntness to kim gordon s writing. This is not how i imagined my conversation with kim gordon. Fallopian rhapsody the lunachicks 9780306874482 netgalley. The musician and author of the memoir girl in a band is a fan of joan didion. It was raining and sad as hell and the swans played their set to jeering cowboys.

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. Editions of girl in a band by kim gordon goodreads. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for. Kim gordon was a vocalist, bassist, and founding member of the nowdefunct and highly influential experimental rock band sonic youth. I came to gordons book with lots of respect for her place in the music world, and lots of curiosity. But at its core, girl in a band examines the route from girl to woman in. Gordon takes us back to the lost new york of the 1980s and 90s that gave rise to sonic youth, and the alternative revolution in popular music. Girl in a band king county library system overdrive. Hunger makes me a modern girl by carrie brownstein. Often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. Kim gordon has 29 books on goodreads with 77157 ratings. Feb 22, 2015 girl in a band ebook written by kim gordon. Telling the story of her family, 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.

Sonic youths kim gordon has some harsh words for courtney. Mar 15, 2015 this is a fancy way of saying that im probably in the sweet spot when it comes to kim gordon s memoir, girl in a band. Feb 24, 2015 when kim gordon formed sonic youth with thurston moore in 1981, she gave little thought to the idea of being a girl in a band with a bunch of guys. Oct, 2020 kim gordon is an american musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist, and actress. Oct 06, 2020 kim gordon is going to release a new book next week titled no icon, the book will be released on rizzoli, which describes it as an edgy and evocative portrait of gordon s life, art, and. Feb 24, 2015 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.

Girl in a band great river regional library overdrive. Feb 12, 2015 girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. Kim gordon on her new memoir, girl in a band chicago. Download girl in a band a memoir by kim gordon epub, mobi. The book begins in 2011, with gordon looking out at the audience in sao paulo during sonic youths last ever concert. In girl in a band, gordon s new memoir, she takes the raybans off the story of her life.

Founding member of sonic youth and solo artist kim gordon s autobiography has been reissued in a new paperback edition. 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. Girl in a band by kim gordon torrent download asaoxygen. A memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former sonic youth bass guitarist. In the new york times, questlove praised the books careful introspection, detail and real feeling, noting. Girl in a band southeastern libraries cooperating overdrive. Girl in a band digital downloads collaboration overdrive. When their marriage broke up in 2011, so did the band. Kim gordons memoir girl in a band to be published in. 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. Girl in a band ocean state libraries ezone overdrive. Girl in a band kim gordon a memoir by samantha adame issuu. 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.

Feb 12, 2015 kim gordon reflects on her memoir, girl in a band, sonic youth, her breakup with thurston moore, billy corgan and authentic vs. Her autobiographical memoir, girl in a band, 2015, is a new york times best seller. Girl in a band ebook windsor public library bibliocommons. At its center were kim gordon and thurston moore, the brangelina of the indie world before their surprise split in 2011. Feb 22, 2015 often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. She now records and tours alongside bill nace in the noise. Read girl in a band pdf a memoir ebook by kim gordon. The last time kim gordon released a book was in 2016, when she put out a tome featuring her various works of art, along with a record by bodyhead, her band with bill mace. I love sonic youth, theyre one of my all time favorite bands, but kims book was a mixed bag.

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Gordon tells 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. 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. Kim gordon on her new memoir, girl in a band chicago tribune. Mar 10, 2021 from the guitarist of the pioneering band sleaterkinney, the book kim gordon says everyone has been waiting for and a new york times. Gordon, of course, was the bassist for sonic youth, the legendary.

For readers of carrie brownsteins hunger makes me a modern girl, kim gordon s girl in a band, and chrissie hyndes reckless, fallopian rhapsody is the literary equivalent of diving headfirst into a moshpit and slowly but surely venturing up to the front of the stage. Hunger makes me a modern girl green gold consortium. Girl in a band salt lake city public library overdrive. A memoir by kim gordon new york times bestseller kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth. Oct 08, 2014 kim gordon s highly anticipated memoir, girl in a band, has been given a release date of february 24, 2015. Nov, 2020 the band helped build a vocabulary of music paving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins and many other acts.