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Sonic youths kim gordon was indie rocks poster girl for having it all, but she never had. Read an exclusive excerpt from kim gordon s new memoir, girl in a band. 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. I liked her descriptions of manhattan life in the late 70s and early 80s and also the sections that deals with her ill brother. The musician and author of the memoir girl in a band is a fan of joan didion.
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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. Gordon s book, and life, too, has taken unlikely turns that make her an even more dynamic and. There is a nononsense bluntness to kim gordon s writing. Kim gordon published by harper audio on february 24th 2015 genres. News \ kim gordons eagerly anticipat ed m emoir, girl in a band, will be released next year the book will tell the sonic youth story and more. The band helped build a vocabulary of musicpaving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins and many other acts. The book begins in 2011, with gordon looking out at the audience in sao paulo during sonic youths last ever concert. Read girl in a band pdf a memoir ebook by kim gordon. Girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. 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. 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.
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