This book caught my eye mostly because I enjoy comedian and musicians Biographies and this one is both so win win.
Carrie Brownstein rose to notoriety with her band Sleater-Kinney. I am a big music fan but never really got into Sleater-Kinney mostly for the reasons people really were into Sleater-Kinney. I had a hard time because too many people were asking me what I thought about it instead of it being about the music.
Fast forward many years and she's starring in Portlandia (as my wife calls it, "That show about Seattle") a very interesting sketch show relating to life as a 30 + something.
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Brownstein's book is a travel from her early family life, discovering Punk Rock and the Seattle scene of the 90's into her touring with Sleater-Kinney. While interesting to read, it felt like this book scratched the surface and didn't really get into her relationship with her father and mother. Maybe this book will help them talk more and a second book would be cool to read.
I found the way she related to her father's coming out to her as being rather "blah" but her own coming out (ish) to him with an article in a magazine about the band was also "blah".
Her Mother's eating issue and Carrie's anxiety issue both hurt the family they were trying to create.
In a way, her mother and father had made a seemingly perfect family but weren't happy and Carrie made what was a seemingly successful band but wasn't happy.
The band's touring stories were a little depressing with the sexism they naturally faced being an all female band. You could feel Carrie's passion of her music and the ultimate boredom of touring life coming through the pages.
This book really left me wanting more from her writing style. Hopefully, she'll be writing more in the future.
Carrie Brownstein rose to notoriety with her band Sleater-Kinney. I am a big music fan but never really got into Sleater-Kinney mostly for the reasons people really were into Sleater-Kinney. I had a hard time because too many people were asking me what I thought about it instead of it being about the music.
Fast forward many years and she's starring in Portlandia (as my wife calls it, "That show about Seattle") a very interesting sketch show relating to life as a 30 + something.
********************Spoilers Ahead**********************************************
Brownstein's book is a travel from her early family life, discovering Punk Rock and the Seattle scene of the 90's into her touring with Sleater-Kinney. While interesting to read, it felt like this book scratched the surface and didn't really get into her relationship with her father and mother. Maybe this book will help them talk more and a second book would be cool to read.
I found the way she related to her father's coming out to her as being rather "blah" but her own coming out (ish) to him with an article in a magazine about the band was also "blah".
Her Mother's eating issue and Carrie's anxiety issue both hurt the family they were trying to create.
In a way, her mother and father had made a seemingly perfect family but weren't happy and Carrie made what was a seemingly successful band but wasn't happy.
The band's touring stories were a little depressing with the sexism they naturally faced being an all female band. You could feel Carrie's passion of her music and the ultimate boredom of touring life coming through the pages.
This book really left me wanting more from her writing style. Hopefully, she'll be writing more in the future.
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