Ebook {Epub PDF} Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. 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/5(). Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. 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.  · This is a fancy way of saying that I’m probably in the sweet spot when it comes to Kim Gordon’s memoir, “Girl in a Band.”. Gordon, of course, was the Author: Questlove.

Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon. A new edition, part of the Faber Greatest Hits series -- books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. Kim Gordon: Design Office: The City is a Garden (installation view, July , ). Image: Gallery, New York. Girl in a Band. By Kim Gordon. Dey St. Books, , pages. Hardcover: $ (CDN)/ $ (U.S.) Girl in a Band is probably not the memoir most were expecting. It is riddled with contradictions, some fascinating to ponder. GIRL IN A BAND: Kim Gordon Leave a reply In her new memoir the erstwhile Sonic Youth bassist does dish on the band and her ex-husband's infidelity, but it's her questions about and observations on art and life that ultimately give the book its power.

It’s new, and they’re escaping their histories while at the same time moving headlong toward their own extinctions. Desire and death are all mixed up with the thrill and the risk of the unknown. It’s a variation of what Freud called the “death instinct.”. ― Kim Gordon, 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 story—a 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 Smith's Just Kids. Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. Girl in a Band: A Memoir is a autobiography written by former Sonic Youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Kim Gordon.