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Post by TKennedy on Sept 25, 2009 7:51:50 GMT -5
I just finished "Society's Child". An autobiography of Janis Ian. It seems to be a pretty good insight into the pop music industry in the era of the big labels. Also the price of fame. A little whiney but tolerable. I'd recommend it.
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Post by dickt on Sept 25, 2009 7:56:52 GMT -5
I just finished "Society's Child". An autobiography of Janis Ian. It seems to be a pretty good insight into the pop music industry in the era of the big labels. Also the price of fame. A little whiney but tolerable. I'd recommend it. I've read and enjoyed some of Janis's writings on her website. A couple that I remember were about the music industry and another commemorating Chet Atkins who was a good friend to Janis when others in Nashville snubbed her. |
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Post by millring on Sept 25, 2009 9:03:21 GMT -5
I just finished "Society's Child". An autobiography of Janis Ian. It seems to be a pretty good insight into the pop music industry in the era of the big labels. Also the price of fame. A little whiney but tolerable. I'd recommend it. I've read and enjoyed some of Janis's writings on her website. A couple that I remember were about the music industry and another commemorating Chet Atkins who was a good friend to Janis when others in Nashville snubbed her. Another is her wonderful story of recovering her old D-18. |
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Post by billhammond on Sept 25, 2009 9:13:36 GMT -5
I've read and enjoyed some of Janis's writings on her website. A couple that I remember were about the music industry and another commemorating Chet Atkins who was a good friend to Janis when others in Nashville snubbed her. Another is her wonderful story of recovering her old D-18. There was some guy over on AG who just went ballistic about her whenever her name came up, something about a song she wrote or a statement she made at some public gathering not long after 9/11. Anyone recall that brouhaha? The guy was otherwise a very cool and gentle man -- we had some nice e-mail and photo exchanges -- but he loathed her for this position on 9/11. |
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Post by millring on Sept 25, 2009 9:15:49 GMT -5
Another is her wonderful story of recovering her old D-18. There was some guy over on AG who just went ballistic about her whenever her name came up, something about a song she wrote or a statement she made at some public gathering not long after 9/11. Anyone recall that brouhaha? The guy was otherwise a very cool and gentle man -- we had some nice e-mail and photo exchanges -- but he loathed her for this position on 9/11. I think you may be mistaking Janis Ian for Ani DiFranco |
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Post by billhammond on Sept 25, 2009 9:19:00 GMT -5
There was some guy over on AG who just went ballistic about her whenever her name came up, something about a song she wrote or a statement she made at some public gathering not long after 9/11. Anyone recall that brouhaha? The guy was otherwise a very cool and gentle man -- we had some nice e-mail and photo exchanges -- but he loathed her for this position on 9/11. I think you may be mistaking Janis Ian for Ani DiFranco Maybe, but that doesn't seem quite right. Do you recall what, exactly, was the beef? |
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Post by millring on Sept 25, 2009 9:34:31 GMT -5
As I remember, it was one of the first political discussions ever on Talk Talk Talk. Phoenix and a few others agreed with Ani DiFranco that, basically the US deserved 9/11. DiFranco had written a song with lyrics that made that assertion and she had then further stated it in an interview.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 25, 2009 9:36:21 GMT -5
As I remember, it was one of the first political discussions ever on Talk Talk Talk. Phoenix and a few others agreed with Ani DiFranco that, basically the US deserved 9/11. DiFranco had written a song with lyrics that made that assertion and she had then further stated it in an interview. Yeah, I see those lyrics now -- a song called "Self Evident." I am virtually positive that that is not what I was thinking about, though. I am quite sure it was a Janis Ian diatribe, that it was almost exclusively this one guy who was railing against her, and that we all pretty much let him spew and the issue died quietly. |
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Post by TKennedy on Sept 25, 2009 11:16:03 GMT -5
I read the book at the recommendation of a friend. Other than "At Seventeen" I didn't know much about her. After reading the book I got her live CD recorded in 1980 at New York's Bottom Line. Wow! Whatever her political beliefs she's a master of her craft.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 25, 2009 12:47:45 GMT -5
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Post by Resolve on Sept 25, 2009 17:06:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the book tip, Terry. (Hey how are you doing with the heart thing?)
Although not of music topic....Have any of you read Half of a Yellow Sun? I had coffee with a friend this morning and she's reading it...said it's really good. Her synopsis (altho not having finished it) made it sound a bit like The Poisonwood Bible...which is one of my very favorite books. It's a nice long book...I'm thinking a perfect choice once winter is howling and one just wants to curl up next to the fireplace with a good thick book.
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Post by TKennedy on Sept 25, 2009 18:39:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the book tip, Terry. (Hey how are you doing with the heart thing?) OK I think. Still quite a few skipped beats but apparently it takes 3 or 4 months to really know. Thanks for asking! |
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Post by Resolve on Sept 25, 2009 19:49:34 GMT -5
How often do they check on you for that?
I sure hope you have a good outcome in the end.
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Post by paulschlimm on Sept 26, 2009 0:34:07 GMT -5
Half of a Yellow Sun? I recently read the Other Half of a Yellow Sun and it SUCKED.
::nods::
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