Kim gordon, former bassist and frontwoman in the totemic altrock band sonic youth, is discussing the breakdown of her 29year marriage to thurston moore. World presents how to publish and sell your book with guest gordon waugh sunday, 23 february 2020 at waterstones, glasgow, scotland. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Performing felt as if i were a kid on a highaltitude ride, says gordon, pictured here with lee. Theres no denying that waterstones bookstore has one of the biggest inventories of uk books and textbooks available online, just take a look at just a few of the sections you can discover at the onlie waterstones bookstore. The question of whether sonic youth were mere witnesses to this change, or actual agents of it, is one for another book. Black transparency the right to know in the age of. No home record is the debut solo album by kim gordon. This was several years ago, and i was reporting a piece about the bohemian style of the northampton, massachusetts, home.
Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, kim gordon widely known as a founding member of the influential band sonic youthproduced a series of writings on art and music. Joining kim on the stage is gordon waugh, ex police officer turned crime fiction author talking about his second book evil ways. Kim gordon talks end of sonic youth, relationship with. The album was produced by justin raisen after the two met in an airbnb, and is named after chantal akermans 2015 documentary no home movie. Faber has signed two books from kim gordon, cofounder of seminal postpunk band sonic youth, and julian cope. The book opens with sonic youths final performance. Kim gordon, guitarist with sonic youth, talks about her memoir, girl in a band. Explore books by kim morgan with our selection at waterstones.
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A trial date has been set for an inverness street seller and busker accused of a series of sex charges. Not just about a girl in a band there is plenty of talk about music in kim gordon s memoir, but its animating force is disappointment. Welcome to the official waterstones youtube channel. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Buy face it by debbie harry from waterstones today. How to publish and sell your book with guest gordon waugh tickets. Ranging from neoconceptual artworks to broader forms of cultural criticism, these rare texts are brought together in this volume for the first time, placing gordon s writing within the context of the artistcritics of her.
Read an exclusive excerpt from kim gordon s new memoir, girl in a band. Faber signs sonic youths kim gordon the bookseller. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Girl in a band kim gordon paperback harpercollins publishers. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Theres a wall of faceless men i have to climb over shes the artrock legend who made sonic youth punk and now, at 66, she has made her first solo record. For his bookshop and website one grand books, the editor aaron hicklin asked people to name the 10 books theyd take with them if. Elizabeth is missing by emma healey, crooked heart by lissa evans, the versions of us by laura barnett, the minia. Kim gordon talks end of sonic youth, relationship with kurt cobain in long memoir excerpt the couple everyone believed was golden and normal and eternally intact. Harpercollins global harpercollins canada harpercollins australia harpercollins india harpercollins uk. In girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. Basically what the book consists of is a loopy text of me having a conversation with someone named julia about dylans book chronicles, at a strokes gig.
The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. She sings, plays bass and guitar in the alternative rock band sonic yo. Love, art, success sonic youths kim gordon was indie rocks poster girl for having it all, but she never had a plan, she admits in her candid, fascinating memoir. Waterstones windsor, 2021 peascod street, windsor 2020. Some thoughts on kim gordons memoir, girl in a band uncut. This artists book is best summed up in kim gordon s own words. In the shop we have viv albertines clothes, clothes, clothes, music, music, music, boys, boys, boys a great read detailing her days with the slits and her postslits life and kim gordon s girl in a band rip it up and start again was nabbed by a member of staff. B orn in upstate new york, kim gordon, 66, formed sonic youth in 1981 with thurston moore, whom she later married. The last time i saw kim gordon, she was preparing a chicken for roasting. I liked her descriptions of manhattan life in the late 70s and early 80s and also the sections that deals with her ill brother. Writers, activists, and artists including cindy sherman, kim gordon. New york times bestsellerkim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion. Personal trainer rearranges waterstones sexist bookshelf.
The sheriffs office accused kim gordon of faking his own disappearance image. Sports fan reveals she rearranged sexist waterstones shelf after spotting the store was promoting far more books about men than women. Read an exclusive excerpt from kim gordons new memoir. Trial date for busker kim avis who faces series of sex. Weighing in at 604 pages and jampacked with facts, figures, track listings, and arguments, this book. In girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story 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.
Follow us for pins of the latest book jackets, authors, bookshops, event photos and other book related joys. The musician and author of the memoir girl in a band is a fan of joan didion. Lee brackstone, faber creative director, signed uk and commonwealth rights to gordon. One officer said the son didnt see gordon go in the water but gordon. 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. How to publish and sell your book with guest gordon waugh. Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of. In a keynote speech at brisbanes bigsound conference, the bassist and visual artist spoke about iggy pop, pil and a peptalk given to her by neil youngs son. The band is on a tour of south america following the end of gordons 27year marriage to guitarist and fellow singer thurston moore. There is a nononsense bluntness to kim gordon s writing. Someone in the british press said i was old, when i was 30. Buy girl in a band by kim gordon from waterstones today.
Joseph 2014 throughout the 1980s and early 90s, kim gordon widely known as a founding member of the influential band sonic youthproduced a. Its supposed to seem like an excerpt out of a novel. It actually became the subject of an obscenity trial in the uk due to its delve into taboo. Performingguzzling is the first in a series of books by rizzoli and nieves that consists of beautifully designed books by artists, photographers, and designers who have substantially contributed to the texture of artistic culture. Founding member of sonic youth and solo artist kim gordon s autobiography has been reissued in a new paperback edition. Kim althea gordon is an american musician, vocalist, and artist.
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