Carrie Brownstein Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl
By all accounts Carrie Brownstein has written the must-read music tome of the year. Her new memoir, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, has netted rave reviews from both critics and everyday reader-fans alike. And one of the enamored is Questlove himself, who called the book "a companion piece" to his own life-volume Mo Meta Blues. Brownstein (who, for those not in the know, helped found the Riot grrrl punk vanguard-leading group Sleater-Kinney, created Portlandia and has one of the loudest voices for female empowerment in the Arts for decades) is currently on tour supporting her book, and at a recent stop in at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus shop, she sat down with Questlove to discuss, well, everything.
Audio documentation of the twosome's talk has been preserved, and now you can listen as they compare and contrast experiences. "Does this feel like it was a poetry reading or something?" Questlove joked, before admitting how honored he felt to be picked by Brownstein to be her partner-in-prose. "It's uncanny—we have so many similar experiences. It's very strange," Brownstein said. They went on to talk about the hardships of the road, the quest to define oneself, meeting Prince and idolizing Madonna. It's a lot, but it's some of the smartest sh*t you'll hear all day.
Listen to the entire booktalk below. Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl is available for purchase, and we strongly recommend you cop.
Carrie Brownstein Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl Book Tour:
Wednesday, Nov 4 - JCCSF - San Francisco, CA
Thursday, Nov 5 - Newmark Theatre - Portland, OR
Friday, Nov 6 - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA
Tuesday, Nov 16 - Drawn & Quarterly - Montreal, Canada
Wednesday, Nov 17 - Toronto Public Library - Toronto, Canada
UK Book Tour:
Thursday, Nov 11 - Rough Trade - London
Friday, Nov 12 - The Dancehouse - Manchester
Saturday, Nov 13 - TYCI & Glasgow Women's Library - Scotland
Sunday, November 14 - London Review Bookshop - London
